Rate My Professor Sarah Kennedy

Kennedy's research centers on innovating evidence-based programs to enhance physical activity levels among children and youth, with a focus on resistance training integration, school-based health promotion, and implementation science for large-scale rollout. Her contributions include key projects such as Burn 2 Learn, ActTeens Program, Muscle Movers, iPLAY intervention, and the ‘Learning to Lead’ cluster randomized controlled trial, as well as redeveloping resources for the Resistance Training for Teens program dissemination in partnership with the New South Wales Department of Education—the first such school-based strength training initiative at statewide scale. She has produced over 54 journal articles and a book chapter, including ‘Implementation and scale-up of school-based physical activity interventions’ (2020), ‘Development of a Resistance Training Curriculum for School-Based Implementation: Adaptation of the Athletic Motor Skill Competencies Curriculum’ (2025), ‘Feasibility of ‘Muscle Movers’: a teacher-delivered program to support children’s participation in muscle-strengthening physical activity’ (2026), and ‘The impact of sports participation on psychological health and social outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review’ (2026). Her work in physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy significantly influences youth health promotion strategies.