Diane Crone

Diane is a Professor in Exercise and Health at the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences. Her expertise lies in the area of the design, delivery and evaluation of health promoting interventions in primary and secondary health care, and in the community. She has published internationally in the areas of exercise referral scheme evaluation, mental health promotion, arts for health and in physical activity pathway intervention evaluations.

She has presented both nationally and internationally in both English and Spanish. Much of her work is undertaken with health professionals in the NHS and with regional and local government officers, in both the UK and EU. As a consequence, her work has specific application to practice and is used regularly in the development of evidence-based practice.

BSc Sport (Science and Admin) 1990 Nottingham Trent Uni
PhD Physical Activity and Mental Health 2002 Uni of Leeds
Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health