Meet the team

With expertise spanning a variety of areas, we provide innovate transdisciplinary research insights around pressing issues related to the health and wellbeing of women in sport.

Our research expertise spans Sport and Exercise Physiology, Human Biology, Sociology, Biometrology, Engineering, Sport and Exercise Psychology, Global Public Health and Behavioural Medicine.

The academic team

Emma Pullen

Dr Emma Pullen

Senior Lecturer in Sport Management

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Emma O’Donnell

Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Gemma Witcomb

Dr Gemma Witcomb

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Emily Rousham

Professor Emily Rousham

Professor of Global Public Health

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Carolyn Plateau

Dr Carolyn Plateau

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Amanda Daley

Professor Amanda Daley

Professor of Behavioural Medicine

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Richard Ferguson

Reader in Human and Exercise Physiology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Inês Varela-Silva

Dr Inês Varela-Silva

Senior Lecturer in Human Biology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Rebecca Grant

Dr Rebecca Grant

Lecturer in Biometrology

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Aimee Mears

Dr Aimee Mears

Senior Lecturer in Sports Engineering and Biomechanics

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr Laura Barrett

Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Professor Andy Harland

Professor of Sports Technology

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering