Erica Hinckson | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of California, San Diego , University of Oregon , Auckland University of Technology |
Thesis | |
Doctoral advisor | Patria A. Hume , Will G Hopkins |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Auckland University of Technology , Auckland University of Technology |
Erica Hinckson is a New Zealand academic,and is a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She is interested in how the built environment affects physical activity,and how to use approaches such as citizen science and participatory research to achieve large-scale change.
Hinckson undertook a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and cell biology at the University of California San Diego,and then studied exercise physiology with a Master of Science from the University of Oregon and a PhD titled Effect of simulated altitude exposure on sea level performance at the Auckland University of Technology. [1] [2] In 1997 Hinckson joined the faculty of the Unitec Institute of Technology,where she lectured in exercise physiology [3] before moving to AUT in 2004,rising to full professor in 2017. [4] As of 2024 she is Head of the School of Sport and Recreation at AUT. [2]
Hinckson's background in exercise science has led her to a greater interest in public health,and how physical activity and sedentary behaviour are influenced by the built environment. [5] Her approaches include evidence-based citizen science and community-based participatory research,and she is interested in issues such as children's active travel to school,how physical activity varies with life stage and built environment,and health equity. [6] Hinckson leads a project within an $8 million MBIE-funded project called Te Hotonga Hapori –Connecting Communities,where researchers are working with Kāinga Ora to investigate how the built environment itself,and being part of a community redevelopment,affects people's wellbeing. [6]
In 2020 Hinckson was elected to a three-year term as president of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity,which has around 1000 members from 44 different countries. [7] Hinckson co-chaired the steering committee for the Lancet series on physical activity 2024,which found that Auckland scored below average as a sustainable city. [8] [2] She is on the executive committee of the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities. [2] [9]
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