Research
SHAPE research is completed in a vibrant research environment including staff, postdoctoral students, PhD students and MRes students. Research ranges from elite team sport performance to bone health and respiratory physiology. Collaborations occur both within the University's Biomedical, Life and Health Sciences Research Centre, nationally and internationally.
Research areas include:
- Health
- Exercise in Extreme Environments
- The Science of Team Sports
- Respiratory Physiology
- Nutrition
- Sport Psychology
- Clinical Human Movement
- Communication and Influence
Example funding Bodies
Example collaborators
- Professor Hugh Montgomery, Institute for Human Health and Performance, University College London
- Dr Julie Greeves, Department of Occupational Medicine, Headquarters Army Recruiting and Training Division
- Dr William Kinnear, Consultant Physician (Respiratory Medicine), Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
- Dr John Morris and Dr Mary Nevill, Institute of Youth Sport, Loughborough University
- Professor Roger Harris (retired), Chichester University.
- Professor Remco Polman, Institute for Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University, Australia.
- Dr Chris Harwood, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University
PhD students
The SHAPE research group has a vibrant postgraduate community. Students are encouraged to present their work at conferences both nationally and internationally. Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil or PhD exist in all the areas of the SHAPE research group.
For further information visit the Graduate School website.
