Our staff have an international reputation, evidenced by numerous prestigious awards, honours, industry collaborations, prizes, nominations, editorial board memberships and international keynote invitations.
Collaborations, networks and partnerships
Staff collaborate regionally, nationally and internationally with partners from industry and academia to provide world-leading knowledge and impact.
Under the strategic remit of the Vascular Health Group, Professor Damian Bailey has established an impressive international network of published collaborations with world-leading specialists in the following areas of research priority:
- Space medicine: Normandie University, France; European Space Agency.
- Free radicals, inflammation and haemostasis: University of Marseilles, France; University of Colorado Denver, USA; University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Systemic vascular function: University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Utah, USA.
- Brain structure and function: Yale University School of Medicine, USA; Case Western Reserve University, USA; University of Montpellier, France; University of North Texas Health Science Center, USA; University of Istanbul, Turkey; University of Split, Croatia; Boston University, USA.
The Sports Performance Group has established comprehensive collaborations with national governing bodies, such as FAWT, through the CFRW and Sport Wales (Professor Brendan Cropley).
Professor Brendan Cropley is also working with Cardiff Metropolitan University, University of Portsmouth, St. Mary’s University, Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University, Brunel University, Curtin University (Australia), West Virginia University (USA), and University of Wisconsin, La Crosse (USA).
He also has research links with the International Society of Sport Psychology, contributing to its codes of ethics for applied practice, and with UK Coaching, which informs Government of policy related to sport coaching in order to impact positively on society.
Dr Morgan Williams also has a global network and his research on hamstring injury prevention using the Norbord has directly impacted hamstring injury prevention and management in a wide variety of professional sports, including:
- Football: 20 English Premier League teams, 72 other UEFA teams, 11 Major League Soccer teams.
- Basketball: 22 NBA teams.
- American Football: 21 NFL teams; 53 US NCAA organisations.
- Rugby: 30 professional Rugby Union and League teams.
- Baseball: 15 US Major League teams.
- Australian Rules Football: 17 Australian teams.
- Other organisations including 54 health clinics, 37 National Governing Bodies, 22 Research institutes, and 38 Performance Centres (see www.valdperformance.com– Who’s on BORD).
Professor Damian Bailey and colleagues have also established numerous international collaborations (including in Denmark, Canada, USA and France) with world-leading specialists to explore the neuroprotective bases of physical activity. Consequently, Professor Bailey has developed a network of nine Visiting Professors, who collaborate with the Vascular Health Group across a range of initiatives.
Professor Bailey was also appointed the Reichwald Family Chair of Preventative Medicine at the University of British Columbia (Canada), and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster, Swansea University, Cardiff University and Aix-Marseille University (France). M. Williams collaborates with colleagues at the University of Queensland (Australia), Griffith University (Australia) and the Australian Catholic University at Melbourne.
Professor David Shearer conducts research with partners at Swansea University, University of Roehampton, University of North Dakota (USA), University of New England (USA), Leeds Trinity and the University of Sydney (Australia). In conjunction with Cropley, Professor Shearer also serves on the WIPS Steering Group.
