Simon Rosenbaum
Exercise is a Human Right
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Scott Teasdale
The alarming link between mental health and weight gain
Grace McKeon
Co-designing a physical activity service with refugees and asylum seekers
Learn more at the Nutrition, Exercise & Social Equity (NEXuS), UNSW YouTube channel.
Focus
Lead interdisciplinary, translational research regarding mind-body and non-pharmacological interventions. Our research focuses on a broad range of groups including people living with mental illness, people experiencing social marginalisation and other forms of disadvantage.
Research strength
Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary team comprising expertise in exercise physiology, nutrition and dietetics, public health and psychology.
Our team recognizes and celebrates diversity in culture and includes higher degree research students and staff representing cultures and countries from around the world.
Recent publications
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Members
Students
- Emma Suzuki - Accredited Exercise Physiologist – Hons Student
Goals
1.
Lead internationally recognised, interdisciplinary, translational research regarding lifestyle and mental health across diverse population groups.
Achieved by:
- Strengthening collaboration between the Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, the School of Population and Global Health, the School of Health Sciences and the School of Psychology, to enhance existing and create new opportunities for students and staff,
- Generating funding and resources through philanthropy, and competitive research funding schemes.
2.
Contribute to achieving UNSW’s global impact objectives specifically, Priority 2, Page 1 from ‘UNSW Global Strategy: Partnership for the greater global good’ - Anchoring multi-disciplinary research partnerships at scale in all global regions.
Achieved by:
- Contributing to the impact measure: Increased opportunities for overseas research mobility for HDRs and ECAs by leveraging our extensive existing network of national and international, collaborators and partners.
3.
Contribute to UNSW’s Societal impact objectives specifically in the category of social cohesion, health and wellbeing
(see Discussion Paper: Developing UNSW’s Societal Impact Framework Together)
Achieved by:
- Conducting high quality research and knowledge translation activities that contribute to Impact Focus Areas in Table 2, Page 14:
- Health, wellbeing and aging,
- Equity and human rights.