Dr Natalie Landers is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, at Deakin University. Her research focus is around developing and delivering evidenced-based teacher education interventions, which aim to improve students’ health, learning and wellbeing outcomes. Natalie has completed a Bachelor of Applied Science and Education (RMIT University), a Masters in Educational Psychology (Queensland University of Technology), Bachelor of Health Science: Honours (H1) (Deakin University), and a PhD (Deakin University). In addition, Natalie has 10 years’ experience as a leading teacher in primary and secondary schools, and 10 years of university teaching experience at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level. Natalie is the lead research in Transform Us, a program integrating physical literacy and movement into the existing curriculum, without altering the core content. Developed through over 16 years of research by Deakin University’s Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), this program is available to all Victorian primary, secondary and special schools.
