Overview
Background
Gregore is a behavioural epidemiologist and Principal Investigator of the HABITAT Study, an ongoing cohort focused on urban environments, physical activity, inequalities, and healthy ageing. His research explores how physical activity and sedentary behaviour change over time, from early childhood to older age, particularly during major life transitions, and how these patterns relate to health outcomes and inequalities.
He has a strong interest in improving the measurement of physical activity in population surveys and in applying life-course perspectives to better understand behavioural trajectories and inform strategies to reduce health disparities. Gregore has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers, secured $4 million in competitive research funding (including>$1 million as Chief Investigator), and actively contributes to national and international initiatives to strengthen physical activity surveillance and public health policy.
Gregore is a Teaching and Research academic at the School of Public Health, where he leads a multidisciplinary research group with PhD and Master’s students working on physical activity epidemiology and life course research projects. He is also an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow (EL1; 2022–2026) and serves as Deputy Editor for the Journal of Physical Activity and Health.
Availability
- Dr Gregore Iven Mielke is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Health, Sport and Physical Education, Federal University of Pelotas
- Masters (Research) of Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas
- Doctor of Philosophy of Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas
Research interests
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Physical activity and sedentary behaviour
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Measurement of physical activity using wearables
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Life course approaches
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Cohort studies
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Health inequalities
Works
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2018
Journal Article
Lifelong robbery victimisation and mental disorders at age 18 years: Brazilian population-based study
Murray, Joseph, Lima, Natália Peixoto, Ruivo, Ana Carolina Oliveira, Ramírez Varela, Andrea, Bortolotto, Caroline Cardozo, Magalhães, Elma Izze da Silva, Leite, Franciéle Marabotti Costa, Xavier, Mariana Otero, Pingault, Jean-Baptiste, Fazel, Seena, Mielke, Gregore Iven, Anselmi, Luciana, Wehrmeister, Fernando César, Gonçalves, Helen and Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista (2018). Lifelong robbery victimisation and mental disorders at age 18 years: Brazilian population-based study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53 (5), 487-496. doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1488-z
2018
Journal Article
Exercise in patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial
Barcellos, Franklin C., Del Vecchio, Fabricio Boscolo, Reges, Annelise, Mielke, Gregore, Santos, Iná S., Umpierre, Daniel, Bohlke, Maristela and Hallal, Pedro C. (2018). Exercise in patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Human Hypertension, 32 (6), 397-407. doi: 10.1038/s41371-018-0055-0
2018
Journal Article
Overall and leisure-time physical activity among Brazilian adults: national survey based on the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire
da Silva, Inacio Crochemore M., Mielke, Gregore I., Bertoldi, Andrea D., Dourado Arrais, Paulo Sergio, Luiza, Vera Lucia, Mengue, Sotero Serrate and Hallal, Pedro C. (2018). Overall and leisure-time physical activity among Brazilian adults: national survey based on the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15 (3), 212-218. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2017-0262
2018
Journal Article
Prepregnancy weight excess and cessation of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Flores, Thaynã Ramos, Mielke, Gregore Iven, Wendt, Andrea, Nunes, Bruno P. and Bertoldi, Andréa Dâmaso (2018). Prepregnancy weight excess and cessation of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Clincial Nutrition, 72 (4), 480-488. doi: 10.1038/s41430-017-0073-y
2018
Journal Article
Socioeconomic position and sedentary behavior in Brazilian adolescents: a life-course approach
Mielke, Gregore I., Brown, Wendy J., Ekelund, Ulf, Brage, Soren, Gonçalves, Helen, Wehrmeister, Fernando C., Menezes, Ana M. and Hallal, Pedro C. (2018). Socioeconomic position and sedentary behavior in Brazilian adolescents: a life-course approach. Preventive Medicine, 107, 29-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.008
2018
Conference Publication
Associations between self-reported physical activity and sedentary behaviour with cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents: findings from 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study
Mielke, Gregore, Brown, Wendy, Wehrmeister, Fernando, Goncalves, Helen, Oliveira, Isabel, Menezes, Ana and Hallal, Pedro (2018). Associations between self-reported physical activity and sedentary behaviour with cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents: findings from 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study. 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, United Kingdom, 15-17 October 2018. Champaign, IL United States: Human Kinetics.
