Dr. Bruno da Costa
- Physical Activity
- Sedentary Behaviour
- Sleep
- Physical Education
- Exercise
- Health Promotion
- Screen Time
- Physical Fitness
- Mental Health
- Accelerometry
Dr. da Costa grew up in Florianópolis, Brazil, where he completed his bachelor's degree (2009-2013) in Physical Education at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. At the same university, Dr. da Costa completed his M.Sc. (2015-2017) and Ph.D. (2017-2020) in Physical Education. During his doctoral studies, Dr. da Costa spent 9 months (2020) as a visiting research student at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and the University of Ottawa. Between 2021 and 2023, Dr. da Costa worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Nipissing University.
Dr. da Costa's research focuses on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep in different population subgroups, including the investigation of sociodemographic, behavioural, and psychosocial correlates and determinants of these behaviours. Additionally, his work explores how diverse behavioural patterns relate to health outcomes.
- Ph.D. in Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- MSc in Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- Bachelor's degree in Physical Education, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil.
- 'Chaput, J.-P., McHill, A. W., Cox, R. C., Broussard, J. L., Dutil, C., da Costa, B. G. G., Sampasa-Kanyinga, H., & Wright, K. P. (2023). .
- da Costa, B. G. G., Chaput, J.-P., Lopes, M. V. V., Malheiros, L. E. A., & Silva, K. S. (2022). .
- Kuzik, N., da Costa, B. G. G., Hwang, Y., Verswijveren, S. J. J. M., Rollo, S., Tremblay, M. S., Bélanger, S., Carson, V., Davis, M., Hornby, S., Huang, W. Y., Law, B., Salmon, J., Tomasone, J. R., Wachira, L.-J., Wijndaele, K., & Saunders, T. J. (2022). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19(1), 40.
- da Costa, B. G. G., da Silva, K. S., da Silva, J. A., Minatto, G., de Lima, L. R. A., & Petroski, E. L. (2019). .
- da Costa, B. G. G., Salmon, J., dos Santos, P. C., Minatto, G., & Silva, K. S. (2020). .
Accepting Master's and Ph.D students for the 2024-25 academic year.