Research staff
Professor Caroline Finch
Research Professor Caroline Finch is Research Professor of Human Movement Science and a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow. Professor Finch is widely regarded both internationally and nationally as Australia's leading
sports/physical activity injury epidemiologist. Read more…
Professor Warren Payne
Professor Warren Payne is the Deputy Head of School (Research) and Professor of Human Movement Science. Professor Payne has a wide ranging background in sport and exercise
science and his broad research program is related to population health including both injury prevention and physical activity promotion.Read more…
Associate Professor Leonie Otago
Associate Professor Leonie Otago is the Head of School and a leading researcher into injury prevention and risk management in sport and the biomechanics of injury.Read more…
Dr Jenny Blitvich
Associate Professor Jenny Blitvich is the Coordinator of Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science as well as the Honours Coordinator. Associate Professor Blitvich's research interests are concentrated within the area of injury prevention,
principally in sports and recreational injury. Read more…
Dr Jack Harvey
Dr Jack Harvey is a Senior Research Fellow with 25 years experience in statistical research and collaborative research and consultancy across the spectrum of the sciences and engineering. Jack has particular expertise in the design,
management and analysis of randomised experiments, observational studies and sample surveys. Read more…
Dr Alex Donaldson
Dr Alex Donaldson is a Research Fellow with a background in injury prevention and health promotion both as a practitioner and researcher.Read more…
Dr Rochelle Eime
Dr Rochelle Eime's most significant research contribution has been the centred upon evaluating health promotion practice
and policy in sport and active recreation; and understanding the factors affecting participation in sport and physical activity. Read more…
Dr Shahid Ullah
Dr Shahid Ullah has an excellent broad-based research background and expertise in the field of applied statistics, his broad research interests are now focused on functional and epidemiological model building
in the area of epidemiology and sports injury prevention and he is involved with a number of injury research projects. Read more…
Dr Dara Twomey
Dr Dara Twomey is a Research Fellow with a PhD in Biomechanics where she investigated the influence of low arched feet on basic motor skill performance in children.Read more…
Dr Natalie Saunders
Dr Natalie Saunders has specialist qualifications in Musculo-skeletal rehabilitation research interests in biomechanics. Read more…
Dr Chris Mesagno
Dr Chris Mesagno is a Lecturer of Exercise and Sport Psychology and has presented numerous national and international papers focusing on stress and anxiety in sport performance and has successfully
developed theory-matched interventions to improve performance for highly anxious and "choking-susceptible" athletes. Read more…
Research Fellow Dr Peta White
Dr Peta White is a Primary Teacher and Psychologist with a PhD in the area of injury prevention in children under five years
of age and involved the implementation and evaluation of a parenting program aimed at improving child behaviour management. Read more…
Lecturer Amanda Mooney
Amanda Mooney teaches across various subject disciplines, predominantly within the Bachelor of Physical Education degree.
Amanda has had previous extensive experience as an educator in the field of Physical Education, Health and School-based sport
and resultantly has a good working knowledge of secondary educational institutions.Read more…
Associate Professor Warren Young
Associate Professor Warren Young lectures in the areas of physical preparation for sport, biomechanics and weight
training and is the School's Research and Higher Degrees Coordinator. Read more…
Associate Professor Amanda Telford
Associate Professor Amanda Telford coordinates the Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) degree and lectures
in the areas of Physical Education Pedagogy, Curriculum development, Exercise Behaviour and Health-related physical activity. Read more…
Dr Brendan O'Brien
Lecturer Deborah Pascoe
Lecturer Deborah Pascoe is an active teacher and clinician in musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
Ms Pascoe has taught at the tertiary level for 20 years and currently is the Coordinator for the Master of Exercise Rehabilitation and Clinical Director of the School's Exercise Rehabilitation Clinic. Read more…
Research Fellow Meghan Casey
Meghan Casey is a research associate predominantly focused upon examining health promotion strategies in the sport and recreation sector and she has a unique understanding of the community, strategic and operational environment in which sport
and recreation organisations operate and deliver physical activity opportunities in Australia. Read more…