Laura Bergade

Dr Laura Desha (Bergade) is a post doctoral research fellow in the Division of Occupational Therapy, in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, working with Professor Jenny Ziviani and an international team of researchers who are developing a suite of measures to assess client engagement in paediatric rehabililtation (the PRIME tools).

Laura's research has explored the concept of healthy lifestyles for children and their families, with a focuss on the ways that people use their time. She has a particular interest in the impact that family routines and time use choices have on children’s emotional and physical wellbeing, and how families can adapt their routines to foster healthier lifestyles when managing conditions such as overweight, depression and diabetes. Laura's research involves interrogation of large national and international datasets, as well as smaller targeted qualitative and quantitative studies.