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Prehospital methods to maintain body temperature and thermal comfort

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

Harnessing environmental stressors for the benefit of cerebrovascular function

Colchester, United Kingdom

As the Sports Scientist at the Human Performance Unit, University of Essex, it is my duty to provide support to a range of athletes, coaches, students, as well as academic staff members alike. With the variety of these roles, I am placed in the privileged position of working within multiple avenues of the sports science industry. Specific duties include:- Delivering sports science services to external clients, including professional and amateur sports teams, amateur and elite… Show more As the Sports Scientist at the Human Performance Unit, University of Essex, it is my duty to provide support to a range of athletes, coaches, students, as well as academic staff members alike. With the variety of these roles, I am placed in the privileged position of working within multiple avenues of the sports science industry. Specific duties include:- Delivering sports science services to external clients, including professional and amateur sports teams, amateur and elite individual athletes, sporting organisations and performance sports teams at the University of Essex. - Support the School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science (SRES) at the University of Essex with their academic research and teaching objectives. - Provide a combination of applied sports science, coaching and schools engagement services within SRES at the University of Essex.- Supervise and support industrial placement students, who have taken a year away from their academic studies to engage in sports science service delivery. Show less

Reading, United Kingdom

Working with patients to acquire clinical and physiological information which was then used to deliver bespoke health and lifestyle advice. To deliver the best possible advice for patients I worked within a multidisciplinary team of health advisors, general practitioners and clinical staff. My specific duties included:-Delivering a suite of physiological tests that included; electrocardiographs, blood pressure tests, body composition measurements, functional movement screenings… Show more Working with patients to acquire clinical and physiological information which was then used to deliver bespoke health and lifestyle advice. To deliver the best possible advice for patients I worked within a multidisciplinary team of health advisors, general practitioners and clinical staff. My specific duties included:-Delivering a suite of physiological tests that included; electrocardiographs, blood pressure tests, body composition measurements, functional movement screenings, anthropometry and analysing biomarkers of cardiovascular and metabolic disease. -I used venipuncture techniques to obtain blood samples for subsequent medical analysis.- Performed sub-maximal exercise testing. -Delivered appropriate exercise and dietary support to clients. As well as my standard duties as a health advisor I am also responsible for the safe working of clinical equipment in my role as head of equipment maintenance for the Reading branch. Show less

Loughborough

Working with in a multidisciplinary team of practitioners I provided physiological assistance to University based elite athletes, including cricketers and track and field athletes. My specific duties included:-Carrying out maximal and sub-maximal laboratory tests to measure physiological markers including lactate profiles and oxygen uptake variables.-Designing and implementing training monitoring systems.

Oxford, United Kingdom

During my second year of undergraduate study, I volunteered with the Oxford Brookes University performance teams to facilitate the physiological evaluation and monitoring of athletes. During this experience, I performed laboratory and field-based physiological testing on a range of performance athletes. Performance testing included: - VO2 max testing using breath by breath analysis. - Lactate analysis during maximal and submaximal exercise. - Anthropometry - Speed and… Show more During my second year of undergraduate study, I volunteered with the Oxford Brookes University performance teams to facilitate the physiological evaluation and monitoring of athletes. During this experience, I performed laboratory and field-based physiological testing on a range of performance athletes. Performance testing included: - VO2 max testing using breath by breath analysis. - Lactate analysis during maximal and submaximal exercise. - Anthropometry - Speed and acceleration evaluations using timing gates. - Multistage fitness testing. - Vertical jump height testing. Show less

Oxford, United Kingdom

Working alongside the strength and conditioning coaches, physiotherapists and management staff, I helped support the athletes through a range of roles.These Included: - Assisting with warm-ups, cool downs and conditioning sessions.- Pre and post-match hydration strategies. - Relaying information from the head coach to the players during matches. - Designed and implemented the 2016 pre-season physiological testing.

Master Of Science - Msc, Exercise Physiology

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Sports Science