PhD
Eric Junior Appiah
Topic: Ethics of youth football development in West Africa: The synergy of policy and practice
Supervisor: Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Mike Sam
Email apper863@student.otago.ac.nz
Jessica Calverley
Pre-surgical physical activity (Pre-hab)
Topic: Investigating motivations and best practice from practitioner to patient to aid in inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Supervisors: Associate Professor Elaine Hargreaves, Dr Kate Thomas (DSM Surgical Services).
Email jessica.calverley@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Kane Cocker
Environmental physiology, water safety
Topic: Individual differences in the immediate physiological and behavioural responses during cold-water immersion
Supervisors: Professor Chris Button, Professor Jim Cotter, Dr Tina van Duijn (UTS), Dr Luke Wilson (Medicine)
Email cokan630@student.otago.ac.nz
Maddie Connor
Topic: The effect of exercise on anxiety
Supervisors: Associate Professor Elaine Hargreaves, Dr Olivia Harrison
Email conma763@student.otago.ac.nz
Ellie Crabill
Topic: A critical analysis of legacy and impacts in the post-FIFA Women’s World Cup era
Supervisors: Professor Sally Shaw, Professor Steve Jackson, Dr Rosemary Overell
Email eleanor.crabill@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
International student from Chicago, USA
Timothy Dawbin
Topic: The organisational landscape of youth sports
Supervisors: Associate Professor Mike Sam, Professor Steve Jackson
Email timothy.dawbin@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Hongxiu Guo
Topic: The Construction of Global-National Relations in Chinese Sports Media in the Era of Globalisation: The Case of Media Discourse and Representation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
Supervisors: Associate Professor Mark Falcous, Prof Paola Voci, Dr Sebastian Potgieter
Email guoho984@student.otago.ac.nz
International student from Hanzhong City, China
Kyu Jin Jin
Sociology of sport
Topic: Sport and corporate diplomacy: The nexus between nation-states, international sport organisations, and transnational corporations
Supervisors: Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Mike Sam
Email kyujin.jin@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
International student from South Korea
Bianca Koper
Topic: Exploring ‘Ball in Play’ Locomotion and Contact Workload in Super Rugby
Supervisors: Dr Peter Lamb, Dr Brett Smith
Email kopbi050@student.otago.ac.nz
Panos Lakeas
Topic: Intracranial pressure responses to environmental and exercise stressors, across fitness
Supervisors: Professor Jim Cotter, Dr Kate Thomas, Dr Travis Gibbons
Email lakpa769@student.otago.ac.nz
Raul Martin Gomez
Topic: Heart rate variability in endurance training
Supervisors: Dr Peter Lamb, Professor Jim Cotter
Email marra610@student.otago.ac.nz
Diego Moreno Harismendy
Topic: The politics of Chilean sport bureaucracy
Supervisor: Professor Steve Jackson, Associate Professor Mike Sam
Email mordi755@student.otago.ac.nz
Marc Murray
Topic: Effect of mixed training and protein supplementation on total IGF -1 levels in untrained female adults
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nancy Rehrer, Dr Lara Vlietstra
Email murma055@student.otago.ac.nz
Brigid Nanai
Supervisor: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey
Email nanbr191@student.otago.ac.nz
Janelle Romanchuk
Injury prevention, biomechanics and concussion
Topic: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a head stabilisation intervention in female community rugby players
Supervisors: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey, Dr Peter Lamb and Dr Danielle Salmon (World Rugby)
Email janelle.romanchuk@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Tianyu Zhang
Topic: Roles of heat and dehydration in physical tolerance, perceptual and physiological responses and cardiovascular, and renal health
Supervisors: Professor Jim Cotter, Associate Professor Nancy Rehrer, Associate Professor Rebekah Lucas
Email zhati193@student.otago.ac.nz
Master's
Charlie Beaglehole
Topic: Exploring patterns and predictors of peak acceleration throughout an elite male rugby union season
Supervisors: Dr Peter Lamb, Professor Jim Cotter
Email beach557@student.otago.ac.nz
Efe Celik
Topic: The effect of mental fatigue on swimming performance in competitive swimmers
Supervisors: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey, Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak (Anatomy)
Email celef099@student.otago.ac.nz
Jess Fuller
Topic: Comparing head kinematics and control in male and female football players during predictable and unpredictable side-on impacts
Supervisor: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey
Dan Kingsley
Supervisor: Professor Chris Button
Email kinda672@student.otago.ac.nz
Ieuan Leigh
Topic: Can strength and power predict accelerative ability during gameplay?
Supervisor: Dr Peter Lamb
Email leiie702@student.otago.ac.nz
Deacon Manu
Topic: Exploring the health/wellbeing of professional Pacific rugby players
Supervisors: Associate Professor Tania Cassidy, Dr Jeremy Hapeta (Te Koronga)
Hayden Nelson
Topic: Player workload in professional rugby
Supervisors: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey, Brett Smith (Waikato)
Email nelha109@student.otago.ac.nz
Nora O’Connor
Supervisor: Associate Professor Elaine Hargreaves
Email ocono524@student.otago.ac.nz
International student from New York, USA
Melanie Schwimmer
Topic: Rainbow communities and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
Supervisors: Professor Sally Shaw, Associate Professor Mark Falcous
Email schme451@student.otago.ac.nz
International student from San Diego, USA
Katrina Sharlott
Topic: Measuring physical literacy in Cook Island Māori: A decolonisation of quantitative research methods
Supervisors: Dr Lara Vlietstra, Dr Troy Ruhe, Professor Chris Button
Email shaka067@student.otago.ac.nz
Ben Shepherd
Topic: Testing the effect of a plyometric neck training program on dynamic head stabilization in female rugby players
Supervisor: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey
Email shebe890@student.otago.ac.nz
Britt Smith
Topic: Concussions in snow sport athletes
Supervisor: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey
Email smite074@student.otago.ac.nz
Cameron Trewhitt
Topic: Do head kinematics and mechanics differ between trained and untrained fallers in predictable and unpredictable backwards falls?
Supervisor: Associate Professor Melanie Bussey
Email treca382@student.otago.ac.nz
Master of Sport Development and Management
Kate Caradus
Supervisor: Professor Sally Shaw
Email carka225@student.otago.ac.nz
Meg Clark
Supervisor: Associate Professor Elaine Hargreaves
Email clame301@student.otago.ac.nz
Aaron Kattampally
Supervisor: Associate Professor Mark Falcous
Email kataa416@student.otago.ac.nz
International student from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Mayank Malhotra
Supervisor: Dr Sebastian Potgieter
Email malma064@student.otago.ac.nz
International student from New Delhi, India
Logan Smith
Supervisor: Professor Steve Jackson
Email smilo359@student.otago.ac.nz
Yang Zhang
Supervisor: Professor Ken Hodge
Email zhaya227@student.otago.ac.nz
International student from Tianjin, China
BSc Honours in Sport, Exercise and Health
Phoebe Evans
Topic: Exploring athletes' experiences in high-performance sport systems in relation to their wellbeing
Supervisor: Associate Professor Mark Falcous, Dr Sebastian Potgieter
Email evaph282@student.otago.ac.nz
Becca Jullian
Topic: Does fitness modulate effects of dehydration in the heat for women?
Supervisor: Professor Jim Cotter, Associate Professor Nancy Rehrer
Email julbe942@student.otago.ac.nz
Lili Ovendale
Topic: Athlete experiences within high performance sport, in particular sports science support
Supervisor: Associate Professor Mark Falcous, Dr Sebastian Potgieter
Email oveli237@student.otago.ac.nz
PGDipSci in Sport, Exercise and Health
Blake Miller
Topic: Cold water immersion
Supervisor: Professor Jim Cotter
Email milbl195@student.otago.ac.nz
Raffaele Moro
Topic: Strength and conditioning for the Wellington Phoenix
Supervisor: Professor Chris Button
Email morra897@student.otago.ac.nz