Stephen West, BSc, PhD, FHEA
PhD in Injury Epidemiology and Athlete Monitoring (University of Bath, UK)BSc in Sport Science and Health (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Areas of Research
Injury Epidemiology
Injury Epidemiology provides the backbone for much of my research into the prevention of injuries in sport. My work spans youth sport through to elite professionals. Using injury surveillance, we can understand risk factors for future injury and concussion, as well as determining priority areas for prevention.
Injury Epidemiology provides the backbone for much of my research into the prevention of injuries in sport. My work spans youth sport through to elite professionals. Using injury surveillance, we can understand risk factors for future injury and concussion, as well as determining priority areas for prevention.
Injury Prevention
My work focuses primarily on primary prevention of injury- i.e. preventing an injury from occurring in the first place. I do have other projects however which span secondary and tertiary prevention. My works aims to inform sports governing bodies when making decisions by evaluating strategies across policy/ law changes, training strategies and equipment use.
My work focuses primarily on primary prevention of injury- i.e. preventing an injury from occurring in the first place. I do have other projects however which span secondary and tertiary prevention. My works aims to inform sports governing bodies when making decisions by evaluating strategies across policy/ law changes, training strategies and equipment use.
Athlete Monitoring
The increase in data availability has changed the world of athlete monitoring. Today, multi-disciplinary teams are trying to inform decisions around injury and performance for athletes through the use of increasingly broad and varied data sources. My interest in this space is how athlete monitoring can be used to support these decisions, as well as the implications for data protection, athlete privacy and athlete welfare.
The increase in data availability has changed the world of athlete monitoring. Today, multi-disciplinary teams are trying to inform decisions around injury and performance for athletes through the use of increasingly broad and varied data sources. My interest in this space is how athlete monitoring can be used to support these decisions, as well as the implications for data protection, athlete privacy and athlete welfare.
Supervising degrees
Kinesiology - Masters: Accepting Inquiries
Kinesiology - Doctoral: Accepting Inquiries
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