Brendan O'Keeffe

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Brendan O'Keeffe

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20172025

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Research Interests

Brendan's research interests span across a broad range of health and fitness related themes among youth, including: the pedagogy of health-related fitness; scalable school-based health promotion intervention; resistance exercise in youth; and Teacher Education.

Teaching Interests

Brendan predominantly teaches on the BSc in Physical Education. He also teachers on the BSc in Sport and Exercise Sciences and Postgraduate Masters in Physical Education programmes. Modules include: Pedagogy of Health-Related Activity, Physiology and Anatomy; Physical Activity Behaviour Promotion and HealthFoundations of Teaching and Learning in PE;Human Performance Evaluation;Pedagogy of Athletics and; Aquatics; Introduction to Fundamental Motor Skills.

Biography

Brendan is an Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS), University of Limerick. Brendan taught Physical Education in Glenstal Abbey School, Limerick, from 2014 to 2016, before returning to the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences in September 2016 to complete a Doctorate funded by the Irish Research Council. Brendan's doctoral studies focused on developing a pedagogically sound and scientifically rigorous approach to monitoring health-related fitness in secondary schools.
After completing his doctoral studies, Brendan joined the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University in September 2020 where he lectured across a range of modules. From there, Brendan returned to the PESS Department at the University of Limerick where he was appointed lecturer in Health and Physical Education. His research interests span across a broad range of health and fitness related themes among youth, including: the pedagogy of health-related fitness; scalable school-based health promotion intervention; resistance training in youth; and Teacher Education. He has also served on the Executive of the Physical Education Association of Ireland for the past six years.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

External positions

Lecturer in Physical Education, University of Limerick

1 Sep 2021 → …

Lecturer in Health & Physical Education, Dublin City University

1 Aug 2020 → 31 Aug 2021

PhD Researcher, University of Limerick

1 Sep 2016 → 31 Jul 2031

Physical Education Teacher, Glenstal Abbey School

1 Sep 2014 → 31 Aug 2016

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  • The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescents: A modified Delphi consensus project with 169 experts from 50 countries and territories

    Ortega, F. B., Zhang, K., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Tremblay, M. S., Jurak, G., Tomkinson, G. R., Ruiz, J. R., Keller, K., Nyström, C. D., Sacheck, J. M., Pate, R., Weston, K. L., Kidokoro, T., Poon, E. T., Wachira, L. J. M., Ssenyonga, R., Gomes, T. N. Q. F., Cristi-Montero, C., Fraser, B. J. & Niessner, C. & 175 others, Onywera, V. O., Liu, Y., Liang, L. L., Prince, S. A., Lubans, D. R., Lang, J. J., Oyeyemi, A. L., Marques, A., Gribbon, A., Gaya, A. R., García-Hermoso, A., Sääkslahti, A., Emeljanovas, A., Faigenbaum, A., Nakabazzi, B., Leskošek, B., Popovic, B., O'Keeffe, B., Timmons, B. W., Mieziene, B., Fraser, B., Brand, C., Anza-Ramirez, C., Alvarez-Bueno, C., Agostinis-Sobrinho, C. A., Hillman, C. H., Niessner, C., Drenowatz, C., Magnussen, C. G., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Berglind, D., da Silva, D. R. P., Colella, D., Lubans, D., Matelot, D., Tladi, D. M., Silva, D. A. S., Moliner-Urdiales, D., Dumuid, D., Blain, D., Jáuregui-Ulloa, E., Pintos-Toledo, E., Poon, E. T., Lee, E. Y., Riso, E. M., Mäestu, E., Bardid, F., Cañete, F., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, F., De Roia, G., Tabacchi, G., Stratton, G., Sandercock, G., Georgiev, G., Vicente-Rodríguez, G., Ferrari, G., Rosa, G., Welk, G., Jurak, G., Starc, G., Labayen, I., Cigarroa, I., Esteban-Cornejo, I., Emeterio, I. C. S., Milanović, I., Clarke, J., Dobosz, J., Mäestu, J., Brazo-Sayavera, J., Sacheck, J. M., Servais, J., Secchi, J. D., Vanhelst, J., Ramírez, J. V., Magalhães, J., Soto-Sánchez, J., Jaunig, J., Reilly, J. J., Smith, J., Mota, J., Castro-Piñero, J., López-Gil, J. F., Githang'a, J. W., Mello, J. B., Janz, K., Weston, K. L., Laurson, K., Till, K., Dlamini, K., Tambalis, K. D., Basterfield, L., Joensuu, L., Béghin, L., Santos, L. D., Mugisha, L., Zou, L., Taylor, J. R. L. Y., Štefan, L., Léger, L., Wachira, L. J., Sardinha, L. B., Rubin, L., Thuany, M., Cuenca-García, M., Paw, M. C. A., Sanchez-Lopez, M., Pihu, M., Noriega, M. J., Medrano-Echeverría, M., Beltran-Valls, M. R., Löf, M., Misigoj-Durakovic, M., Tremblay, M. S., Gerber, M., Sorić, M., Giuriato, M., Vandoni, M., Lenoir, M., Santander, M. D., Peralta, M., Huhtiniemi, M., Said, M. A., Kaj, M., Burn, N., Ridgers, N. D., Lovecchio, N., Aguilar-Farias, N., Wedderkopp, N., Veiga, O. L., Saint-Maurice, P., Katzmarzyk, P., Henriksson, P., Colley, R., Ocansey, R. T. A., Kliegl, R., Ramírez-Vélez, R., Ssenyonga, R., Naidoo, R., Pate, R. R., McGrath, R., Kuu, S., Salaj, S., Gontarev, S., Morrison, S. A., Nqweniso, S., Chen, S., Kagunda, S., Prince, S. A., Wong, S. H., Popovic, S. R., Fairclough, S. J., Andrade, S., Kriemler, S., Csányi, T., Manyanga, T., Mwase-Vuma, T. W., Kidokoro, T., Gomes, T. N. Q. F., Gisladottir, T., Takken, T., Jaakkola, T., Lakka, T., Olds, T., Tammelin, T., Granacher, U., Carson, V., Martínez-Vizcaíno, V., Onywera, V., Pellino, V. C., Huang, W. Y., Yin, X., Liu, Y., Song, Y., Sun, Y. & Liu, Y., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Sport and Health Science. 14, 101012.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • The Impact of Typical School Provision of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sports on Adolescent Physical Health: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

