Research Project
Dr
Lloyd Chan
Current Appointments
Research Fellow (Conjoint)
Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, UNSW
Key Research Areas
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Dr Chan PhD, MACP, Physio is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and a conjoint research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from UNSW, a Master's in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Salutatorian honours from CUHK, and a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy with honours from PolyU. In addition to his academic work, Lloyd has extensive experience as a physiotherapist, providing care to stroke survivors and people with Parkinson's disease across acute hospitals, rehabilitation centres, and outreach settings.
His research focuses on two key areas: quantifying daily-life walking speed and quality, and predicting diseases using smartwatches. The resultant innovations have been adopted by fellow researchers and translated into actual clinical practices. Currently, he is working on sensor-based gait abnormality detection in various clinical populations, including people with Parkinson's disease, stroke survivors and those with proximal femoral fractures.
Publications
2026, 08 Aug
Real-world gait changes preceding Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in a population-scale UK biobank cohort
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-026-03256-3
2026, 27 Jul
Real-World Walking Patterns From Wrist-Worn Wearables Predict Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A UK Biobank WatchWalk Study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1177/19322968261464535
2026, 01 Jun
Chronic low back pain is associated with remotely collected gait quality and quantity parameters from a wrist-worn accelerometer
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1198734992
2026, 01 Jun
Real-world walking patterns are associated with regional brain atrophy and white matter lesions in middle-aged and older people: a Watch Walk–UK Biobank study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1193191757
2026
Modifiable Cognitive Reserve Proxies and Dementia Risk across Socioeconomic Status: Potential Targets for Tailored Intervention in Mid- to Early Late-Life
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6167807
2025 Nov
The Prevalence and Incidence of Fencing Injuries and Associated Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000001386
2025, 19 Sep
More than step counts: Slow walking speed, limited running, and fewer long walks predict cardiovascular mortality in the Walk Watch UK Biobank study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf184
2025, 01 Aug
Frailty assessed by a wrist-worn device can predict hospitalisation and mortality in middle-aged and older adults: a UK Biobank study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf210
2025, 01 Jun
Daily-life walking speed, running duration and bedtime from wrist-worn sensors predict incident dementia: A watch walk – UK biobank study
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1184167806
2025, 30 May
First-Day Mobilization Opportunity After Hip Fracture Surgery Reduces In-Hospital Complications: A Population Data Linkage Study.”. Platform presentation at the World Physiotherapy Congress 2025.
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