Academic Staff

 Dr Corneel Vandelanotte, Research Fellow and CPAS Director

Dr Vandelanotte studied Physical Education (equivalent to Human Movement Science) at the Ghent University in Belgium and completed his PhD in 2004. In 2005 he moved to Australia where he first worked at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Since the start of 2009 he has been working at CQUniversity in Rockhampton. His areas of interest and research involve the development and evaluation of website-delivered and computer-tailored physical activity and dietary interventions, and as such applying a population health approach to behaviour change. He is also involved in research evaluating the efficacy of interactive telecommunication technology (e.g. smart phones) to improve chronic disease self-management. 

Dr Mitch Duncan, Research Fellow

Dr Duncan completed a Bachelors of Human Movement Science (Honours) in 2003 and a PhD at CQUniversity in 2006 and has been working as a post-doctoral research fellow with IHSSR since. His research interests are related to the influence of built environments on physical activity behaviours and also relate to the health effects of physical activity. Dr Duncan is currently involved in several projects seeking to identify how characteristics of urban environments influence the activity behaviours of Australian children; and the health outcomes and environmental correlates of occupational sitting. Other projects include examining the effectiveness of IT based strategies to improve physical activity, nutrition and self monitoring behaviour.

 Dr Camille Short, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Dr Camille Short commenced work as a post-doctoral research fellow with CPAS in November 2012. She completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in 2007 at the University of Newcastle and completed her PHD in 2013, which was funded by a Cancer Institute NSW Research Scholars Award. Her PhD involved the development and evaluation of a computer-tailored physical activity intervention in a large national randomised controlled trial of 330 breast cancer survivors. Her research interests include population health approaches to physical activity promotion, with emphasis on IT based strategies; application and testing of behaviour change theories; and the promotion of physical activity as tertiary prevention among cancer survivors and other chronic disease groups. 

Dr Amanda Rebar, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Dr. Amanda Rebar started as a post-doctoral research fellow with CPAS in May, 2013. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Indiana University in 2008 and went on to complete a Masters of Science (2010) and PhD (2013) in Kinesiology at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include physical activity motivation and the impact of physical activity on mental health. Her PhD work focused on automatic regulation of physical activity (e.g., habits, automatic evaluations). She has a passion for structural equation modelling, hierarchical linear modelling, and the open-source data analyses program, R.

Research Staff

Anetta Van Itallie, Project Manager

After completing a Bachelor of Human Movement Science at CQUniversity in 2003, Anetta began working in the Centre for Social Science Research (now known as the Institute for Health and Social Science Research) on the 10,000 Steps project. During 2005, she completed her Honours project on "Applying Usability Testing to a Health Promotion Website". Anetta has continued to work as Project Manager within IHSSR, assisting with grant applications and working on a variety of physical activity and health research projects, including 10,000 Steps, and the Walk 2.0 project. 

Kelly Corry, Research Officer

After completing a Bachelor of Human Movement Science (Honours), Kelly has worked on a variety of research projects at CQUniversity, first within the Centre for Social Science Research and then within the Institute for Health and Social Science Research and the Centre for Physical Activity Studies. These projects have included 10,000 Steps, Women's Active Living Kits (WALK), the electronic Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation (eOCR) project, and the ManUp project. Kelly has worked in different capacities from a Research Associate to her current role as a Research Officer overseeing the conduct of 10,000 Steps and 10,000 Steps for workplaces projects.

Cindy Hooker, Project Manager

In 2004 Cindy moved to Rockhampton to begin tertiary studies in Health Promotion and Human Movement Science (Bachelor). During her studies she coordinated research related to the benefits of liquid supplements and vibration and balance techniques on athletic performance. For the past six years she have been a Volunteer Coordinator for the Annual Capricorn Resort Triathlon and over the past two years, she has also been teaching sports to students and adults with intellectual disabilities. Currently Cindy is working as the Project Manager for the NHMRC funded 'My Personal Physical Activity Advice' project.

 Doreen Canoy, Project Officer

Doreen completed her Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at CQUniversity in 2010.  While completing her studies Doreen was also Project Manager for a Behavioural Program at CQUniversity in conjunction with providing support to the Cross-Program Strategy (Longitudinal Health Studies) within the Institute for Health and Social Science Research. Doreen has most recently been working with young offenders and their families in the community before returning to CQUniversity, Centre for Physical Activity Studies.  Doreen is also currently completing her Masters in Clinical Psychology. Currently Doreen is working as Project Officer for the NHMRC funded 'My Personal Physical Activity Advice' project.

Stephanie Hall, 10,000 Steps Project Officer

After completing a Bachelor of Human Movement Science, Stephanie has worked in the Centre for Social Science Research as an Administration and Research Assistant in the Population Research Laboratory. After acquiring some research experience in this position she progressed to become employed within the Institute for Health and Social Science as an Administration Officer. This expanded her knowledge base in finances and administrative processes, which, in addition to conducting, coordinating and managing research, are some key duties in her current role as a Project Officer for the 10,000 Steps Project.

Luke Fallon, Project Officer 

Luke completed a Bachelor of Human Movement Science in 2008 undertaking research in the effects of sleep deprivation and the effects of routine in free throw shooting. In 2009 Luke went on to complete a graduate diploma in Occupational Health and Safety undertaking research on quantifying workplace noise for nightclub DJ’s. After completing tertiary study Luke worked as a physical education teacher for children with an intellectual disability and now shares his time between the 10,000 steps program, Walk 2.0 project and 10,000 Steps Healthy Workplace Initiative.