    Rocliffe, P., Tapia-Serrano, M. A., Garcia-Gonzalez, L., Adamakis, M., Walsh, L., Bannon, A., Mulhall, E., Sherwin, I., O’ Keeffe, B. T., Mannix-McNamara, P. & MacDonncha, C., Dec 2024, In: Adolescent Research Review. 9, 4, p. 663-709 47 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • A National Audit of Typical Secondary School Provision of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sports in the Republic of Ireland

    Rocliffe, P., O’ Keeffe, B. T., Sherwin, I., Mannix-McNamara, P. & Mac Donncha, C., Jul 2023, In: Education Sciences. 13, 7, 699.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack network

    Ortega, F. B., Leskošek, B., Blagus, R., Gil-Cosano, J. J., Mäestu, J., Tomkinson, G. R., Ruiz, J. R., Mäestu, E., Starc, G., Milanovic, I., Tammelin, T. H., Sorić, M., Scheuer, C., Carraro, A., Kaj, M., Csányi, T., Sardinha, L. B., Lenoir, M., Emeljanovas, A. & Mieziene, B. & 36 others, Sidossis, L. S., Pihu, M., Lovecchio, N., Konstabel, K., Tambalis, K. D., Štefan, L., Drenowatz, C., Rubín, L., Gontarev, S., Castro-Piñero, J., Vanhelst, J., O'Keeffe, B., Veiga, O. L., Gisladottir, T., Sandercock, G., Misigoj-Durakovic, M., Niessner, C., Riso, E. M., Popovic, S., Kuu, S., Chinapaw, M., Clavel, I., Labayen, I., Dobosz, J., Colella, D., Kriemler, S., Salaj, S., Noriega, M. J., Bös, K., Sánchez-López, M., Lakka, T. A., Tabacchi, G., Novak, D., Ahrens, W., Wedderkopp, N. & Jurak, G., Mar 2023, In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. 57, 5, p. 299-310 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • School-based physical education, physical activity and sports provision: A concept mapping framework for evaluation

    Rocliffe, P., O' Keeffe, B. T., Sherwin, I., Mannix-McNamara, P. & MacDonncha, C., Jun 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 6 June, p. e0287505 e0287505.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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