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Associate ProfessorLouisa Peralta

(she/her)

Associate Professor in Physical Education

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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  • Associate Professor in Physical Education
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTs

BEdHons(UOW), MEdL (UC), GradCert(Higher Ed)(Sydney), PhD(UOW)

Associate Professor Louisa Peralta is a nationally renowned researcher who has expertise in intervention co-design, implementation and evaluation trials in education. Her research aims to improve the health and wellbeing of school leaders, teachers, children and young people through whole school approaches, as well as curriculum, teaching and learning programs. Recently, Associate Professor Peralta and colleagues have been focusing on co-designing educational frameworks to enhance teachers and young peoples' (digital) health literacy.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Deciphering adolescents use and evaluation of digital health information
    Australian Research Council (ARC)6 Feb 2026 - 5 Feb 2029
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The Barriers to and Facilitators of Physical Activity and Sport for Oceania with Non-European, Non-Asian (ONENA) Ancestry Children and Adolescents: A Mixed Studies Systematic Review
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Peralta L
  • GRANT
    Healthy Active Peaceful Playgrounds for Youth (HAPPY) Study: An evaluation of an inclusive approach to primary school physical activity environment
    Macquarie University1 Jan 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Dudley D,
    • Peralta L,
    • Cotton W
  • GRANT
    Adolescent health literacy for specific target groups and issues
    Office of Global and Research Engagement1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Rowling L,
    • Roderick P,
    • Grace M,
    • Peralta L,
    • Samdal O
  • GRANT
    Teaching healthy eating to primary school students - A review of evidence and best practice
    Sax Institute9 Apr 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Dudley D,
    • Peralta L,
    • Cotton W
  • GRANT
    A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a School-based Physical Activity Intervention in At-risk Communities
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2013 - 6 Jan 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cerin E,
    • Kolt G,
    • Maeder A,
    • Gore J,
    • Lonsdale C
  • GRANT
    An Evaluation of a Community and School Sport-Based Program on Indigenous Students Physical Activity Levels and Life Skills: A Pilot RCT
    National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy1 Jan 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Peralta L