Student Profiles

Phil Brady (MPhil Candidate)
Topic: Countermovement jump force time characteristics and their relationship to athletic performance.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Travis McMaster.

Micheál Cahill (PhD Candidate) 
Topic: The effectiveness of resisted sprinting to improve acceleration in adolescent athletes.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Jonathon Oliver

Anita Chau (MSpEx Candidate)
Topic: The effects of 8-week training programme of plyometric and ballistic training on female golfers’ physical characteristics and drive performance. 
Supervisor: Adam Storey, Scott Brown

Tracey Clissold (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Can the implementation of a quantified jump training programme benefit bone health in premenopausal women?
Supervisors: John Cronin, Paul Winwood, Mary Jane de Souza.

Emanuele D'Artibale (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Optimising Motorcycle Road Racing Performance.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Phil London.

Jamie Douglas (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Eccentric training and elite athlete performance.
Supervisors: Mike McGuigan, Simon Pearson, Angus Ross.

Emily Fanning (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Relationship between training load and injury risk in elite tennis players.
Supervisors: Mike McGuigan, Andrew Kilding.

Erin Feser (PhD Candidate)
Topic: The effects of lower-extremity wearable resistance (WR) on sprint acceleration training
Supervisors: John Cronin, Kenneth Clark

Hayley Gilchrist (MSpEX Candidate)
Topic: Does the implementation of deceleration training optimise change of direction performance in club level rugby players?
Supervisors: Mike McGuigan, Nic Gill.

Seth Lenetsky (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Assessing and enhancing punching performance in combat sports athletes.
Supervisors: Matt Brughelli, Roy Nates, Nigel Harris, Mike McGuigan.

Paul McAdam (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Effects of wearable resistance on workload parameters during endurance running.
Supervisors: Jono Neville, John Cronin.

Dustin Oranchuk (PhD Candidate) 
Topic: The effect of eccentric quasi-isometric training on measures of athletic performance. 
Supervisors: John Cronin, Adam Storey

Andrew Pichardo (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Long-term implications of developing a weightlifting development model in youth athletes.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Jon Oliver.

Shankaralingam Ramalingam (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Comparison of periodization models to develop muscular endurance in adolescents.
Supervisors: Mike McGuigan, Deborah Dulson.

Michael Schofield (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Understanding which kinematics and kinetic variables are important in improving shotput and discus performance.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Kim Hebert-Losier, Angus Ross.

Anthony Sharp (PhD Candidate)
Topic: The use of triple and quintuple hops in physical performance profiling. 
Supervisors: Jono Neville, John Cronin.

Kim Simperingham (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Enhancing sprint running performance in team sport athletes.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Angus Ross.

Lesley Sommerfield (PhD Candidate) 
Topic: Integrated Neuromuscular Training for Injury Prevention in the Female Athlete.
Supervisors: Craig Harrison, Chris Whatman, John Cronin.

Richard Sylvester (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Effectiveness of a holistic training program on youth athlete movement competency.
Supervisors: Craig Harrison, John Cronin.

Farhan Tinwala (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Development of a 2D purpose built eccentric loading machine.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Enrico Haemmerle, Angus Ross.

Aaron Uthoff (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Long-term implications of an applied linear speed development model in youth.
Supervisors: John Cronin, Jon Oliver, Craig Harrison.

Casey Watkins (PhD Candidate)
Topic: Methods of improving speed and power in semi-professional and professional rugby union players.
Supervisors: Adam Storey, Nic Gill.