Overview
Pursue original research in physiology, psychology, biomechanics or coaching/pedagogy, in highly-equipped surroundings with an innovative, expert team.
Full description
The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences brings together expertise in physiology, psychology, biomechanics and coaching/pedagogy within the School of Psychology and Sport Science
Specialists from these disciplines collaborate on projects within four broad categories: athlete performance; recreational-based sport and exercise; health-based exercise; judo-based research.
Within this innovative and highly productive research environment we can provide you with supervision in a wide range of research topics, in well-equipped surroundings.
We host research seminars, conferences and workshops to aid knowledge-sharing and you’ll be part of a supportive postgraduate community encompassing many specialisms.
As an indication of activity within the department, here’s a brief overview of our current research projects:
- Nitrate and VO2
- Bicarbonate and VO2
- Stroke volume and menstrual function
- Visual search and anxiety in sport
- Visual impairment and adaptive gait
- Mobile multivariable physiological monitors and sporting performance
- Temporal analysis of lightweight women's Judo
- Understanding the coach-athlete relationship
In addition to our Sport and Exercise Sciences PhD, we've also identified a range of innovative research project opportunities for you as a postgraduate researcher.
Supervision and Support
Our supervisory staff are recognised experts in their field. Their research expertise includes:
- Dr Dan Gordon - Exercise physiology
- Dr James Johnstone - Strength and conditioning, talent identification and development of excellence, use of mobile monitoring technology in sport and performance
- Dr Charlotte Nevison - Human-horse communication in a ridden (sporting) context
- Adrian Scruton - Chronic changes in muscle activation (EMG) and walking gait with the use of unstable shoe design
- Dr Matthew Timmis - Investigating visual search strategies in sports performance and how these patterns change as a function of task demand
- Katrina McDonald - Coaching and athlete education
- Dr Lee Smith - Physical activity promotion and sedentary behaviour reduction
- Dr Mathew Dowling - Application of organisational and political theory to examine the changing organisation and structure of sport systems within the UK and Canada
- Dr Justin Roberts - Performance and functional nutrition in relation to sport, health and exercise physiology
- Dr Francesca Cavallerio - Health and Wellbeing of athletes, psychology of sports injuries, athlete retirement
- Dr Anna Stodter - Sports coaches’ learning and education
- Dr Kjell van Paridon - The influence of psychological stress on visual attention, motor skill execution and performance
Your faculty
The Faculty of Science & Engineering is one of the largest of the four faculties at Anglia Ruskin University. Whether you choose to study with us full-time or part-time, on campus or at a distance, there’s an option whatever your level – from a foundation degree, BSc, MSc, PhD or professional doctorate.
Whichever course you pick, you’ll gain the theory and practical skills needed to progress with confidence. Join us and you could find yourself learning in the very latest laboratories or on field trips or work placements with well-known and respected companies. You may even have the opportunity to study abroad.
Everything we do in the faculty has a singular purpose: to provide a world-class environment to create, share and advance knowledge in science, technology and engineering fields. This is key to all of our futures.
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