DrOscar Lederman

Oscar’s research focuses on improving the physical health, wellbeing and recovery of people experiencing mental health challenges, particularly those living with severe mental illness. His work is especially concerned with how exercise, physical activity and behaviour change can be meaningfully integrated into mental health services and other community settings.

For full list of research outputs, please see: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oRB67s0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Topics of interest

• Exercise, physical activity and mental health care → including the role of exercise physiology in prevention, treatment, recovery and long-term wellbeing.
• Physical health equity in severe mental illness → addressing cardiometabolic risk, service gaps and barriers to accessible physical activity support.
• Implementation and health service evaluation → understanding what works, for whom, in what contexts, and how effective models of care can be embedded sustainably.
• Workforce development and capacity building → developing, evaluating and translating training, professional development and practice support for exercise and mental health workforces.
• Co-designed and community-based approaches → working with consumers, carers, clinicians and community organisations to develop practical, acceptable and culturally responsive programs.
• Trauma-informed and recovery-oriented physical activity support → exploring how exercise and movement can be delivered safely, flexibly and in ways that support autonomy, motivation and engagement.