Professor Chris Rissel

Professor Public Health, School of Public Health K25 - Medical Foundation Building The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

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Themes

Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic disease and ageing

Research interests

Professor Chris Rissel has over 200 peer-reviewed published articles plus dozens of research reports and book chapters. His current research interests focus on obesity prevention and active transport with a particular emphasis on cycling advocacy. He also has research interests in tobacco control and sexual health. He is a co-author of the national report 'Getting Australia Moving - barriers, facilitators and interventions to get more Australians physically active through cycling'. Chris was one of the Chief Investigators of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships (AHSR) the first national sexual health survey in Australia. The second ASHR project has been funded by the NHMRC.

Current national competitive grants*

2010

Safer cycling: A partnership project to better understand cycling patterns, hazards and incidents
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ARC Linkage Project/Shared Research Support ($0 over 3 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

Keywords

Public health; Health programs; Physical activity

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