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School of Exercise and Sport Science (University of Sydney)
A/Prof Martin Thompson (Muscular endurance, Thermoregulation)
Sports physiology, laboratory and field testing, endurance performance,
thermoregulation, international speaker and consultant.
Associate Professor Martin Thompson’s has an outstanding record as an
ultra-marathon runner and middle and long distance athletics coach.
Combining this experience with his sports science background he has
presented at national and pre-Olympic seminars. Martin's primary research
focus is endurance sport performance particularly temperature regulation,
substrate utilisation, muscle fatigue, and damage. In 2000 he was the lead
researcher in establishing the Australian Research Institute for Climate,
Comfort and Performance, funded by a large grant from the Australian Research
Council (Research Infrastructure and Equipment Fund). Prior to the Atlanta Olympic
Games he was the principle researcher for the “Atlanta Heat Study” the subject of
the largest ($150,000) grant from the Australian Sports Commission. Martin established
collaboration between the CSIRO Division of Wool Technology and The University of
Sydney in 1994. The purpose of this project was to determine if the moisture sorption
properties of textile fibres significantly affects sports performance through influencing
thermoregulation during exercise. Martin has strong collaborations with renowned
international researchers in exercise physiology.
Dr John Brotherhood (Thermal Environment, Acclimatisation)
Senior Lecturer
He specialises in exercise and environmental medicine.
He has had extensive research experience in exercise, heat
and cold stress, and occupational physiology in the laboratory
and in the field in Antarctica, UK, Israel, Sudan, and Australia.
His main research experience has been in work and environmental
physiology, occupational ergonomics, clothing physiology, and nutrition
and performance, with particular emphasis on field work. He was co-investigator
in a recent large scale investigation of the biomedical stresses and strains
of bushfire fighting. His current research interests are the physiological impacts
of self-pacing in occupational work using hand tools; the determination of thermal
environmental (heat and humidity) limits for high intensity competitive exercise;
and artificial acclimatisation to heat. He teaches on exercise, health and disease
and rehabilitation; thermoregulation; and applied work physiology.
Dr Chin Moi Chow (Sleep Apnea, Exercise)
Senior Lecturer
Exercise and sleep, resistance exercise, cognitive behavioural
therapy and insomnia, sleep apnea, cardio-respiratory exercise physiology
Chin Moi Chow has much experience in clinical and basic sleep research
with a special focus on exercise, sport and insomnia. Several publications
have resulted from work on sleep apnea and its mechanisms, sleep disturbance
in athletes undergoing the Live High-Train Low strategy, ventilatory
responses to altitude training, and resistance training in poor sleepers.
Her current research incorporates resistance training and cognitive behavioural
therapy for insomnia treatment, and examines the effect of daytime napping on
endurance performance. She manages the two-bed Delta Sleep Research Unit, located
on the Cumberland campus of the University of Sydney, and teaches cardio-respiratory
exercise physiology, sleep and circadian rhythm disorders to students of Exercise
and Sport Science and Physiotherapy
Mr Tom Gwinn (Muscle Function, Strength Training)
Lecturer
Mr Gwinn’s interests lie in the fields of muscle function, strength training, hip fracture.
Ms Rhonda Orr (Sport Pharmacology, Strength Training & Elderly)
Lecturer
Sport pharmacology, exercise scientist, strength training and elderly, pharmacist.
Rhonda Orr has had 13 years of experience in researching and teaching. Research has
focussed on drugs in sport and athletes as well as exercise, functional performance
and nutrition in older adults. With an extensive Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching
profile, she was part of the steering committee to develop the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Exercise and Sport Science) and has developed the unique subject Sport Pharmacology which
has been internationally recognised. She co-ordinates a High Schools Fitness Testing program
and has given presentations and conducted workshops for health professionals and community
workers in aged care, for Sports Medicine Australia and the NSW Police Force. She is regularly
consulted by print, broadcast and visual media on issues primarily related to drugs in sport.
