Anna Jansson

Dr. Anna Jansson is a Senior Research Officer at the University of Newcastle, affiliated with the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing and the School of Health Sciences. She completed her PhD in Education (2022) and Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) (2015), focusing on community-based physical activity interventions using mHealth and outdoor gyms.

Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy in Education (University of Newcastle, 2022)
• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) (University of Newcastle, 2015)

Research Focus: Anna's work bridges health promotion, physical activity, and nutrition research, with specific emphasis on mHealth, resistance training, and population health. Her studies often address cardiovascular disease, obesity management, and type 2 diabetes through scalable interventions like the ecofit program.

Publication Trends: Her recent research (2025–2024) explores primary obesity prevention, outdoor gym scalability, and diabetes-specific mHealth implementations. Earlier works (2023–2018) span cardiac rehabilitation, fitness app validation, and cognitive psychology foundations.

Grants: Anna has secured multiple grants including internal funding from the School of Health Sciences and HMRI Food and Nutrition Research Program, focusing on research support and external collaboration.

Teaching: She served as a Tutor for Foundations of Psychological Interventions (PSYC2200) at the School of Psychological Sciences, demonstrating cross-disciplinary engagement.