Professor Lucy Lewis

Deputy Dean of Graduate Research

Office of Graduate Research

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GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Lucy is the Deputy Dean of Graduate Research at Flinders University and a Professor in the Caring Futures Institute in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a registered physiotherapist and an experienced educator in physiotherapy.

Lucy is interested in investigating ways to help children and adults to sit less and move more to improve their health. She has research skills in the use of accelerometers to objectively measure activity. Lucy is currently completing projects investigating activity of older adults in residential care, an intervention to reduce sitting time in people with type 2 diabetes, and activity of older adults during walking sports. Lucy has supervised Honours, Masters by Research and PhD students to completion and is registered to supervise students both as Principal and Associate Supervisor.

Qualifications

PhD / Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) / Bachelor of Physiotherapy / Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Sport Science)

Honours, awards and grants

Awards

Vice President and Executive Dean's Most Outstanding Individual Award

Vice President and Executive Dean's Early Career Research Award

Vice Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Award

Key responsibilities

Current leadership roles:

Deputy Dean of Graduate Research

Adjunct University of SA

Previous leadership roles:

Deputy Director Caring Futures Institute (Workforce Transformation and Research Capacity Building)

Interim Dean (People and Resources)

Teaching Program Director (Self-Regulating Health Professions)

Academic Lead, Physiotherapy

Course Coordinator, Master of Physiotherapy

Teaching interests

Research design and methods

Health promotion

Acute care physiotherapy

Topic lecturer
NUTD1106 Nutrition Physical Activity and Health
REHB2002 Rehabilitation Studies 1
PHYT8002 Principles of Movement and Function
Interests
  • Physical activity, sitting time and health
  • Physiotherapy