She has a Level 1 Coaching Certificate and has coached young athletes, and has been a registered
pharmacist for 28 years.
Dr Kieron Rooney (Biochemistry, Creatine Supplementation)
Lecturer
Biochemistry, exercise physiology, in vitro and in vivo metabolic investigation,
creatine supplementation, international speaker and journal referee.
Having recently completed his PhD in Biochemistry, Kieron has joined the School
of Exercise and Sport Science as course co-ordinator for the second year subjects
Biochemistry of Exercise and Exercise Physiology II. Kieron has already acquired
almost 5 years of teaching from practical applications of biochemistry, problem based
learning tutorials for the faculty of medicine and more recently as a lecturer here in
both the school of Exercise and Sport Science and school of Molecular and Microbial
Biosciences within the University of Sydney. Research conducted during his PhD has been
well received within the scientific community and has resulted in a number of international
journal publications and conference presentations at the beginning of a promising career.
Peer recognition of Kieron’s abilities is evidenced by a number of invitations to speak at
various meetings and the recent invitation as a referee for the European Journal of
Applied Physiology.
A/Prof Glen Davis (Disabled Sports Physiology)
Director, Rehabilitation Research Centre
Disabled sports physiology, field physiological and performance assessment,
electrotherapy for performance and as ergogenic aids, international speaker
and disabled sports consultant.
Glen Davis has over fifteen years of experience working in the area of physical
disability and disabled sports. His teaching and research is internationally recognized
in the field of electrotherapy for post-traumatic rehabilitation, as well as its use as
an ergogenic aid for wheelchair sportspersons. He was member of the 2000 Paralympic Scientific
Conference Organizing Committee and continues to maintain strong links internationally to the
Paralympic Scientific Committee. Invitations to speak, conduct in-service training courses and
collaborative research projects, and chair the International Functional Electrical Stimulation
conferences has led to the formation of a wide range of professional and coaching contacts
throughout Europe and North America. An internationally recognised clinical exercise physiologist,
he leads a program of basic research into the physiology underlying wheelchair propulsion,
post-traumatic rehabilitation and functional upright mobility for persons with physical disabilities.
Dr. Jacqui Raymond (Clinical Exercise Physiology)
Lecturer
Clinical exercise physiology, exercise program design, exercise for the disabled.
Jacqui Raymond has several years experience teaching in the areas of exercise testing
and program design, exercise physiology and exercise for disabled populations.
She is active in the area of exercise for people with physical disabilities, currently
leading research projects into performance in elite wheelchair athletes and the use of
assistive exercise devices for people with spinal cord injury. She has also been invited
to speak at and chair sessions at conferences such as the Para-Olympic Scientific Congress
and at meetings of the Wheelchair Sports Association.
School of Physiotherapy (University of Sydney)
Dr Alison Harmer (Muscle Metabolism, Hormonal Regulation, Exercise & Diabetes)
Lecturer
Dr Harmer’s major interests lie in muscle metabolism, hormonal regulation,
and potassium regulation during exercise (patients and 'normals'); and with
the field of exercise and diabetes.
Department of Physiology (University of Sydney)
Prof David Allen (Ionic Regulation, Fatigue)
Professor of Physiology
Prof Allen’s research is concerned with the regulation of intracellular ions,
particularly calcium, sodium and protons, and with their effects on muscle function.
He is particularly interested in situations where ionic regulation has major effects
on cell function, for instance in cardiac pacemaker cells, in the heart during ischaemia
and reperfusion and in skeletal muscle during fatigue.
Prof Allen has worked on Exercise projects in collaboration with A/Prof Martin Thompson
from the School of Exercise and Sport Science.
Faculty of Medicine (University of Sydney)
Prof Andrew Coats (Exercise Therapy for Heart Failure)
Dean of Medicine
A Cardiac specialist, Prof Coats has given invited lectures on topics such as "Exercise therapy for Chronic Heart Failure."
