PAHRC members

Members of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) team.

The Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) was established and led by Professor Nanette Mutrie, Chair in Physical Activity for Health, until her retirement in January 2022. PAHRC is currently led by Director Professor Marie Murphy.

Links on members names (below) lead to their profile pages which include details about research and publications.

External members

Academics, practitioners, students and others outwith the University of Edinburgh who are interested in our work are welcome to join as external members of PAHRC. External members will receive updates on our work and invitations to research/knowledge exchange seminars, workshops or events via newsletters.

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Members of our PAHRC team talk about their work.

Our team

NameRole
Professor Marie MurphyDirector
Dr Graham Baker Co-deputy Director / Programme Director of the MSc Physical Activity for Health
Dr Paul KellyCo-deputy Director / Reader in Physical Activity for Health
Professor Ailsa NivenPersonal Chair Psychology of Physical Activity
Professor Sam FawknerProfessor in Physical Activity for Health
Dr Claire FitzsimonsSenior Lecturer in Physical Activity for Health
Dr Stelios PsycharakisSenior Lecturer
Dr Dave SaundersSenior Lecturer
Dr Chloë WilliamsonLecturer
Dr Sarah MortonChancellor's Fellow
Dr Tessa StrainChancellor's Fellow
Charlotte BrookREI Administrator

Core members

Shahad Mohsen Zaid Almohsen (PhD student)

Emma Anderson

Dr Sam Dixon (PHIRST)

Eleanor Graham (PHIRST)

Steffan Griffin (PhD student)

Luca Heymann (PhD student)

Sarah Janac (PHIRST)

Lei Jian (PhD student)

Naree Krabuanrat (PhD student)

Morgan Ludington

Dr Anne Macdonald 

Jillian Manner (PHIRST)

Natalia Meyer-Gomez (PHIRST)

Prof Emerita Nanette Mutrie

Clare Sharp (PHIRST)

Ling Shen (PhD Student)

Rakhmat Ari Wibowo (PhD Student)

 

Honorary Professors

Prof Elaine Murtagh

Prof Emily Oliver

Dr Justin Richards

 

Honorary Fellow

Flora Jackson

Associate members

Dr Stephanie Adams

Dr Josie Booth

Dr Joseph Bradley

Clarinda Brown

Graham Condie (PhD Student)

Prof Chris Dibben

Caroline Fyfe

Shirley Gray

Lauren Guilfoyle

Dr Niamh Hart (Teaching Fellow)

Liam Hill

Summer Holeman

Prof Ruth Jepson

Dr Bradley MacDonald

Prof Gillian Mead

Dr Debbie Palmer

Dr Shaun Phillips

Prof Judy Robertson

Dr Roger Scrutton

Dr Kait Simpson

Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan

Prof Catharine Ward Thompson

Sagan Turner

Dr Andrew Williams

Ruyi Zu