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Dr Leandro Garcia

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Leandro Garcia

Dr Leandro Garcia

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
  1.  Systems thinking and complex systems science applied to public health.
  2. Determinants and consequences of population levels of and inequalities in physical activity behaviour.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 8925

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Development and application of systems thinking and complex systems science lens and methods to public health subjects, including but not limited to population patterns of health-related behaviours, determinants of non-communicable diseases, urban health, and health inequalities.
  • Physical activity and public health, particularly the determinants of population levels of and inequalities in physical activity and the consequent population health impacts.

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Developed the first agent-based model to study how population levels of recreational physical activity are shaped and sustained by the dynamic interaction between individuals and their social and built environments (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-018-0750-9 and https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0553-4 ).
  • Awarded the American Journal of Preventive Medicine’s best paper of 2016, for the paper "All-cause mortality attributable to sitting time: analysis of 54 countries worldwide" (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.01.022). - Member of the Guideline Development Group for the World Health Organization 2020 Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240015128).
  • Member of the Scientific Committee for the first Brazilian Guidelines on Physical Activity.

Research students

PhD Title Association between friendship quality and mental health and well-being in adolescents: social network analysis and investigation of moderators and mediators
Country Saudi Arabia
   
Phd Title Applying a systems approach to increase population level physical activity
Country United Kingdom
   
Phd Title A systems approach to control of emerging infections diseases
Country Kuwait

 


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