School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Our research students
Our research students are undertaking a postgraduate research degree under the supervision of at least one of our academics.
During their time in the School they also have the opportunity to take up paid roles as Graduate Laboratory Assistants, helping them gain teaching experience in a higher education environment.
Graduate Laboratory Assistants (GLAs)
Manali Akre
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Physiotherapy, Neurosciences, Transcranial magnetic stimulator, Sports rehabilitation Research interests:
Adaptation in corticospinal and spinal neuromuscular function in physically active male and female adults after primary unilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis with novel quantitative synthesis of study methodologies and findings.; The Effect of Rhythmic Auditory Cueing on Functional Gait Performance in Parkinson's Disease.; Effect of Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT) BIG Exercises on Functional Gait Performance of Parkinson’s Disease Patients; COMPARISON OF STATIC BALANCE IN MALE FOOTBALL AND GYMNASTIC PLAYERS BY USING BALANCE ERROR SCORING SYSTEM
Benjamin Butler
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Farah Chalabi
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Fawei Deng
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Knee pain; Physiotherapy
Mohammadreza Jamalifard
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Research interests:
Explainable AI and Probabilistic Modeling
Samantha Jover
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Nature and wellbeing; Nature Based Interventions
Fakhrosadat Najafi Farashah
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Mahbi Razavi
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Gait Analysis, Movement Health Model; Body Centre of Mass and Balance ; Circadian Rythm, Time of the day, Dynamic Stability and Biomechanics of Walking Research interests:
The Effect of Hypoxia on Energy Expenditure and Substrate Utilization Following High-Intensity Interval Training (Msc Dissertation); What Prognostic Indicators andTreatment Mechanisms Exist forEfficacious Treatments in PeopleWith Patellofemoral Pain? ASecondary Meta-regressionWith an Updated Search; The Morning-Evening Variation of Dynamic Balance under Dual Cognitive Task in Morning-Type Elderly Women (Published in Farsi); The effect of 8 weeks deep-aquatic exercises on static balance and lower body strength among elderly men; Evaluating Dynamic Stability, Spatiotemporal, and Kinematic Gait Parameters in Day-and Night-Shift Nurses
Ana Sarmiento Perez
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Bethany Thompson
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Charlotte Wallace
Assistant Lecturer, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Research students
Manali Akre
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Physiotherapy, Neurosciences, Transcranial magnetic stimulator, Sports rehabilitation Research interests:
Adaptation in corticospinal and spinal neuromuscular function in physically active male and female adults after primary unilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis with novel quantitative synthesis of study methodologies and findings.; The Effect of Rhythmic Auditory Cueing on Functional Gait Performance in Parkinson's Disease.; Effect of Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT) BIG Exercises on Functional Gait Performance of Parkinson’s Disease Patients; COMPARISON OF STATIC BALANCE IN MALE FOOTBALL AND GYMNASTIC PLAYERS BY USING BALANCE ERROR SCORING SYSTEM
Yasser Alanezi
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Seyyada Ali
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Mariam Alnuwaiser
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Daniel Ayling
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Joseph Barker
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Sebastian Biggins
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
James Black
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Thomas Brazier
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Benjamin Butler
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Niamh Cameron
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Supawan Chaiprakaiwan
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Kurtis Cusimano
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Michael Davies
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Alicia Day
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Erica De La Garza
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
systems thinking; systems evaluation; public health; epidemiology; biostatistics; program evaluation; health inequalities Research interests:
Addressing health inequalities through physical activity
Fawei Deng
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Knee pain; Physiotherapy
Adiele Dube
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Healthy Ageing; Non-Communicable Disease; Exercise is Medicine Research interests:
Impact of Traditional Dance and Games on Cardiovascular Health; Hypohydration and Fluid Balance vs Athlete's cognitive performance; HIIT, Intermittent Fasting effects vs cardiometabolic biomarkers in people with T2D; Musculoskeletal Injuries in Swimming; Exercise-Heat Stress, Hyperthermia, Dehydration and Fatigue Effects on Cognitive Performance; Physical Activity among University students; Obesity vs Purchasing habbits in schools; HIV and Experiences Regarding the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission, Option B+ Program; Professional Membership; Emotional Intelligence and Ageing in a Sedentary World: Impacts on Quality of Life
Emily Finch
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Conrad Fletcher
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Behnam Gholami
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Markerless Motion Capture and Human Pose Estimation; Computational Biomechanics; Modeling and Optimization in Movement and Structural Systems; Smart Structures, Vibration and Aeroelastic Control Research interests:
Robust Single-Camera Markerless Knee-Flexion Estimation During Overground Gait Under Self-Occlusion; Parameter Identification of the Lower Limb Spring-Damper Model using two-dimensional Kinematic Data ; Optimal locations of magnetorheological fluid pockets embedded in an elastically supported honeycomb sandwich beams for supersonic flutter suppression; Optimal locations of piezoelectric patches for supersonic flutter control of honeycomb sandwich panels, using the NSGA-II method; Active Flutter Control of a Supersonic Honeycomb Sandwich Beam Resting on Elastic Foundation with Piezoelectric Sensor/Actuator Pair
Sarah Golding
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Research interests:
Value of First Contact Physiotherapy in early recognition of Rheumatological disorders
Charlotte Gowers
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Aiden Griggs
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Jamie Harding
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Harry Harwood
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Simon Hayward
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Philip Hillson
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ian Holland-Coulton
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Connie Janes
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ffion Jones
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Samantha Jover
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Nature and wellbeing; Nature Based Interventions
Soeon Kim
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Edward Kirby
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Caroline Lindsay
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Posture, pain and performance in sport; Low back pain rehabilitation
Daniel McPartlan
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Deborah Miles
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Fakhrosadat Najafi Farashah
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Joseph Olivelle
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Alex Porter
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Mahbi Razavi
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Gait Analysis, Movement Health Model; Body Centre of Mass and Balance ; Circadian Rythm, Time of the day, Dynamic Stability and Biomechanics of Walking Research interests:
The Effect of Hypoxia on Energy Expenditure and Substrate Utilization Following High-Intensity Interval Training (Msc Dissertation); What Prognostic Indicators andTreatment Mechanisms Exist forEfficacious Treatments in PeopleWith Patellofemoral Pain? ASecondary Meta-regressionWith an Updated Search; The Morning-Evening Variation of Dynamic Balance under Dual Cognitive Task in Morning-Type Elderly Women (Published in Farsi); The effect of 8 weeks deep-aquatic exercises on static balance and lower body strength among elderly men; Evaluating Dynamic Stability, Spatiotemporal, and Kinematic Gait Parameters in Day-and Night-Shift Nurses
Rachel Rheam
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
ACL injury prevention; Injury prevention in agility sports
Samuel Richardson
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
James Roberts
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Peter Robinson
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ask me about:
Nature, health, wellbeing, nature-based interventions, nature connection
Jonathan Rothery
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Ana Sarmiento Perez
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Albie Sayer
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Alicia Taylor
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Uma Thangavelu
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Bethany Thompson
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Lyndsey Townsend
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Nasir Uddin
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
Research interests:
Exercise neurophysiology; Fluid balance; Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries
Charlotte Wallace
Postgraduate Research Student, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
