People
Dr Alex Rowlands
Associate Professor
School/Department: Population Health Sciences, Department of
Email: avr4@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
I am an Associate Professor in the Diabetes Research Centre at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. I previously worked at the University of South Australia University of Exeter and the University of Wales Bangor.
Research
My research focuses on the use of accelerometry-based wearable monitors to measure human movement and sleep. This includes methodological work on accelerometer data analysis and epidemiological work concerning physical behaviours and health. Currently I am an Associate Editor with the Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour and Pediatric Exercise Science.
Publications
Supervision
Accelerometry-based wearable monitors - development of analytical methods to assess human movement and/or associations between movement and health
Teaching
Diabetes MSc
Press and media
Accelerometry-based wearable monitors
Activities
Associate Editor: Pediatric Exercise Science (from 2014)
Associate Editor: Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour (from 2017)
Scientific Committee: International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviours.