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Professor Helen Dawes

Professor Helen Dawes

Professor of Movement Science and Director for the Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences

Her expertise is in human movement and optimising performance of the body - through understanding the mechanisms of movement.

Elite AthletesMental HealthRehabilitationHuman MovementExercise
Professor Damian Bailey

Professor Damian Bailey

Professor of Physiology

He investigates how the human brain uses oxygen and the link between the brain and exercise.

ExerciseHypoxiaNeuroscienceBrain DamageBrain Injury
Dr Gary Brickley

Dr Gary Brickley

Senior Lecturer in Sports

He has explored fitness performance in sportsmen and sportswomen more generally - including the performance of para-athletes.

Paddle-boardingPhysiologyCardiovascular DiseaseExerciseSports
Professor Sue Backhouse

Professor Sue Backhouse

Professor of Sport Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition

Her particular expertise is in athlete welfare, drug use in sport, why athletes dope, what makes athletes vulnerable to doping and more.

DopingDrug Use in SportSports IntegrityAthlete WelfareClean Sport