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Maria Almarcha is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on the intersection of exercise science, human movement, and mental health, with a particular emphasis on personalized exercise prescription and embodied education.
Her research interests span exercise science, sports medicine, and human movement, with specific focus on exercise prescription for health, creative dance and its impact on creative potential, transdisciplinary embodied education in STEM, proprioception assessment, and the network physiology of exercise. She investigates how exercise interventions can enhance mental health, interoceptive awareness, and overall well-being, particularly in the context of modern challenges like teleworking.
Dr. Almarcha has published 7 journal articles from 2021 to 2024, demonstrating a consistent research trajectory in personalized exercise and embodied approaches. Her work often adopts transdisciplinary methods, integrating perspectives from physiology, psychology, and education to address complex health and movement issues.
She is available for supervision of research students, indicating her active role in mentoring the next generation of researchers in her field.
