# Sport, health and inclusion

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/strategy-values/2032-games/our-experts/sport-health-inclusion
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/bel/about/contact

Our experts are ensuring the benefits of sport are accessible to everyone.

The Olympic and Paralympic sports legacy embodies a profound commitment to athleticism, innovation and inclusivity. UQ experts are working to uphold this legacy.

To contact a UQ expert for media comment, email [communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)

## UQ experts

### Healthy communities

- [Professor Lauren Ball](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/16238) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences and School of Public Health
- [Professor John Cairney](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/25474) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- [Associate Professor Katherine Cullerton](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/22350) - School of Public Health
- [Dr Amalie Dyda](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29291) - School of Public Health
- [Professor Genevieve Healy](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/757) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- [Dr Cheneal Pulijevic](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/22250) - School of Public Health
- [Professor Simon Reid](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2707) - School of Public Health
- [Professor Peter Soyer](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1918) – Frazer Institute

### High performance sport and coaching

- [Professor Bruce Abernethy AM](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/222) – Office of 2032 Games Engagement
- [Professor Cliff Mallett](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/647) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- [Associate Professor Steven Rynne](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1411) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

### Sports injury prevention and management

- [Associate Professor Natalie Collins](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/12040) – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- [Associate Professor Craig Engstrom](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/224) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- [Associate Professor Michelle Smith](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1097) – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
- [Emeritus Professor Bill Vicenzino](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/53) – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

### Para sport

- [Associate Professor Emma Beckman](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1536) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- [Professor Sean Tweedy](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/225) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

### Social equity and education

- [Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1976) - School of Public Health
- [Professor Paul Harpur OAM](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2101) – School of Law
- [Professor Brendan Hokowhitu](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/31861) - Indigenous Futures Centre
- [Professor Tyler Okimoto](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2443) – School of Business
- [Professor Cameron Parsell](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1840) – School of Social Sciences
- [Professor Tim Reddel](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/24724) – Institute for Social Science Research
- [Professor Mark Western](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/909) – Centre for Policy Futures

### Sport history and legacy

- [Associate Professor Gary Osmond](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1250) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
- [Professor Murray Phillips](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/921) – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences

## Key organisational units

- [Indigenous Futures Centre](https://indigenous-futures.org/)
- [Poche Centre for Indigenous Health](https://poche.centre.uq.edu.au/)
- [The Queensland Centre for Olympic and Paralympic Studies](https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/hmbs/schools-institutes-centres/qcops)

### School of Human Movement and Nutritional Sciences

- [Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing](https://cchw.habs.uq.edu.au/)
- [Centre for Research on Exercise, Physical Activity and Health](https://hmns.uq.edu.au/crexpah)
- [Centre for Sensorimotor Performance](https://hmns.uq.edu.au/csp)
- [Centre for Sport and Society](https://hmns.uq.edu.au/css)
- [Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation](https://hmns.uq.edu.au/health-wellbeing-centre-research-innovation)
- [Sports Coaching Research Group](https://hmns.uq.edu.au/sports-coaching-research-group)

### Institute for Social Science Research

- [ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course](https://issr.uq.edu.au/life_course_centre)
- [Centre for Social Data Analytics](https://issr.uq.edu.au/CSDA)

### School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

- [Centre for Neurorehabilitation, Ageing and Balance Research](https://shrs.uq.edu.au/centre-neurorehabilitation-ageing-and-balance-research-0)
- [Centre for Research Excellence for Spinal Pain, Injury and Health](https://shrs.uq.edu.au/research/research-centres-and-units/clinical-centre-research-excellence-spinal-pain-injury-and-health)
- [Sports Injury Rehabilitation and Prevention for Health (SIRPH)](https://shrs.uq.edu.au/research/sports-injury-rehabilitation-and-prevention-health)

### School of Psychology

- [Centre for Research in Social Psychology](https://psychology.uq.edu.au/research/centres/crisp)
- [Parenting and Family Support Centre](https://pfsc.psychology.uq.edu.au/)
- [Social Identity and Groups Network](https://sign.centre.uq.edu.au/)

### School of Public Health

- [Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research Centre](https://public-health.uq.edu.au/research/awaghr-centre)