Graduate Studies - School of Human Movement Studies

Graduate Studies/Higher Degree by Research

Our doctoral program can be taken part time or full time on campus in Bathurst NSW. If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in Human Movement or Exercise Science, we recommend that you

look at the staff profiles on this site to see if there is a suitable supervisor who is working in your area of interest.
contact the Faculty of Education's Graduate Studies office

Complete details about applying to our doctoral program are available on the Graduate Studies section of the Faculty of Education website.

Click on the headings below to expand them for detailed information about student research and student supervision in the School of Human Movement Studies.

Research Examples

Examples of recent projects conducted by post-graduate students within our laboratory:

Movement variability of pre elite Australian football athletes with and without a groin injury
The effects of overnight sleep deprivation and alcohol consumption on recovery from competitive Rugby League matches.
Intermittent-sprint performance and muscle glycogen following 30 h sleep deprivation.
A lower limb landing assessment tool for athletes at risk of developing knee injury
Self-paced intermittent-sprint performance and pacing strategies after pre-cooling and heating.
Reliability of the nociceptive flexor reflex (RIII) threshold and association with Pain threshold.
The effects of carbohydrate intake on intermittent-sprint exercise despite no knowledge of carbohydrate manipulation.
Effects of Aerobic, Resistance, or Concurrent Exercise on Fractional Protein Synthesis, Protein Signalling and mRNA Expression in Sedentary Overweight Middle-Aged Men
Effects of cold water immersion recovery following exercise in the heat and with simulated collisions.
Effect of an acute bout of plyometric exercise on neuromuscular fatigue and recovery in recreational athletes.
Effects of compression garments on exercise performance and recovery.
The acute effects of aerobic exercise and modified football on inflammation and glucose homeostasis within Indigenous Australians.
Effects of resistance or aerobic exercise training on interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and body composition.
Early-phase neuromuscular adaptations to high- and low-volume resistance training in untrained young and older women.

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School of Human Movement Studies Doctoral Students

Student	Research Topic/Title
Lindy Cavanagh	Young people’s knowledge and attitudes towards help seeking for mental health problems: the efficacy of a preventative intervention on rural and remote young people’s attitudes towards seeking help.
Ee Von Chia	The Effect of Age and Training on Fatigue, Pacing, and Thermoregulation
Cheyne Donges	Acute and chronic effects of differing exercise modes on mechanisms associated with skeletal muscle glucose uptake, and the relationship with NF-kB-mediated cytokine activity
Peter Fowler	The effects of domestic and international travel on physiological, perceptual, performance and recovery responses, and interventions to attenuate these effects
Danielle Girard	A Comparison Of The Physiological, Neuromuscular And Perceptual Manifestations And Acute Recovery Responses During Different Exercise Fatigue Tasks Between Disease-Free Breast Cancer Survivors With Post Cancer Fatigue And Healthy Matched Persons
Angela Hennessey	Implementing PDHPE into practice: An ethnographic case study on primary teachers' experiences
Tegan Kastelein	The effects of cigarette smoking and exercise on cerebral and cardiovascular responses, oxidative stress and systemic inflammation; the influence of smoking status and age.
Monique King	The effects of cold water immersion on recovery following high-intensity exercise in extreme conditions (heat and body collisions)
Markus Kluseman	Evaluation and Development of Physical Preparation Programs in Elite Junior Basketball Players
Amy Mendham	The acute and chronic effects of aerobic and modified football training on glucose control, systemic inflammation and mitochondrial functioning within Aboriginal Australian and Caucasian populations
Maria Nibali	Modulation of warm-up practices and the influence of post-activation potentiation on performance enhancement
Katrina Onus	Anticipating fatigue and avoiding cellular catastrophe during exercise and heat stress.
Darren Powell	Blurring the boundaries: Corporations, marketing and primary schools in the fight against childhood obesity
Melissa Skein	Sleep deprivation, muscle mass recruitment, and alterations in core temperature in the heat: Factors affecting pacing strategies in team sports.

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You can also find out more about the exciting work done by doctoral students in the other schools in Faculty of Education here.