Gemma’s research is primarily based on the WAVES study, an obesity prevention intervention targeting primary school children across the West Midlands. Her thesis will explore ethnic differences in the correlates of obesity and physical activity among the WAVES cohort. She is also working with a research team at the Institute of Human Performance, at the University of Hong Kong, on a collaborative project which aims to understand the links between physical activity and cardiometabolic health in Chinese primary school children. Gemma’s research is funded by the university’s Centre for Obesity Research, and an Overseas Research Funding Award