Dr Shelley Keating 

Dr Shelley Keating is a Senior Lecturer and Accredited Exercise Physiologist from the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland. With a strong grounding in exercise metabolism and body composition, Dr Keating’s research aims to change the way that exercise is prioritised and accessed to improve the health and wellbeing of people with cardiometabolic disease, with a focus on metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and type 2 diabetes. Dr Keating has developed national and international exercise guidelines for MAFLD. Her research has been adopted into exercise prescription recommendations in 15 international guidelines for MAFLD management across 12 countries. Her ongoing program of research is informed by, and co-designed with, people with MAFLD, to find sustainable exercise solutions.