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Research Biography
Professor Lucy Lewis is the Deputy Director (Workforce Transformation and Research Capacity Building) of the Caring Futures Institute in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University. Lucy is a registered physiotherapist, an experienced educator in physiotherapy, and loves to find new and interesting ways to teach students about physiotherapy and health.
Lucy has been awarded over 5 million Australian dollars in research funding to date, and is interested in ways to get children and adults to sit less and move more to improve their health. She has skills in the use of accelerometers to objectively measure activity. Lucy is currently completing projects investigating activity of older adults in residential care, and an intervention to reduce sitting time in people with type 2 diabetes. Lucy has supervised Honours, Masters by Research and PhD students to completion and is registered to supervise students both as Principal and Associate Supervisor.
Relevant memberships and contributions include:
- Councillor, Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences (ACDHS)
- Executive (Secretary), Council Physiotherapy Deans Australia and New Zealand (CPDANZ)
- Councillor, Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) SA Branch Council
- Advisory Board, Collaborative Australian Physiotherapy Research Initiative (CAPRI)
- Editorial Board, BMC Geriatrics
- Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
- REABLE Network (international collaboration for reablement for older people)
- Aged Care Centre for Growth and Translational Research (ACGTR) Restorative Care and Rehabilitation Knowledge Advisory Group
- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
- Affiliate, Alliance for Research on Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), UniSA
- Member International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
- Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and Educators APA group
- Executive (Deputy Chair), Immanuel Primary School Council
Previous positions:
- Academic Lead Physiotherapy: 2020-2023
- Interim Dean People and Resources: 2022
- Teaching Program Director (Self-Regulating Health Professions: Audiology, Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Speech Pathology, Disability and Community Inclusion) 2020-2021
- Course Coordinator Master of Physiotherapy 2018-2020
Research Interests
- Reablement for older adults
- Development and evaluation of interventions to decrease sitting time in adults with and without chronic disease
- Physical activity and children's health
- Evidence-based practice and health professional education
- Systematic reviews
Completed Supervisions
Associate Supervisions:
- Community participation of older adults (2)
- A physical activity intervention for post-partum women; social media (UniSA, PhD) (1)
- Compositional analysis techniques for health behaviours in children (UniSA PhD) (1)
- EBP; development of a reporting guideline (UniSA, PhD) (1)
- EBP; health professional education (UniSA, PhD) (1)
- Guidelines for increasing children's physical activity in Outside Hours School Care (UniSA, PhD) (1)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of South Australia
Award Date: 13 Jul 2010
Bachelor (Honours), Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours), University of South Australia
Award Date: 31 Dec 2005
Bachelor, Bachelor of Physiotherapy, University of South Australia
Award Date: 31 Dec 2001
Bachelor, Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Sport Science), University of South Australia
Award Date: 31 Dec 1997
External positions
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
2015 → …
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Physiotherapy
- Healthy ageing and aged care
- Exercise science/ physiology
- Healthy start to life
Supervisory Interests
- Physical activity
- Sedentary behaviour
- Children's health
- Ageing
- Childhood obesity, physical activity and community awareness
- Diabetes
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Physiotherapy
- Teaching physiotherapy
- Cardiovascular disease
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A Home-based Resistance Training Program to Reduce Pre-frailty in Middle-aged Adults: a Proof-of-concept Randomised Controlled Trial
Brennan, T. H., Lewis, L. K., Gordon, S. J. & Prichard, I., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Population Ageing. 17, 2, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among Older Adults in Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review Using the Social Ecological Model
Baidya, S., Connolly, C. J., Petersen, J. M., Baldwin, C., van den Berg, M. E. L., Harris, I. & Lewis, L. K., 22 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Aging and Health. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Effectiveness of interventions to prevent or reverse pre-frailty and frailty in middle-aged community dwelling adults: A systematic review
Brennan, T. H., Lewis, L. K., Gordon, S. J. & Prichard, I., Aug 2024, In: Preventive Medicine. 185, 9 p., 108008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Improving physical activity and screen time in Australian Outside School Hours Care: Study protocol
Maher, C., Christian, H., Nathan, N., Okely, A., Bogomolova, S., Lewis, L. K., Cliff, D. P., Esterman, A., Milte, R., Rosenkranz, R. R., Curtis, R. G., Brinsley, J., Ferguson, T., Virgara, R., Richardson, M., Brannelly, K., Stanley, R., Schranz, N., Campbell, P. & Weaver, R. G. & 2 others, , 23 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pediatric Research. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physical activity for people with chronic conditions: a systematic review of toolkits to promote adherence
Levy, T., Huxley, K., Vuu, S. & Lewis, L. K., 2024, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 46, 22, p. 5199-5212 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Improving physical activity and screen time in Outside School Hours Care through evidence-based guidelines: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial
Milte, R. (Chief Investigator (Flinders Lead)), Maher, C. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Lewis, L. (Chief Investigator), Wolfenden, L. (Chief Investigator), Christian, H. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Okely, T. (Chief Investigator), Rosenkranz, R. (Associate Investigator), Esterman, A. (Chief Investigator), Cliff, D. (Chief Investigator), Curtis, R. (Chief Investigator), Stanley, R. (Associate Investigator), Bogomolova, S. (Chief Investigator), Richardson, M. (Associate Investigator), Virgara, R. (Associate Investigator) & Nolland, M. (Associate Investigator)
22/06/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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A multi-site guideline implementation randomised controlled trial to improve physical activity and screen time in Out of School Hours Care
Milte, R. (Chief Investigator (Flinders Lead)), Maher, C. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Christian, H. (Chief Investigator), Esterman, A. (Chief Investigator), Nathan, N. (Chief Investigator), Rosenkranz, R. (Chief Investigator), Lewis, L. (Chief Investigator), Cliff, D. (Chief Investigator), Curtis, R. (Chief Investigator) & Wolfenden, L. (Chief Investigator)
27/09/21 → 30/07/24
Project: Research
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SA Wellbeing Strategy for Older Persons in Residential Aged Care
Lewis, L. (Chief Investigator), Hunter, S. (Associate Investigator), Lange, B. (Associate Investigator), Lawless, M. (Associate Investigator) & Milte, R. (Associate Investigator)
17/06/20 → 30/10/20
Project: Research