Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport

Staff & Contact Details

 

Address:

The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport
Sir John Beckwith Centre for Sport
School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences
Loughborough University
Loughborough,
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU

Tel: +44 (0)1509 226387

Email: PHC@lboro.ac.uk

Organisational Chart

 

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Staff Profiles

 

Dr Lettie Bishop - Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology

Dr David Howe - Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Sport

Christof Leicht - Research Assistant and PhD student in Sport Science

John Lenton - Research Assistant in Sport Science

Terri Graham - Research Assistant in Sport Science

Dr Barry Mason - Research Associate in Physiology & Biomechanics

Dr David Purdue - Research Associate in the Sociology of Sport

Dr Brett Smith - Senior Lecturer in Disability, the Body, Health and Well-being

Dr Keith Tolfrey – Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology

Dr Vicky Tolfrey - Director & Reader in Applied Disability Sport

Student Profiles

 

Marie Dannhaeuser - PhD Student in the Sociology of Sport

Mhairi Keil - MPhil Student in Physiology

Joanna Kirkby - PhD Student in Health and Wellbeing

Paul Kitchin - PhD Student in the Sociology of Sport

Tom Paulson - PhD Student in Sport Science

Melanie Preece - PhD Student in Health and Wellbeing

Carla Silva - PhD Student in the Sociology of Sport

Paul Sindall - PhD Student in Physiology

Completed PhD Students

 

Dr Katherine Black - Former PhD Student in Physiology

Dr Barry Mason - has recently submitted his PhD research in 'The Ergonomics of Wheelchair Configuration for Optimal Sport Performance'.

Dr David Purdue - has recently submitted his PhD research in 'Conflict and Consensus within the 'Paralympic field': A sociological investigation of an elite disability sport competition'.

Dr Louise Croft - has recently defended her PhD research entitled “Energy Expenditure of Wheelchair Athletes". Louise has now joined the staff at Exeter University as an Associate Teaching Fellow.

PHC Associates

 

Dr Nadine Geddes - Former Research Associate, Institute of Youth Sport, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University

Key PHC Partners

 

English Institute of Sport (EIS) East Midlands Team - including Nik Diaper, Matt Bramhall and formerly Helen Alfano.

UK Sport - Alison Macpherson

Youth Sport Trust - Guin Batten

 

The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, SSEHS, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK, LE11 3TU.