Associate ProfessorHarriet Koorts

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 46685 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    https://theconversation.com/teenagers-who-play-sport-after-school-are-only-7-minutes-more-active-per-day-than-those-who-dont-120756
  • AFFILIATION
    Australasian Society for Physical Activity (ASPA)
  • AFFILIATION
    Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC)
  • AFFILIATION
    International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) Award - Award for Excellence and Innovation in Public Health Team Research (2020)
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Oral presentations:
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Timperio, A., Abbott, G., Arundell, L., Ridgers, N., Cerin, E., Brown, H., Daly, R., Dunstan, D., Ball, K., Crawford, D., Hume, C., Chinapaw, M., Sheppard, L., Moodie, M., Hesketh, K. & Salmon, J. Implementation quality and outcomes: Process evaluation of the Transform-Us! program to promote childrens physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour. Symposium Does the intervention even exist in the first place? Linking implementation quality with outcomes in process evaluation. ISBNPA Advancing Behaviour Change Science, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 June, 2017.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Salmon, J., Timperio, A., Bauman, A., Lubans, D., Lonsdale, C., Telford, A., Ridgers, N., Barnett, L., & Lamb, K. Scalability of Transform-Us! to reduce children's sitting and promote physical activity. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine (ICBM) Satellite Meeting Implementation science and the process of translating evidence into policy and practice, 6 Dec 2016.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Salmon, J., Timperio, A., Bauman, A., Lubans, D., Lonsdale, C., Telford, A., Ridgers, N., Barnett, L., & Lamb, K. Scalability of Transform-Us! to reduce children's sitting and promote physical activity. 3rd Biennial Australasian Implementation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 4-6 October, 2016.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Salmon, J., Timperio, A., Bauman, A., Lubans, D., Lonsdale, C., Ridgers, N., & Arundell, L. Scalability of Transform-Us! to reduce children's sitting and promote physical activity in Victorian primary schools. Implementation and Translation of Health Promotion Interventions, ISBNPA Advancing Behaviour Change Science, Cape Town, South Africa, 8-11 June, 2016.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Bell, C., Mohebbi, M., Whelan, J., Denning, Y., Bald, M., & Love, P. Outcomes of a workplace physical activity intervention aimed at office-based employees: Move More. Population Health Congress, One Vision, Many Voices, Hobart, Australia, 6-9 September, 2015.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H. Opportunities for the expansion of obesity prevention strategies in Australia, CO-OPS National Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 19-21 May, 2015.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Whelan, J., Love, P., & Gill, T., Where evidence, practice and policy collide - The perfect storm in community prevention. Workshop (2.5 hours): Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) Sydney, Australia, 16-18 October, 2014.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Mattocks, M., Ness, A., Deere, K., Blair, S. N., Pate, R., & Riddoch, C. The Association between the Type, Context and Levels of Physical Activity amongst Adolescents. The 6th European Youth Heart Study (EYHS) Scientific Symposium, Bath, UK, 12 - 14 September, 2010.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Poster presentations:
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Bell, C., Mohebbi, M., Whelan, J., Denning, Y., Bald, M., & Love, P. Outcomes of a workplace physical activity intervention aimed at office-based employees: Move More. ISBNPA Advancing Behaviour Change Science, Edinburgh, UK, 3-6 June 2015.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Whelan, J., Love, P., Koorts, H., & Allender, S. Why is obesity prevention more difficult in rural and regional settings? Poster presentation, Population Health Congress, Hobart, Australia, September 6-9, 2015.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Koorts, H., Mattocks, M., Ness, A., Deere, K., Blair, S. N., Pate, R., & Riddoch, C. The Association between the Type, Context and Levels of Physical Activity amongst Adolescents American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 5th Annual Meeting, Washington Seattle; 27 - 30 May 2009.