All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar:

A physical activity and fundamental movement skill intervention for children attending primary schools in low-income communities: The SCORES cluster RCT

Associate Professor David Lubans, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Australia

Friday 5 December 2014. 3.00 – 4.00pm

Meeting rooms, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Sciences, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC). Direction to Addenbrooke’s Hospital here and look for ‘ATC’ in the bottom left of this map.

About David Lubans
Associate Professor David Lubans is the theme leader for school-based research in the University of Newcastle’s Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition. His research is focused on understanding the determinants of physical activity and the development and evaluation of interventions in school and community settings. David is currently leading a number of research projects designed to evaluate the impact of physical activity interventions on behaviour, fitness, movement skills and social and emotional well-being in young people. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and as a chief investigator he has secured over $2 million in competitive research funding. He is the Principal Investigator two Australian Research Council Discovery Projects focused on the promotion of physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents living in low-income communities. Read more at www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/david-lubans