Academic biography

Hannah is an Assistant Professor in Physical Activity Behaviour Change in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University, and the principal investigator of LifeLab Dublin. Hannah also leads the wider LifePAC research group. She is a winner of the Research Ireland Research Ally award, the Richard O’Kennedy Emerging Talent Award, and the Royal Irish Academy Charlemont grant.

Her primary research interests focus on participatory research methods and the promotion of health and physical activity in children and young people. As an international expert, Hannah was a leading figure in research teams that developed the All Island Physical Literacy Consensus Statement, and the Physical Literacy Consensus Statement for England. Within the health literacy field, most recently, Hannah was the lead author of the national