Associate Professor Claire Drummond

Associate Professor

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

+61 8 82013424

claire.drummond@flinders.edu.au

Sturt South Wing (S270)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

I teach within Exercise Science/Clinical Exercise Physiology and passionate about the idea that Exercise is Medicine. I research in a number of areas such as physical activity and exercise and sports science. My current research is investigating adolescent girls disengagment with physical activity. I am also working with athletes conduting a range of max and sub-max fitness tests and metabolic measurements testing fitness levels. I have strong ties with Surf Life-Saving SA and their High Performance Surf Sport program. I conduct nutrition workshops for primary school children; challenging the model of intergenerational health. I continue to have a strong research link with school canteens. I teach in a variety of areas which provides students with the skills necessary to work within a multidisciplinary environment. I am a member of Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and have a number of Athletics Australia, SLSSA and ASCA accredited coaching levels.

Qualifications

2003: Bachelor of AppSci (Exercise and Sports Science);
2005: Honours 1A (Human Movement);
2008: PhD (Health Sciences)

Honours, awards and grants

GRANTS

Drummond, M; Drummond, C; Elliot, S; Prichard, I & Lewis L - Netball SA/ORS Grant: The promotion and engagement of contemporary sports for girls and young women ($57,000) 2018

Drummond, M; Elliott, S, Drummond, C, Prichard, I & Lewis, L - Inclusive Sport SA Grant: LGBTIQ & Inclusive sport practices ($39, 485) 2018

Drummond, M, Elliott, S, Drummond C, Pritchard I & Lewis, L - ORS Strategic Grant and Flinders Innovation Grant. Pathways to participation for girls and women in sport ($55,000) 2017

Drummond CE (CI)- Right Bite Evaluation (Healthy Schools Canteens). Department for Education and Child Development. 2012-2015 ($76,646)

Willis, E; Drummond, CE (CI) - Investigating the Health Promotion aspects of Art Centres in the APY Lands. ARC Linkage. 2012-2014 ($155,000)

Drummond CE et al (CI) Investigating Adolescent Girls' Disengagement with Physical Activity. Faculty of Health Sciences Seeding Grant ($10,000)

Norton L, Drummond CE & Ridely K (CI) 40-Day Flinders Lifestyle Intervention Program. Faculty of Health Sciences Seeding Grant ($15,000)

Drummond MJN; Drummond CE (CI) - Promoting Healthy Physical Activity and Nutrition in Very Low Socioeconomic Schools in Southern Adelaide. Southern Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - Knowledge Exchange Grant (10,000)

Cobiac, L et al. (AI) Obesity Prevention and Lifestyle Evaluation (OPAL). SA Health 2010 - 2014 ($4.5mil)

Coveney et al. (AI) ‘eat well be active’ Research and Evaluation Centre for SA (PANORAMA). SA Health. 2009 - 2014 (1.2mil)

Cobiac et al. (CI) National Healthy School Canteen Project. DoHA. 2008-2010 (1.2mil)

Research expertise

Adolescent health

Body image

Human movement and sports science

Other medical and health sciences

Public health and health services

Research interests

Current research:

ORS & Netball SA: Girls and young women participation in sport
ARC Linkage (2012-2014): investigating the health promoting aspects of Art Centres in the APY Lands
Health screening and fitness testing in elite Surf Lifesavers
Adolescent girls and their engagement with Physical Activity
Nutrition education in primary schools: do they encourage healthy eating
Healthy school canteens

Completed Research

Evaluation of the SA Govt Right Bite Canteen Guidelines 2012-2014
PANORAMA adviser (2011-
OPAL Evaluation project adviser (2011-
Flinders Knowledge Exchange Grant (2011) - PA and Nutrition in Southern Adelaide Primary school
National Healthy School Canteens Project ($1.2mil DoHA consultancy). With Nutrition & Dietetics and Public Health
SA Health grant investigating: Physical activity from early childhood to adolescence in disadvantaged populations.

Teaching interests

my teaching interests are in:

health promotion,
exercise science/exercise physiology
school nutrition,
school health promotion,
health promotion project management,
physical activity

Topic coordinator

EXSC1001 Fundamentals of Exercise Science

EXSC3002 Professional Practice in Exercise Science

EXSC8002 Exercise Physiology Professional Practice

Supervisory interests

Childhood obesity, physical activity and community awareness

Exercise and sport science

Health promoting schools

Health promotion and education

Nutrition education

Physical activity

Qualitative research

School health promotion

Social construction theory

Sociology of childhood

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Strength & Biomechanics (1)

Associate supervisor: Exercise Physiology (1), Health Promotion aspects of Art Centres in the APY Lands (1), Body image and social media (1)

Completion

Associate supervisor: Physical Activity (1), Body Image (1), Exercise Physiology (2)

Publications

Professional engagement

Surf Life Saving SA High Performance Porgram (Surf Sports Academy)
Athletics Australia Accredited Coach (Leve1, Level 2 and Levl 2 Advanced - Sprints, Hurdles, Relays)
Member of Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
Accredited SLSSA Development Coach Beach
Level 1 and 2 ASADA Anti-Doping Course
AIS Community Coaching (General Principals)
PBTR Child Protection course
Australian Research Council (ARC) grant assessor;
Chair of the King and Amy O'Malley Scholarship Panel;
Conduct regular nutrition education and cooking classes in schools;
Health and wellness session with SAPOL;
Mentor in the Rural Research Capacity Building Prgram