Sport, Physical Activity and Health

Dr Adam Benkwitz

Position: Reader in the Sociology of Sport and Health
Tel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2402)

Email: A.Benkwitz@newman.ac.uk

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Research interests:

• Sociological studies of mental health and physical activity.
• Exploring the stigma of mental health both in sport and through sport.
• Socio-cultural studies of sport, exercise and health.

Dr Ibrahim Akubat
Position: Senior Lecturer in PESS
Tel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2469)
Email: Ibrahim.Akubat@newman.ac.uk

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Research interests:

• Team sports physiology
• Sports performance
• Training load monitoring
• Sports technology and analytics

Dr Mark Holland
Position: Senior Lecturer in PESS
Tel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2516)
Email: Mark.Holland@newman.ac.uk

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Research interests:

• Development and transference of mental skills in youth sports participants
• Development of mental skills in disadvantaged youth
• Motivation in sports and exercise
• Relationship between mental states and physical performance indicators

Prof. Tony Myers
Position: Professor in Quantitative Methods
Tel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2385)Email: tony.myers@newman.ac.uk
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Research interests:

• Bayesian data analysis in sport and health
• Social influence – on sports fans and officials
• Combat sport research – psychological or performance based

Mr Russell Peters
Position: Lecturer in Biomechanics
Tel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2655)
Email: Russell.Peters@newman.ac.uk

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Research interests:

• Golf Swing Mechanics
• Technology and equipment biomechanics
• Equine Biomechanics

Dr Alex Powell

Position: Senior Lecturer in Sport CoachingTel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2627)
Email: Alexander.Powell@newman.ac.uk
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Dr Emma Powell

Position: Senior Lecturer in Education
Tel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2303)
Email: E.Powell@staff.newman.ac.uk

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Dr Lorayne Woodfield PhD

Position: Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Sports Studies
Tel: 0121 476 1181 (Ext. 2269)
Email: L.A.Woodfield@newman.ac.uk

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Research interests:

• Physical activity and health (in specific population groups)
• Obesity and health-risk behaviours (in specific population groups)
• Physical activity in educational settings

Psychology

Dr Lorna Dodd
Psychology MSc & SH Programme Leader

Research interests:

• Health-risk behaviours (in specific population groups)
• Health promotion
• Mental Health & Health-risk behaviours

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David Haylock BA, BSc, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS
Programme Leader: Applications of Psychology

Research interests:

• Human Factors/Ergonomics/HCI
• Psychometrics (scale construction & evaluation)
• Computational Modelling
• Computer-based recording and analysis of behavioural data
• Human kinematics
• Image analysis

Dr. Kate Graham

Research interests

• Mother-infant interaction in typical and atypical populations (namely maternal anxiety and maternal depression)
• Theory of Mind and sociability
• Social versus non-social interactions
• Emotion based disorders

Mr Chris Higton
Graduate Assistant in Psychology & Counselling

Research interests:

• Exploring the effects of personal care on health-related quality of life -Functional recovery from stroke -Doctor/patient communication with a special interest in visual impairments -The use of surgical simulation to prevent ‘never events’
• Addiction cessation

Dr Bill Morgan CPsychol AFBPSs
Clinical Psychologist

Research interests:

•Prejudice and discrimination in mental illness including:

• Impact of causal model on attitudes and behaviour
• Mental health education
• Lived experience of people diagnosed with mental illness

Stella Williams
Lecturer

Research interests:

• Employability development
• Lifelong learning
• Career identity

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