Sport, health and inclusion
Our experts are ensuring the benefits of sport are accessible to everyone.
The legacy of major sporting events reflects a strong commitment to athletic excellence, innovation and inclusion. UQ experts are contributing to this legacy through research, education and collaboration across sport.
To contact a UQ expert for media comment, email communications@uq.edu.au
UQ experts
Healthy communities
- Professor Lauren Ball – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences and School of Public Health
- Associate Professor Katherine Cullerton - School of Public Health
- Dr Amalie Dyda - School of Public Health
- Professor Genevieve Healy – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- Dr Cheneal Pulijevic - School of Public Health
- Professor Simon Reid - School of Public Health
- Professor Peter Soyer – Frazer Institute
- Honorary Professor John Cairney - UQ Games Engagement
High performance sport and coaching
- Professor Bruce Abernethy AM – UQ Games Engagement
- Professor Cliff Mallett – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- Associate Professor Steven Rynne – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Sports injury prevention and management
- Associate Professor Natalie Collins – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Associate Professor Craig Engstrom – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- Associate Professor Michelle Smith – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Emeritus Professor Bill Vicenzino – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Para sport
- Associate Professor Emma Beckman – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- Professor Sean Tweedy – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Clean sport
- Dr Timothy Piatkowski - School of Public Health
Social equity and education
- Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald - School of Public Health
- Professor Paul Harpur OAM – School of Law
- Professor Brendan Hokowhitu - Indigenous Futures Centre
- Professor Tyler Okimoto – School of Business
- Professor Cameron Parsell – School of Social Sciences
- Professor Tim Reddel – Institute for Social Science Research
- Professor Mark Western – Centre for Policy Futures
Sport history and legacy
- Associate Professor Gary Osmond – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- Professor Murray Phillips – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Key organisational units
- Indigenous Futures Centre
- Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
- The Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies
School of Human Movement and Nutritional Sciences
- Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing
- Centre for Research on Exercise, Physical Activity and Health
- Centre for Sensorimotor Performance
- Centre for Sport and Society
- Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation
- Sports Coaching Research Group
Institute for Social Science Research
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
- Centre for Social Data Analytics
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Centre for Neurorehabilitation, Ageing and Balance Research
- Centre for Research Excellence for Spinal Pain, Injury and Health
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention for Health (SIRPH)
School of Psychology
- Centre for Research in Social Psychology
- Parenting and Family Support Centre
- Social Identity and Groups Network