Andy is an Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences and Associate Director for the Norwich Epidemiology Centre. He also serves as an external research associate for the General Medical Council (GMC) and deputy editor for the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Previous appointments include research positions at the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health (Loughborough University) and the UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR; University of Cambridge). Andy is a behavioural epidemiologist with particular interest in understanding the distribution and determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour across the life course. He is a quantitative researcher with established expertise in the pooling and retrospective harmonisation of behavioural, social and health-related data from epidemiological studies.

Current / previous projects:

POWER: A population health wearables networkfor low resource settings (https://power-wearables.org/)

Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep consortiuum (ProPASS; https://www.propassconsortium.org/)

International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD; http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/studies/icad/)

Creating Active School Environments (CASE; http://www.cedar.iph.cam.ac.uk/case/)

• Physical Activity
• Sedentary behaviour
• Epidemiology
• Children and Adolescents
• Data harmonisation
• Correlates / Determinants

Funding

POWER: A POpulation Health WEaRables Network in Low- and Middle-income Countries (2025-2026). The Academy of Medical Sciences - £23 730 (UK Lead applicant).  International lead applicant: Prof. Lisa Micklesfield (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

To determine the efficacy and safety of faecal microbiome transplantation as for ME/CFS: RESTORE-ME (2020-2023). Invest in ME - £189 561 (Co-investigator). Lead: Prof. Micheal Hornberger (University of East Anglia)

A novel 24-hour compositional data analysis approach to understand the influence of sleep, sedentary time, and physical activity on children’s and adolescents’ behavioural, psychological, and cognitive health (2018-2019. The Waterloo Foundation - £59 960 (Co-investigator). Lead: Prof Stuart Fairclough (Edge Hill University).

Age-related changes and determinants of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in young people (2018-2021). Academy of Medical Sciences – Springboard, £61 700 (Principal investigator).

Opportunities within the school environment to shift the distribution of activity intensity in adolescents (2013-2016). Department of Health - Policy Research Programme, £324,156. (Co-investigator). Lead: Dr Esther van Sluijs (MRC Epidemiology Unit).

Exploring innovative methodological and technological approaches to understanding and reducing sedentary behaviour in children (Feb-Mar 2013). MRC Centenary Award. £6750 (Principal investigator).