Research Students
UCRISE is proud of the many University of Canberra PhD students that study through the institute, contributing to the our distinguished research output.
See below a list of current and graduated students.
- Joshua Sebbens - Mental health literacy in Australian elite sport: program development and evaluation
- Peta Forsyth – Thermoregulation in athletes with a spinal cord injury
- Byron Field - Injury prevention and performance in progressional rugby union – monitoring the load and the role of fatigue in performance and injury
- James Wallace - Neck pain in high performance jet crew
- Kathleen Miles - Sleep in female athletes: exploring risk factors for disturbance and implications for recovery
- Stirling Sharpe – Understanding psychological connections – exploring the processes of disengagement for existing sports fans
- Michael Sydney – Quantifying the workloads of elite youth soccer players in training and matches
- Dan O’Brien – To establish if using HRV is a viable option to assess neuromuscular fatigue in rugby union
- Paul Perkins – Can a modified low-risk form of boxing achieve significant community uptake
- Steven Bingley – Application of popular body weight exercise in a combat sport population
- Billy Mason – Effects of velocity-based training on athletic performance and physical preparedness in team sport athletes
- Wayne Haynes – Postural stability and perception of vertical in relation to academic performance and physical activity in primary school children
- Alice Wallett – Athlete immune and inflammatory response to heat training and exercise stress
- Clare Quinlan – Physical activity and cognitive function in middle aged adults
- Joanne Gray – Can exercise ameliorate chemotherapy-induced cariotoxicity in cancer survivors
- James White – Understanding the drivers of engagement and disengagement in participation sport.
- Felicity Bright – The thermophysiology of self-paced exercise
- Erin Smyth – Prevention of injuries in pre-elite adolescent athletes
- Damian Raper – Relative loads during running and its application to the rehabilitation of athletes
- Ashleigh Marchant – Lower limb somatosensory performance in bed rest to mimic altered gravitational loading on the Moon and Mars surface gravity
- Peta Forsyth – Thermoregulatory in athletes with a spinal cord injury
- Carmen Colomer – Game analysis and running demands of rugby union – a systems approach to analysing tactical behaviour and player load in competition
- Craig Appanel – Social networks and motivational climate of elite athletes
- Kirsten Everett – Understanding and quantifying accumulated anaerobic fatigue, implications for athlete programming
- Rachel Gale – Short-term heat training to enhance physical performance of team sport athletes
- Nan Yang – Ankle proprioception – measurements and physical activity
- Luke Gallagher – Application of video-based technologies in assessing athletic development
- Kylie Holt – Pathoanatomy of an elite swimmer’s shoulder
- Emily Burgett – Adhere to lifestyle intervention in adults with obesity
- Richard Fryer – The specific and relative influence of social agents on motivational atmosphere across multiple performance contexts
- Robin Poke - A Sociocultural History of Australian Rowing.
- Andrea Miller – Do measurements of performance predict risk of shoulder injury in elite water polo players.
- Mark Stokes – Do measures of proprioception and other intrinsic factors predict injury risk and performance success in elite sport?
- Umut Dogan – Performance under pressue in elite sport
- Andrew Warrilow – Satiation and satiety – effects of lipids, carbohydrate and fibre interactions with the human digestive system – towards a better understanding of the pathogenesis of obesity
- Katie McGibbon – Achieving marginal gains – perfecting the pacing strategies of Australian swimmers
- Rhiannon Campbell – Taking the guesswork out of managing training load in gymnastics – using inertial measurement units to develop a load catalogue for men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics
- Katie Speer – Post-traumatic stress disorder in military and first responder veterans – exercise interventions to reduce cardiometabolic risk
- Hamish Jeacocke – Performance analysis in support of coach learning – exploring coaches’ approaches to strategy and tactics in invasive games.
- Margot Rogers - Energy availability and the prevention of injury and illness in elite female athletes.
- Alex Lascu - The effects of separation in junior cricket on the development of competitive female athletes.
- Daniel Tait - Investigating the Role of the Hamstring in ACL Injury Mechanisms.
- Susan Antcliff - Developing a robust and efficient measure of ankle proprioception for use with older people.
- Emily Partridge - The influence of pre-exercise whole body cryotherapy on performance, physiological and perceptual measures in rugby union players.
- Sara Guevara – Optimisation of Performance Health Management in Triathlon
- Kahlee Adams – Eccentric Hamstring Strength and Activation Patterns: How Does It Relate to Joint Loads and Mechanics During High-Speed Running and Can We Alter This?
- Felicity Lord – Performance Indicators and Game Styles in Hockey
- Fahad Aljowair – The Correlation Between Lower Limb Muscles Strength and Different Tasks Including Hop Activities and Balance Performance Over Healthy Subjects
- Mathew Mooney - Elite Athlete Availability: A Public Health Approach into Outbreak Investigation and Management of Infectious Disease in Elite Athletes
- Katherine Carlton – An exploration into the connection between activation, patient-caregiver relationships and psychosocial wellbeing in the heart failure community
- Bec Cesnik - Evaluating and increasing physical activity levels in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
- Thomas Ewing - Do Junior Representative Cricketers Benefit from Athlete-centered Coaching? A Servant Leadership Perspective
- Andrea Hams - Intrinsic athlete characteristics as predictors of shoulder injury and throwing performance in water polo
- Charles Mountifield - Beyond the Sausage Sizzle: Advocacy, public policy and the sustainability of community sport
- Annaleise Naylor – A Mixed Method Investigation Exploring Physical Activity in Adults
- Jan Legg – Physiological profile and variability of jump kinetics in national level female basketball players
- Kym Williams – The Optimal Load to Maximise System Power During a Countermovement Jump
- Andrew Flood – Examining the relationship between endogenous pain modulation and exercise
- Tim McGrath – Measurement of function in an ecological study of autograft (2ST/2GR) and synthetic (LARS) ACL reconstruction
- Jamie Youngson – Moving from Multidisciplinary to Interdisciplinary Support Teams in High Performance Sport: from a Strength and Conditioning Perspective
- Kristy Martin – The impact of mental fatigue on physiological, psychological and performance variables during exercise
- Amy Woods – Effects of endurance training interventions on resting metabolic rate, body composition and performance in highly trained athletes
- Damian Raper – Relative loads during running and its application to the rehabilitation of athletes
- Anthony Walker - Maximising the safety and performance of Australian urban firefighters working in the heat
- Nehad Makhadmeh - Talent Identification and Development in Women's Football: Integrating Australian Insights in Jordan
- Adam Hewitt - Performance Analysis in Soccer: Applications of Player Tracking Technology
- Jocelyn Mara - The Physical and Physiological Characteristics of Elite Female Soccer Players
- John Mitchell - Strength and lower body power in international rugby sevens players: Seasonal variations and the effects of travel
- Ronald Smith - An Investigation into Goal-Scoring in Professional Association Football
- Courtney McGowan - Competition Day Preparation Strategies to Enhance Performance in Swimmers
- Phillip Newman - Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome
- Anthea Clarke - Improving the Physical Preparation and Development of Women's Rugby Sevens Players