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Professor Dennis Taaffe

Co-lead, Exercise and Gastrointestinal Cancers Research Group.

Dennis is Professor of Exercise Gerontology and a Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Research Fellow in the Exercise Medicine Research Institute and School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Background

After initial teacher training Dennis completed his BSc and MSc in physical education, and PhD in the area of exercise physiology from the University of Oregon with postdoctoral training undertaken in the Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology, and Metabolism at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dennis has also received a DSc for work in exercise and ageing from Charles Sturt University and a MPH in epidemiology from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and Exercise and Sports Science Australia.

Unit Coordination and Teaching

EXS6405 Physical Activity, Exercise and Cancer

EXS6415 Clinical Exercise Oncology

Professional Associations

  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • American Society for Clinical Oncology
  • Gerontological Society of America
  • European Society for Medical Oncology
  • Sports Medicine Australia
  • Exercise and Sports Science Australia
  • Clinical Oncology Society of Australia
  • Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate (ANZUP) Cancer Trials Group

Awards and Recognition

  • 2022 Membership of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
  • 2018-2019 Lead author, Top Download Paper - one of the most read in BJU International
  • 2017-2018 Lead author, Top Download Article - top 20 most read paper in BJU International
  • 2016  Fellowship, Exercise and Sports Science Australia
  • 2008 ASICS Best Paper – Clinically Relevant Conditions, Sports Medicine Australia, Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport ’08, Hamilton Island, 16-18 October
  • 2008 Teaching Excellence Award (2nd year), School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland
  • 2007 Delta Omega Honorary Society for Public Health (USA)
  • 2007 ASICS Medal – Best Paper Overall, Sports Medicine Australia, Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, be active ’07, Adelaide, 13-16 October
  • 2007 ASICS Best Paper – Performance Enhancement and Basic Science, Sports Medicine Australia, Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, be active ’07, Adelaide, 13-16 October
  • 2003 Faculty of Arts “Most Effective Teacher” Nomination, University of Queensland
  • 2003 Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Award for Best Poster – Injury Prevention and Health Promotion, Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Canberra

Research Areas and Interests

  • Exercise gerontology and exercise oncology
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