Dr Stephanie Duncombe
Research Fellow & Lecturer
School of Public Health
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Researcher biography
Dr Stephanie Duncombe is a Research Fellow at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. Her research intersects understanding inequalities in physical activity through epidemiological methods and tailored interventions to reduce these inequalities using health promotion frameworks. Stephanie has specific interests in gender inequalities and paediatrics. Stephanie completed her PhD on high-intensity interval training within schools and led an intervention study titled Making a HIIT. She has a multidisciplinary background, including epidemiology, exercise physiology, and health promotion. Stephanie is also a Lecturer at the School of Public Health and coordinates courses related to work-integrated learning and health promotion.
Journal Articles
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Moss, Katrina M., Tooth, Leigh R. and Mielke, Gregore I. (2025). Sex Differences in the Play Equipment Found in Australian Children’s Homes. Journal of Child and Family Studies 15, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s10826-025-03037-8
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Barker, Alan R., Price, Lisa, Walker, Jacqueline L., Koep, Jodie L., Woodforde, James and Stylianou, Michalis (2024). Was it a HIIT? A process evaluation of a school-based high-intensity interval training intervention. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 21 (1) 49, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12966-024-01599-2
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Stylianou, Michalis, Price, Lisa, Walker, Jacqueline L. and Barker, Alan R. (2024). Making a HIIT: Methods for quantifying intensity in high-intensity interval training in schools and validity of session rating of perceived exertion. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41 (18), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2291736
Liu, Yong, Williams, Craig A., Weston, Kathryn L., Duncombe, Stephanie L., Malik, Adam A. and Barker, Alan R. (2024). Validation and calibration for embedding rating of perceived exertion into high-intensity interval exercise in adolescents: A lab-based study. Pediatric Exercise Science, 37 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.1123/pes.2023-0084
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Barker, Alan R., Price, Lisa, Walker, Jacqueline L., Liu, Yong, Paris, Dewi and Stylianou, Michalis (2023). Making a HIIT: co-design of high-intensity interval training workouts with students & teachers within the curriculum. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 1795, 1795. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16613-8
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Barker, Alan R., Price, Lisa, Walker, Jacqueline L., Dux, Paul E., Fox, Amaya, Matthews, Natasha and Stylianou, Michalis (2022). Making a HIIT: study protocol for assessing the feasibility and effects of co-designing high-intensity interval training workouts with students and teachers. BMC Pediatrics, 22 (1) 475, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03440-w
Forstmann, Nicolas, Meignié, Alice, Larochelambert, Quentin De, Duncombe, Stephanie, Schaal, Karine, Maître, Carole, Toussaint, Jean-François and Antero, Juliana (2022). Does maternity during sports career jeopardize future athletic success in elite marathon runners?. European Journal of Sport Science, 23 (6), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2022.2089054
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Barker, Alan R., Bond, Bert, Earle, Renae, Varley-Campbell, Jo, Vlachopoulos, Dimitris, Walker, Jacqueline L., Weston, Kathryn L. and Stylianou, Michalis (2022). School-based high-intensity interval training programs in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 17 (5) e0266427, e0266427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266427
Stylianou, Michalis, Woodforde, James, Duncombe, Stephanie, Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy and Gomersall, Sjaan (2022). School physical activity policies and associations with physical activity practices and behaviours: a systematic review of the literature. Health and Place, 73 102705, 102705. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102705
Le Toquin, Bryan, Schipman, Julien, De Larochelambert, Quentin, Saulière, Guillaume, Duncombe, Stephanie and Toussaint, Jean-François (2021). Is the visual impairment origin a performance factor? Analysis of international-level para swimmers and para athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40 (5), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1999618
Croisier, Emilie, Hughes, Jaimee, Duncombe, Stephanie and Grafenauer, Sara (2021). Back in time for breakfast: an analysis of the changing breakfast cereal aisle. Nutrients, 13 (2) 489, 489-18. doi: 10.3390/nu13020489
De Larochelambert, Quentin, Del Vecchio, Scott, Leroy, Arthur, Duncombe, Stephanie, Toussaint, Jean-Francois and Sedeaud, Adrien (2020). Body and boat: significance of morphology on elite rowing performance. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2020.597676
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Tanaka, Hirofumi, De Larochelambert, Quentin, Schipman, Julien, Toussaint, Jean-François and Antero, Juliana (2020). High hopes: lower risk of death due to mental disorders and self-harm in a century-long US Olympian cohort compared with the general population. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55 (16) 102624, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102624
Sedeaud, Adrien, De Larochelambert, Quentin, Moussa, Issa, Brasse, Didier, Berrou, Jean-Maxence, Duncombe, Stephanie, Antero, Juliana, Orhant, Emmanuel, Carling, Christopher and Toussaint, Jean-Francois (2020). Does an Optimal Relationship Between Injury Risk and Workload Represented by the “Sweet Spot” Really Exist? An Example From Elite French Soccer Players and Pentathletes. Frontiers in Physiology, 11 1034, 1034. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.01034
