ProfessorAndrew Gardner

Professorial Research Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

  • Professorial Research Fellow
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

  1. Former elite level athlete brain health research program.
  2. Tackle technique research program.
  3. Video analysis of potential concussion research program.
  4. Instrumented mouthguards and the development of a kinematic database.
  5. Validation of unique technology for cognitive testing in athletes.
  6. Student athletes' return to learn post-concussion.

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Coaching the Tackle: A Biomechanical Assessment of the Effectiveness of Empirically Based Tackle Technique Re-Education Interventions in Rugby League
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Investigating the utility and diagnostic accuracy of event related potentials (ERPs) in the diagnosis and management of concussion.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tackle injury prevention and performance in sub-elite women’s rugby union: A scientific, data driven approach to inform coaching
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Long-Term Impacts of Sports Participation on the Brain and Health