Christina Ekegren

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Christina Ekegren

Assoc Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7656-6209

Accepting PhD Students

20092025

Research activity per year

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Biography

Christina is the Rehabilitation Stream Lead within the Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre and Research Lead for Australia's first 'Smart Ward' within the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA).

She is a globally recognised expert on physical activity in clinical populations, with a major focus on improving outcomes for hospitalised older adults. She also has specific expertise in novel physical activity measurement approaches and leads the International Physical Activity Vital Signs Consortium for hospital settings.

A/Prof Ekegren is the recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Early Career Fellowship and has attracted over $10 million in collaborative research funding from government, industry and academic sources. She has presented as an invited speaker at both national and international conferences, and authored over 100 peer reviewed articles and industry reports.

Christina has a clinical background in physiotherapy and has worked in teaching and research at universities in Australia, the UK and Canada. She is currently a registered physiotherapist, an Adjunct Researcher with the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, an Honorary Research Fellow of the Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Health, and Peninsula Health, and a Research Collaborator with the Centre for Aging SMART (Solutions for Mobility, Activity, Rehabilitation and Technology) at Vancouver Coastal Health.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

External positions

Honorary Researcher, Peninsula Health

2024 → …

Research Collaborator, Vancouver Coastal Health

2022 → …

Honorary Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

2017 → …

Honorary Research Fellow, Alfred Hospital

2016 → …

Research area keywords

  • physical activity
  • ageing
  • Rehabilitation
  • injury
  • epidemiology

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  • Risk Assessment for moving Individuals SafEly (RAISE) - optimising staff and patient safety

    Brusco, N. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Taylor, N. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rawson, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kugler, H. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Collie, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ekegren, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hill, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Haines, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kasza, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Crabtree, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Morrison, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Chu, E. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Mitchell, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Levinger, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Radia-George, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Graven, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Abdelmotaleb, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Bould, E. (Associate Investigator (AI))

    1/10/25 → 30/09/29

    Project: Research

  • Advancing Care Through Injury Outcome Navigators (ACTION) Study

    Gabbe, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Lannin, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ekegren, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reeder, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kimmel, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Livingston, D. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Vallmuur, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cameron, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fitzgerald, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Teague, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Balogh, Z. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dipnall, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Weber, D. G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wake, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Afoakwah, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Webb, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Jowett, H. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Morrison, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Read, D. J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Mahoney, A. J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Lecuyer, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Schuetz, M. A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ellis, D. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Kelly, N. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ryder, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Collier, F. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Bellinger, D. (Associate Investigator (AI))

    1/06/25 → 31/05/30

    Project: Research

  • HeartPath+: Targeting self-efficacy and health literacy through patient education to prevent recurrent heart events in Australians with heart disease

    Cartledge, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Beauchamp, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Driscoll, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Neil, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Redfern, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gallagher, R. D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stub, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bray, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wolfe, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zomer, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zhang, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Murphy, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Li, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nourse, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hennequin, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bratby, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ekegren, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Gauci, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ball, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Liu, Y. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hall, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Mihalopoulos, C. (Associate Investigator (AI))

    Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)

    1/11/23 → 30/06/27

    Project: Research

  • HIP4Hips: Intensive physiotherapy to lower hospital length of stay after hip fracture

    Holland, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Kimmel, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harris, I. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ackerman, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Page, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Naylor, J. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burge, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Armstrong, E. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Gordon, I. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Somerville, L. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Gabbe, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ekegren, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Harris, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Woode, M. E. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Hepworth, G. (Associate Investigator (AI))

    14/04/22 → 30/06/26

    Project: Research

  • Ageing with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) consumer resources

    Ekegren, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Cameron, I. D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McBain, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Gill, E. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Callaway, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kurrle, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Simpson, G. (Associate Investigator (AI))

    1/02/23 → 29/02/24

    Project: Research

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