McGovern, Eimear, Voss, Christine, Brunner, Nathan W., Duncombe, Stephanie, Harris, Kevin C. and Hosking, Martin H. (2019). Pulmonary artery wall thickness in children with Fontan physiology: an optical coherence tomography case control study. Cardiology in the Young, 29 (4), 524-527. doi: 10.1017/s1047951119000362
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Hosking, Martin C. K., Cote, Anita T., Voss, Christine and Harris, Kevin C. (2018). Intimal thickening at coronary bifurcations in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation, 22 (2), 1-7. doi: 10.1111/petr.13100
Voss, Christine, Dean, Paige H., Gardner, Ross F., Duncombe, Stephanie L. and Harris, Kevin C. (2017). Validity and reliability of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) and Adolescents (PAQ-A) in individuals with congenital heart disease. PLoS One, 12 (4), e0175806. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175806
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Voss, Christine and Harris, Kevin C. (2017). Evidence on the accuracy of automated blood pressure monitors in children: quantity versus quality Reply. Journal of Hypertension, 35 (4), 897-898. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001282
Voss, Christine, Duncombe, Stephanie L., Dean, Paige H., de Souza, Astrid M. and Harris, Kevin C. (2017). Physical activity and sedentary behavior in children with congenital heart disease. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6 (3). doi: 10.1161/jaha.116.004665
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Voss, Christine and Harris, Kevin C. (2017). Oscillometric and auscultatory blood pressure measurement methods in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hypertension, 35 (2), 213-224. doi: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000001178
Rathgeber, Steven, Auld, Benjamin, Duncombe, Stephanie, Hosking, Martin C. K. and Harris, Kevin C. (2017). Outcomes of radiofrequency perforation for pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum: a single-centre experience. Pediatric Cardiology, 38 (1), 170-175. doi: 10.1007/s00246-016-1498-0
Conference Papers
Duncombe, S.L., Barker, A.R., Price, L., Koep, J.L., Woodforde, J. and Stylianou, M. (2023). Effect of school-based HIIT intervention on student’s cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular fitness, and executive function: Findings from Making a HIIT. Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 28-29 November 2023. Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand: Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand.
Duncombe, S., Barker, A.R., Price, L., Walker, J.L. and Stylianou, M. (2022). Was it a HIIT? A process evaluation of a school-based high-intensity interval training intervention. 2022 SMA Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 November 2022. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.09.035
Duncombe, S. L., Barker, A. R., Price, L., Walker, J. and Stylianou, M. (2022). Making a HIIT: Co-design of high-intensity interval training workouts with students within the curriculum. 9th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 23-26 October 2022. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress.
Duncombe, S.L., Stylianou, M., Price, L., Walker, J. and Barker, A. (2022). High intensity interval training in schools: methods for quantifying intensity and the validity of session rating of perceived exertion. European College of Sport Science 27th Annual Congress, Sevilla, Spain, 30 August - 2 September.
Barker, A., Bond, B., Duncombe, S., Earle, R., Stylianou, M., Varley-Campbell, J., Vlachopoulos, D., Walker, J. and Weston, K. (2021). School-based high-intensity interval training programs in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2021 SMA e-Conference, Online, 6-9 October 2021. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.09.195
Rathgeber, S., Guttman, O., Duncombe, S., Voss, C., Schreiber, R. and Harris, K. (2017). In children with fontan physiology, liver stiffness is correlated with age, time since fontan completion and biochemical markers of liver disease. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 21-24 October 2017. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.193
Lee, N., Voss, C., Duncombe, S. and Harris, K. (2017). Optical coherence tomography in children: development of a protocol for the standardized quantitative analysis of coronary arteries. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 21-24 October 2017. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.065
Khera, K., Voss, C., Duncombe, S. and Harris, K. (2017). Parental, personal and medical correlates of physical activity levels in adolescents with cardiovascular disease. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 21-24 October 2017. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.027
Voss, C., Duncombe, S., Dean, P. and Harris, K. (2017). Wearable activity trackers provide valuable insight into seasonal and school-related physical activity patterns in children with congenital heart disease. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 21-24 October 2017. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.026
Duncombe, S.L., Voss, C., Dean, P.H., De Souza, A.M. and Harris, K.C. (2016). Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children with congenital heart disease. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2016, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 22-25 October 2016. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.07.196
Duncombe, S. L., Voss, C. and Harris, K. (2016). A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IN CHILDREN. 69th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, Montreal, Canada, 22-25 October 2016. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.07.325
Thesis
Duncombe, Stephanie (2023). Making a HIIT: High-intensity interval training interventions in educational settings. PhD Thesis, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/7c5316f