Dr Alice Porter
MSc, BSc
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in Diet and Physical Activity
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
PASSPORT: A novel Physical Activity School-Specific PORTfolio intervention evaluated via a stepped wedge design to increase children’s physical activity at a population level
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2023 to 29/02/2028
Action 3:30
Principal Investigator
Role
Other
Description
The after-school period is a time in which children can be active but what schools currently provide is mainly team sports. Teaching assistants (TAs) are school staff members who could…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2017 to 30/09/2018
Publications
Recent publications
25/02/2025Designing stepped wedge trials to evaluate physical activity interventions in schools
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
“We just have to work with what we’ve got”
BMC Public Health
Investigating the psychology of eating after exercise — a scoping review
Journal of Nutritional Science
Estimating the effectiveness of an enhanced ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) service addressing the wider determinants of mental health
BMJ Open
Physical activity interventions in European primary schools
Frontiers in Public Health
Thesis
What exactly are ‘me’ sized meals for one- to five-year-olds?
Supervisors
Award date
22/03/2022
Related people
Professor Russ Jago
Professor of Physical Activity & Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Ruth Kipping
Professor of Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Frank De Vocht
Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Robert Walker
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Danielle House
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)