2018
Journal Article
Shift work and the risk of cardiovascular disease. A systematic review and meta-analysis including dose-response relationship
Torquati, Luciana, Mielke, Gregore I., Brown, Wendy J. and Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy (2018). Shift work and the risk of cardiovascular disease. A systematic review and meta-analysis including dose-response relationship. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health, 44 (3), 229-238. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3700
2017
Journal Article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training on body adiposity
Keating, S. E., Johnson, N. A., Mielke, G. I. and Coombes, J. S. (2017). A systematic review and meta-analysis of interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training on body adiposity. Obesity Reviews, 18 (8), 943-964. doi: 10.1111/obr.12536
2017
Journal Article
High-intensity interval training and cardiac autonomic control in individuals with metabolic syndrome: A randomised trial
Ramos, Joyce S., Dalleck, Lance C., Borrani, Fabio, Beetham, Kassia S., Mielke, Gregore Iven, Dias, Katrin A., Wallen, Matthew P., Keating, Shelley E., Fassett, Robert G. and Coombes, Jeff S. (2017). High-intensity interval training and cardiac autonomic control in individuals with metabolic syndrome: A randomised trial. International Journal of Cardiology, 245, 245-252. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.07.063
2017
Conference Publication
Effect of Differential Exercise Intensities on Interleukin-22 in Metabolic Syndrome
Ramos, Joyce S., Dalleck, Lance C., Mielke, Gregore I., Keating, Shelley E., McGuckin, Michael, Murray, Lydia S., Hasnain, Sumaira, Fassett, Robert G. and Coombes, Jeff S. (2017). Effect of Differential Exercise Intensities on Interleukin-22 in Metabolic Syndrome. Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Sports-Medicine (ACSM), Denver Co, May 30-Jun 03, 2017. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000519264.21081.61
2017
Journal Article
Physical activity throughout adolescence and HbA1c in early adulthood: birth cohort study
Nakamura, Priscila M., Mielke, Grégore I., Horta, Bernardo L., Assunção, Maria Cecília, Gonçalves, Helen, Menezes, Ana M.B., Barros, Fernando C., Ekelund, Ulf, Brage, Soren, Wehrmeister, Fernando C., Oliveira, Isabel O. and Hallal, Pedro C. (2017). Physical activity throughout adolescence and HbA1c in early adulthood: birth cohort study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 14 (5), 375-381. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2016-0245
2017
Journal Article
Simultaneity of risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases in the elderly in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil [Simultaneidade de fatores de risco para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis entre idosos da zona urbana de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil]
Cruz, Maurício Feijó da, Ramires, Virgílio Viana, Wendt, Andrea, Mielke, Grégore Iven, Martinez-Mesa, Jeovany and Wehrmeister, Fernando César (2017). Simultaneity of risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases in the elderly in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil [Simultaneidade de fatores de risco para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis entre idosos da zona urbana de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil]. Cadernos de saude publica, 33 (2) e00021916, 1-11. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00021916
2017
Journal Article
Socioeconomic correlates of sedentary behavior in adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Mielke, Gregore I., Brown, Wendy J., Nunes, Bruno P., Silva, Inacio C. M. and Hallal, Pedro C. (2017). Socioeconomic correlates of sedentary behavior in adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 47 (1), 61-75. doi: 10.1007/s40279-016-0555-4
2016
Journal Article
Multimorbidity and mortality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nunes, Bruno Pereira, Flores, Thayna Ramos, Mielke, Gregore Iven, Thume, Elaine and Facchini, Luiz Augusto (2016). Multimorbidity and mortality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 67, 130-138. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2016.07.008
2016
Journal Article
Heart rate reactivity and antisocial behaviour
Murray, Joseph, Hallal, Pedro C., Mielke, Gregore I., Raine, Adrian, Wehrmeister, Fernando C. and Barros, Fernando (2016). Heart rate reactivity and antisocial behaviour. International Journal of Epidemiology, 45 (5), 1687-1689. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw261
2016
Journal Article
Health promoting practices and personal lifestyle behaviors of Brazilian health professionals
Hidalgo, Karen D., Mielke, Gregore I., Parra, Diana C., Lobelo, Felipe, Simoes, Eduardo J., Gomes, Grace O., Florindo, Alex A., Bracco, Mario, Moura, Lenildo, Brownson, Ross C., Pratt, Michael, Ramos, Luiz R. and Hallal, Pedro C. (2016). Health promoting practices and personal lifestyle behaviors of Brazilian health professionals. BMC Public Health, 16 (1) 1114, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3778-2
2016
Journal Article
Effectiveness of a scaled up physical activity intervention in Brazil: a natural experiment
Simões, Eduardo J., Hallal, Pedro C. , Siqueira, Fernando V., Schmaltz, Chester , Menor, Danielle , Malta, Deborah C., Duarte, Hebe , Hino, Adriano Akira , Mielke, Gregore I., Pratt, Michael and Reis, Rodrigo S. (2016). Effectiveness of a scaled up physical activity intervention in Brazil: a natural experiment. Preventive Medicine, 103, S66-S72. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.09.032
2016
Journal Article
Gender equality in sport for improved public health
Brown, Wendy J., Mielke, Gregore I. and Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L. (2016). Gender equality in sport for improved public health. Lancet, 388 (10051), 1257-1258. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30881-9
2016
Journal Article
All-cause mortality attributable to sitting time: analysis of 54 countries worldwide
de Rezende, Leandro Fórnias Machado , de Sá, Thiago Hérick , Mielke, Grégore Iven , Viscondi, Juliana Yukari Kodaira , Rey-López, Juan Pablo and Garcia, Leandro Martin Totaro (2016). All-cause mortality attributable to sitting time: analysis of 54 countries worldwide. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51 (2), 253-263. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.01.022
2016
Journal Article
Social support and leisure-time physical activity among the elderly: a population-based study
Boehm, Andrea Wendt, Mielke, Gregore Iven, da Cruz, Mauricio Feijo, Ramires, Virgilio Viana and Wehrmeister, Fernando C. (2016). Social support and leisure-time physical activity among the elderly: a population-based study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13 (6), 599-605. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2015-0277
Supervision
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
How does built environment affect the association between physical activity and long-term health conditions in middle-aged adults?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michalis Stylianou, Dr Stephanie Duncombe
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Doctor Philosophy
Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Physical Activity and Obesity in Later Life
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Isaac Koomson
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the optimal doses of physical activity and sedentary behaviour across the lifespan for prevention of non-communicable chronic diseases
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hsin-Fang Chung, Dr Stephanie Duncombe
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Doctor Philosophy
24-Hour Movement Behaviours of Children and Adolescents: Health and Academic Performance in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mehwish Nisar, Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding physical functioning and associated factors among Australian women in their fifth decade
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jenny Doust, Professor Gita Mishra
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Doctor Philosophy
Examining the Efficacy of Attentional Focus Instruction on Typically and Atypically Developing Young Learners Performing a Postural Control Task
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sean Tweedy, Professor John Cairney
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the interplay between screen time, sleep, and physical activity in Australian primary school children
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Charlotte Brakenridge
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding differences in accumulation of device-measured physical activity in mid-aged adults: Does one size fit all?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Physical Activity and Reproductive Health Problems in Women
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Wendy Brown
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