Professor Lauren Sherar

My name is Lauren and I am a Professor of Physical Activity and Public Health and the Dean of the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences.

In my current role I am responsible for the School’s strategic, financial and people management. I work with my fantastic Senior Leadership Team to ensure the smooth running of the School. We are also passionate that improvements made also promote staff wellbeing and job satisfaction. The best part of my job is working with all colleagues in SSEHS – they truly are the best!

Investigating biological, social and environmental determinants of activity

My research focuses on using accelerometers to measure physical activity, bringing together data from different sources, running interventions, and tracking how children grow and develop.

Over the last two decades I have worked on research and interventions in schools, communities, and clinical settings - always with a strong focus on helping children and young people be more active and healthy. I am really passionate about making sure research actually gets used in real-world practice and policy.

I have three children Olivia, Jack and Georgia, who were all born during my PhD. Like many I have had first hand experiences of balancing home life with academia and am very grateful that I was supported and empowered to have a career while raising a family.

However, I know across the sector this is not always the case. I am extremely passionate about supporting early career researchers, in particular doctoral researchers and research associates, to be able to thrive and succeed in academia.

Explore Professor Lauren Sherar's latest research publications

If you would like to get in touch with Prof Lauren Sherar about collaborations, you can email her at L.B.Sherar@lboro.ac.uk.