Lindsay Nettlefold, PhD
Dr. Lindsay Nettlefold is a Senior Scientist with the Active Aging Research Team (AART) at the University of British Columbia. Lindsay’s research aims to support individuals of all ages to improve and maintain their physical, social, and mental health through physical activity. Specifically her current research applies and evaluates principles of implementation and scale-up science to health-promoting interventions across settings (e.g., communities, schools) and populations (e.g., older adults, children).
Lindsay is currently working to evaluate implementation and effectiveness of Choose to Move – a choice-based physical activity intervention that supports low active older adults in British Columbia to become more physically active and socially connected. Together with local, national, and international collaborators, Lindsay is part of the team exploring how Choose to Move can be adapted for specific populations of older adults and how we can best support organizations to build readiness to adopt and deliver Choose to Move for their communities with intervention fidelity and sustainability in mind.
Lindsay obtained her PhD from the Experimental Medicine Program at UBC where she evaluated the scale-up of Action Schools! BC across British Columbia with a focus on physical activity and cardiovascular health in school-aged children. She also completed a Professional Specialization Certificate in Population Health Data Analysis from the University of Victoria.