DrMichael Wheeler
Lecturer, Physical Activity and Health
Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
Orcid identifier0000-0002-7404-7069 (opens in a new tab)
- Lecturer, Physical Activity and HealthFaculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My future research will develop scalable, context-specific interventions that integrate exercise, sedentary behaviour and insulin signalling to prevent cognitive and cardiometabolic decline.
Research intrests include:
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Brain health, cognitive ageing and dementia prevention
Cardiometabolic health, type 2 diabetes and glycaemic control
Vascular function and insulin signalling
Clinical trials and experimental physiology
Epidemiology and free-living behaviour measurement
Digital health and co-design
Science communication and research translation
GRANTS
- COMPETITIVE GRANTDementia Australia2 Mar 2026 - 2 Mar 2028People funded by this grant:
- Wheeler M,
- Macpherson H,
- Caeyenberghs K,
- Traini D
- INTERNAL GRANTUnderstanding midlife risk factor patterns for dementia prevention.Deakin University1 Jan 2026 - 1 Jan 2027People funded by this grant:
- Milte C,
- Livingstone K,
- Wheeler M,
- Dempsey P,
- Daly R
- INTERNAL GRANTInstitute for Physical Activity and Nutrition1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Wheeler M,
- Zhang Y,
- Khalajzadeh H
- FELLOWSHIPExecutive Dean of Health Research FellowshipDeakin University21 Mar 2022 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Wheeler M
- COMPETITIVE GRANTAustralian Council of Deans in Science1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Wheeler M,
- Ashcroft L,
- Nguyen-robertson C,
- Phillips G,
- Martin J
- INTERNAL GRANTUniversity of Melbourne1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Nguyen Robertson C,
- Ashcroft L,
- Phillips G,
- Martin J
