Dr Miranda Armstrong
BSc (Hons), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (UCT)
Expertise
I am a Physical Activity Epidemiologist. My research focuses on the associations between physical activity and various health outcomes such as vascular diseases and fractures in adults.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity in Adults
School for Policy Studies
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Biography
I have a BSc. (hons) (Rhodes University, 2003), an MPhil in Computational Biology (University of Cambridge, 2007) and was awarded a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Cape Town in 2009. From 2008 - 2017 I was the Physical Activity Epidemiologist for the Million Women Study (http://www.millionwomenstudy.org) in the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford.
I joined the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol in 2017 as a Lecturer in Physical Activity in Adults, and became the Programme Director of the MSc in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health in 2019.
Research interests
Miranda Armstrong is a Physical Activity Epidemiologist and Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity in Adults. Her research focuses on the associations between physical activity and various health outcomes.
Miranda has a BSc. (hons) (Rhodes University, 2003), an MPhil in Computational Biology (University of Cambridge, 2007) and was awarded a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Cape Town in 2009.
Previous Appointment
2008-2017: Physical Activity Epidemiologist on the Million Women Study (http://www.millionwomenstudy.org), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford.
Within the Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Miranda used data from the Million Women Study (a prospective study of 1.3 Million middle-aged UK Women) to examine the associations between physical activity and body size, and health outcomes including fractures and various vascular diseases.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The opportunities for using physiological data in AI-based closed-loop systems for young adults with T1D in the UK
Principal Investigator
Description
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic condition characterised by insufficient insulin production, necessitating insulin injections for blood glucose control [1]. Recent advancements in T1D technology are leading to the…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/12/2023 to 01/06/2024
HEaLth IMpact Of E-bikes And E-scooTers: Baseline Data Collection
Principal Investigator
Description
Physical activity is important for physical and mental health. Walking or cycling between places is one way to be physically active. E-bikes are pedal bikes which have a battery to…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/08/2023 to 31/01/2024
The significance of home-delivered meals among Meals on Wheels service users and their referrers: co-producing knowledge translation tools to add value to qualitative findings
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/05/2023 to 31/07/2023
BRC2 - Diet and Physical Activity Theme
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/12/2022 to 30/11/2027
Exploring Meals on Wheels as a service provided to vulnerable adults in South-East Asia: establishing food safety, nutritional, social care, psychological and policy implications
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project is a cross-country collaboration between the University of Bristol, the National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) and Universitas Airlangga (Indonesia). The aim is for the working group to explore…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
19/07/2021
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
20/02/2024Accelerometer-measured 24-hour movement behaviours over 7 days in Malaysian children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study
PLoS ONE
Accessing Meals on Wheels
Health Expectations
Dietary intake, obesity, and metabolic risk factors among children and adolescents in the SEACO-CH20 cross-sectional study
Scientific Reports
Chronic Care in a Life Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence to Support Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Moving to University
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
I'm hooked on e-cycling, I can finally be active again”
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Teaching
I am the programme director for the MSc in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public health Course. I am the unit coordinator for the Physical Activity, Disease and Public health unit on this programme. I am the unit coordinator for the Health and Health Care in a Global Context unit on the MSc in Public Policy Programme. I supervise Masters dissertation projects on both of these programmes. At the undergraduate level, I teach on the Health Policy in a Global Context unit and supervise undergraduate dissertation students. I also currently co-supervise two Doctoral students.
Related people
Professor Ailsa Cameron
Professor of Health and Social Care
School for Policy Studies
Dr Angeliki Papadaki
Associate Professor in Public Health Nutrition
School for Policy Studies
Dr Ruth Salway
Research Fellow
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Dr Jessica Bourne
Honorary Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Becky Lambert
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)