Clare Quinlan

Clare Quinlan is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator in Exercise and Sports Science at Charles Darwin University's Faculty of Health. Her research focuses on healthy cognitive ageing and the effects of physical activity on midlife cognition, aiming to prevent cognitive decline. She leads the STEMfit program, integrating wearable technology to enhance STEM education and physical literacy in primary schools. She supervises postgraduate students exploring physical activity interventions and cognitive outcomes.

Key research areas include cognitive neuroscience, exercise physiology, and public health. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to good health and well-being (SDG 3) and quality education (SDG 4). Recent studies analyze physical activity-cognition links in midlife, motor learning interventions with tDCS, and HIIT effects in breast cancer survivors.

Quinlan has published 5 peer-reviewed articles (2019–2023), with notable contributions to Frontiers in Psychology and BMC Cancer. Her research emphasizes translational applications in clinical and educational settings.