After studying medicine, conducting a PhD in Biomechanics and my clinical training, I have done a PostDoc at the Spaulding National Running Center/Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, MA. After an exciting and instructive time abroad, I followed a call to Hamburg, Germany, where I hold a full professorship for sports medicine at the medical faculty […]
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MEET & GREET THE TEAM … SANDRO VELLA
I am a Maltese physiotherapist working within the Primary health care setting and with the Maltese National football team. I am also reading for a PhD with Cardiff Metropolitan University. I believe that life is all about balance, and therefore I constantly seek to find balance in whatever I do. […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … MOA JEDERSTRÖM
I am a PhD student at Athletics Research Center (Linköping University, Sweden) and a former figure skater. I graduated from med school in 2021 and am currently working as a junior doctor at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Linköping University Hospital. Having a background as a competitive figure skater, I also work part-time as […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … LAILA USACKA
I am Laila Usacka, an SEM resident at the University of Latvia. I have worked with ice hockey and floorball teams for more than 10 years. Since my parents are mountain climbers and my mother is a professor in sports physiology, my heart and interest also lie in mountaineering, hypoxic environments and working in a […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … ROBERT MANN
My name is Robert Mann and I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate based at the Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter. My “academic journey” began by completing a BA (Hons) degree in Sport and Social Science at the University of Bath. This was followed by an MRes and PhD in Health […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … BLAIR HAMILTON
My current institution is the Centre for Stress and Age-related Disease, University of Brighton, England but my original academic roots were born out of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where I studied Exercise and Health science and fell in love with the nature of research. This is where I generated one of the first data […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … SHEREE BEKKER
I was born in South Africa, grew up in Botswana, completed my PhD in Australia, and now call Bath (UK) home. I am an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Injury Prevention in the Department for Health at the University of Bath. At Bath, I am Co-Director of the Centre for Qualitative Research, and a member of the […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … KRISTINA FAGHER
I am a Physiotherapist specializing in sports medicine and physical activity, and I have a clinical background of working within sports medicine and physical activity. To support people at all levels and ages in sports is a passion for me. In 2019 I defended my PhD thesis “Sports-related injuries and illnesses in Paralympic athletes”, in […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … NIKKI MCLEARY
My background is in sport & health sciences/medical publishing, in addition to applied sports science with elite and amateur athletes. I am the Founder and CEO of the ‘Adventure Science Platform’, which focuses on preparing amateur extreme athletes to execute their activities safely and competently in challenging and remote environments. I spent 15 years overseas working […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … NASH ANDERSON
I am primary a clinician working as a chiropractor and sports trainer with a special interest in sports medicine. I work at my own multidisciplinary practice Tuggeranong Chiropractic Centre. I am the current chair of the Sports Medicine Australia ACT branch, and I do try to dip my toe into academia where possible. If there’s […]