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Peter is an Associate Professor in Exercise and Sport Science with a passion for ‘bridging the gap' between exercise and sport science and the real world. He recently published a book titled "The Masters Athlete", has published three other books on applied sports science, published six scholarly book chapters and over 30 peer-reviewed papers, many of them with the 15 postgraduates he has worked with over the years. Peter has been a regular contributor to the Australian Sports Commission publication's 'Sports Coach' and 'Sports Official' for the last 12 years and features weekly on ABC Capricornia's "Fitness on Friday". He currently supervises four postgraduates and is editing a book for CRC Press on "Nutrition and Performance for Older Exercisers".
David completed an Honours degree in Human Movement at the University of Tasmania in 2006, and took up a PhD at the Menzies Research Institute the following year. In 2010, he submitted his PhD thesis examining lifestyle determinants of body composition and skeletal muscle function in older adults, and joined the IHSSR as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow. His research interests include elucidating health benefits of physical activity and nutrition, as well as interventions aimed at modifying these behaviours in specialised populations. David's current research centres on improving the physical health of consumers with mental health issues through promoting a focus on detection and intervention by mental health nurses.
Dr Susan Williams is a Nutritionist who completed her PhD in 2009. Her research interests relate to better understanding nutrition practices and behaviours and associations with health and sports performance; and developing interventions which may improve nutrition practices and the health of individuals and communities. Her PhD research investigated secondary school environments and adolescent physical activity and nutrition behaviours. Her current research activities include: family food environments and young children's health; food purchasing behaviours of Australians; social capital measures; resilience and physical health and health behaviours. Professional background includes academic teaching roles in nutrition, health and health behaviour, sports nutrition consultant; and clinical and managerial roles in nursing and health information.
Cameron graduated from CQUniversity in 2001 as a Bachelor of Human Movement Science and spent the next 7 years in Europe as a professional cyclist. His time in Europe was split between Italy and Belgium. Upon coming home to Australia, he returned to CQUniversity where he is completing a Masters in Sports Coaching that will study the effect of a self-modelling video intervention on motor skill acquisition and retention of a novice track cyclist's standing start performance. Cameron currently works at CQUniversity as an editing lecturer for Exercise and Sport Science courses Physical Activity, Fitness and Health and Skill Acquisition. He alsoy coaches a number of cyclists in Rockhampton and hopes to move into academy and institute coaching in the future.
After completing a BPhEd at the University of Otago (New Zealand) in 1990, Dr Mike Kingsley gained valuable experience within education and industry. Following this he completed an MSc at Loughborough University (UK) and was awarded the Gatorade Prize for Exercise Physiology in 1997. While employed as a full-time Lecturer at Swansea University (Wales, UK), he was awarded an earned PhD. He has completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and he is a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. In addition, he is British Association of Sports Sciences (BASES) Accredited as a Sport & Exercise Scientist (Physiology - research). He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007 and Portfolio Director for Sport & Exercise Science in 2009. He has recently taken up a Senior Lectureship at CQ University while maintaining an academic position at Swansea University.
Jackson is completing a PhD in cardiovascular pharmacology, after finishing a Bachelor in Biomedical Science (Honours). He recently attended the 20th World Congress of the International Society of Heart Research (ISHR) where I presented a poster on the effects of stevia on the functional aspects of the cardiovascular system in an acute hypertensive model.
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