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology (University of Sydney)
A/Prof Christopher Semsarian (Molecular Cardiology)
Group Head
Prof Semsarian’s laboratory investigates heart muscle disorders,
including the effect of exercise training on heart function. His
curriculum is described as Molecular Cardiology.
Equine Performance Laboratory (University of Sydney)
A/Prof David Evans (Equine Exercise Physiology)
Equine exercise physiology, respiratory responses to exercise, development of new
technologies for equine pulmonary function testing, physiological responses to training,
overtraining and detraining, epidemiology of lameness in racehorses, and technology
transfer in equine exercise science.
School of Biological Sciences (University of Sydney)
Dr Murray Thomson (Cellular Physiology)
Cellular Physiologist. Has general interest in exercise physiology.
Has delivered exercise physiology lectures to undergraduate physiology students.
School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism (University of Technology, Sydney)
Dr Aron Murphy (Strength and Conditioning)
Senior Lecturer
Dr Aron Murphy joined the School from the Sydney Academy of Sport where he worked
with elite athletes across a number of sports including track and field, basketball,
rugby union, triathletes and rowing. He received his PhD from Southern Cross University,
in 1995 and was a recipient of the Promising Young Scientist Award from the Australian
Sports Medicine Federation. He has served as a consultant for several sporting organisations
including the Sydney Swans. Dr Murphy has published extensively in a number of areas
including muscle physiology, strength and power development, sprint techniques, running
efficiency and training techniques for young athletes. He is a member of the International
Society of Biomechanics, The Australian Strength and Conditioning Association, and the NSW
Astronomical Society.
Dr Aaron Coutts (Fatigue, Overtraining)
Lecturer
Aaron Coutts joined the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism at
UTS in February 2002 from Central Queensland University.
Aaron teaches in the areas of exercise physiology, fitness assessment
and exercise prescription and has strong interest in the physiological
and biochemical responses to physical training and exercise. His doctoral
research examined fatigue and overtraining in team sport athletes.
Aaron is a member of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports
Scientists (AAESS) and is a member of the Fernwood Female Fitness Centre
Scientific Advisory Board.
Teaching Areas: Human Performance in Sport and Exercise; Exercise Prescription;
Measurement and Development of Physical Capacity; Functional Kinesiology,
Performance Studies.
Research Areas: Fatigue and recovery in athletes; monitoring training; physiology
of prolonged high intensity, intermittent exercise.
Dr Mark Watsford (Exercise Training)
Lecturer
Having completed his PhD at UTS in 2004, Mark Watsford moved from post-doctoral
research fellow to Lecturer in exercise and sports science. Mark has extensive
experience with the physiological assessment of athletes, with research interests
including the effects of respiratory muscle training, the older population, team
sport physiology and physical activity interventions. Mark teaches in the areas of
exercise physiology, nutrition and measurement of human performance. Mark has also
worked as a Sport Analyst in the Sports Science department at the Sydney Academy of
Sport for the past five years, where he has worked with athletes from a variety of
sports including swimming, athletics, triathlon and the statewide talented athlete program.
Research Areas: The effects of respiratory muscle training, ergogenic aids in sport,
musculotendinous stiffness and injury risk, acupuncture and recovery from exercise,
exercise for the older population, physical activity interventions for the general population
and the bioenergetics of team sport performance.
Mr Robert Spurrs (Exercise Training)
Lecturer
After graduating from the UTS Human Movement degree, Rob Spurrs has commenced
a Doctoral degree investigating the effect of plyometric training on running
economy and distance running performance.
Additionally, Rob is involved with the UTS Human Movement degree as a part-time
lecturer and tutor. For the past 5 years Rob has acted as a sports science consultant\
to various sporting entities, including the Sydney Swans Football club, NSW Cricket,
and the Sydney Academy of Sport in the area of sports science.
Ms Christine McDermott (Exercise Training)
Lecturer
Sport Scientist (Sydney Academy of Sport).
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