Kiara Lewis

Acting Head of Department of AHP and Sports & Exercise Science, Department of Allied Health Professions, Sport and Exercise
School of Human and Health Sciences
Member, Centre for Applied Research in Health

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0142-7351

Accepting PhD Students

101 Citations
5 h-Index

Research output per year

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Biography

Kiara joined the University of Huddersfield in September 1997 and is currently Acting Head of Department of Allied Health Professions, Sport and Exercise. The Department includes physiotherapy, podiatry, occupational therapy, operating department practise, paramedics and sport and exercise. Kiara is a BASES (British Association of Sport and Exercise Scientist) Accredited Scientist. She has published research in the areas of exercise psychology including adherence to exercise, children’s engagement with exercise, obesity in childhood and exercise and mental health.

Kiara came to the University from a Health and Fitness Development post working to promote physical activity in sedentary populations. She continues this work locally as an Executive Board member of ‘Everybody Active’, regionally as a Central Committee member of YoPAKE (Yorkshire and Humber Physical Activity Knowledge Exchange) and internationally as part of the Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) children and young people working group. Kiara is passionate about the health enhancing potential of physical activity and is supervising post graduate research in the areas of exercise and breast cancer, stroke, multiple sclerosis and mental health.

Research Expertise and Interests

Experience of physical activity
The influences on the adoption and adherence to exercise as well as the impact of exercise
The physical activity behaviours of students, cardiac patients, cancer survivors, professional athletes and overweight/obese children

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Research Output

101 Citations
5 h-Index
15 Article
3 Meeting Abstract
1 Literature review
1 Review article

Exercise and Dementia: what should we be recommending?

Lewis, K., Livsey, L., Naughton, R. & Burton, K., 13 May 2020, In : Quality in Ageing and Older Adults. 21, 2, p. 109-127 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review

Open Access

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Time to turn the hierarchy of evidence on its head?

Lewis, K. & Burton, K., 1 Jul 2020, The Sport and Exercise Scientist, 64, p. 10-11 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

Open Access

“Someone to Talk to": Influence of Player Welfare Provision on Mental Health in Professional Rugby League Players

Kola-Palmer, S., Buckley, S., Kingston, G., Stephen, J., Rodriguez, A., Sherretts, N. & Lewis, K., 1 Sep 2019, In : Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. 13, 3, p. 486-503 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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