Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre (BBB)
Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre (BBB), brings together expertise in sleep, nutrition and activity, and their combined impact on chronic illness. Behavioural risk factors (including inadequate sleep, poor diet, and lack of exercise) are significant contributors to healthy functioning. Our researchers work on projects that span from behavioural predictors and interventions to improve fetal health, through school and the working career, to late life.
The BBB team works together to understand the role of sleep, circadian disruption, nutrition, and physical activity in as predictors of:
Fetal health | Impairment in high performance environments |
Resilient school learners | Cognitive functioning through cancer treatment |
Metabolic disease in shiftworkers | Early indicators of dementia risk |
The BBB trajectory from basic science to real world impact
Visit our two new laboratories located at Magill Campus:
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Areas of study and research
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Health
SciencesResearch institutes
- Health Research
Research centres
- Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA)
- Centre for Cancer Biology
- Centre for Drug Discovery and Development
- Centre for Population Health Research
- Centre of Research Excellence for the Prevention of Chronic Conditions in Rural and Remote High Risk Populations
- International Centre for Allied Health Evidence
- Medicine and Device Surveillance CRE
- Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre
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UniSA
Business School
School
- Commerce
- Law
- Management
- Marketing
Research institutes
- Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science
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Education, Arts
and Social SciencesSchool
- Art, Architecture and Design
- Communication, International Studies and Languages
- Education
- Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy
Research institutes
- Hawke Research Institute
Research centres
- Asia Pacific Centre for Work Health and Safety
- Australian Centre for Child Protection
- Barbara Hardy Institute
- Centre for Research in Education
- Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
- Centre for Islamic Thought and Education
- International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding
- Research Centre for Languages and Cultures
- Zero Waste SA Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour (sd+b)
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IT, Engineering and
the EnvironmentResearch institutes
- Future Industries Institute
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UniSA
College