Danielle joined the department in January 2017 and her research interests predominantly focus on improving the physical activity and health of children and adolescents through school-based interventions and an exploration of the factors influencing effective implementation of school-based health projects. After gaining a BSc in Sport and Exercise Sciences in 2008 from University of Birmingham, Danielle went on to work as a researcher for Bolton Wanderers Community Trust promoting health through the medium of football. Other projects included coordinating the Premier League funded Active Families Scheme, and involvement with Men’s Health schemes, First steps programmes and the Kicks inclusion project. Danielle went on to obtain her PhD in 2016, from Swansea University, exploring whether a top-down or bottom-up approach was more effective when implementing school-based physical activity interventions. This mixed-methods PhD involved the development, management and process evaluation of two school-based interventions; Active Children Through Incentive Vouchers – Evaluation (ACTIVE) and Community Led Active Schools Programme (CLASP). ACTIVE, a project whereby Year 9 pupils receive physical activity vouchers has now been refunded and a randomised-controlled trial is currently underway, whereas CLASP has been further developed into a primary school-based network of over 70 health, education and research professionals focussed on improving child health, wellbeing and education outcomes. Danielle’s current role at Edge Hill University entails rolling out the Youth Sport Trust funded UK Youth Activity Profile; a partnership with Iowa State University and Liverpool John Moores University. This project looks to calibrate previously validated self-report measures of physical activity with objectively measured values, in order to allow self-report measures to be more readily understood by children and adolescents and more comparable with public health guidelines.