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




