Rate My Professor Paul Gardiner

Gardiner's research specializations encompass multidisciplinary efforts to promote active ageing and maintain quality of life, with a focus on behavioural interventions to reduce sedentary time, dementia prevention, citizen science, and equity, diversity, and inclusion. He is a member of the Our Voice Citizen Science global research network spanning six continents to enhance health equity and co-founded the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Special Interest Group of the Public Health Association of Australia. Previous research areas include evaluation of drug and alcohol treatment services, parenting programs, stillbirth epidemiology, and women's health. With over 140 publications from 1991 to 2026, key works include 'Individual sedentary activities and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: a systematic review' (Chen et al., Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2026), 'Toowoomba healthy towns: a citizen science initiative on active transport in Regional South East Queensland, Australia' (Kolbe-Alexander et al., Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2024), 'Associations between television viewing time and overall sitting time with the metabolic syndrome in older men and women: The Australian diabetes obesity and lifestyle study' (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2011), and 'Measurement of adults' sedentary time in population-based studies' (American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2011). His contributions have influenced guidelines on sedentary behaviour and physical activity for older populations.