Now recruiting healthy, resistance-trained individuals to take part in a strength and power study. Located at La Trobe University sports park and supported by VALD Performance. Please scan the QR code, follow the link in my bio, or contact me directly to gather more information.

PhD applications (domestic and international) are currently open at La Trobe. Have you thought about adding to the (limited) body of research available in female athletes / women in sport? Then I want to chat to you 👉 Reach out now. #womeninsports #femaleathlete

🚨ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨 We'd hate for you to miss out on the opportunity to present at our first face-to-face meeting in a while, so the abstract deadline has been extended a week to September 16th #asan2022 Submit ⬇️ bit.ly/asan2022

Announcement: Have you completed (or are about to complete) a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (or similar) and you are looking for the next step by undertaking an Honours year? We are very excited to be advertising these incredible Honours research projects for 2023. 🧵

🚨We are excited to announce that registrations for #ASAN2022 are now open! 🚨 Price covers catering for both days of the conference. Please use the link⬇️to register your attendance. Looking forward to seeing you in Dec. Registrations close Nov 25 bit.ly/3wOBdFl

#ASAN2022 @ASAN_Conference For anyone arriving by tram to ASAN this morning, here is a (very bumpy, sorry) time lapse of walking to the Pavilion from the tram stop. See you soon!

Thank you to all of the presenters, panel members, and attendees for making #ASAN2022 a great conference. Special thanks to the @LaTrobe_SES staff and students for putting on a great 2 days. Next stop, Christchurch. See you at the University of Canterbury in 2023

Are you working with female athletes? Complete this survey to improve our understanding of current practices to support female athlete health, wellbeing and performance in high performance sport 👉latrobe.questionpro.com/t/AV8vfZvhYH

I'm still recruiting up to the end of March! If you live in Melbourne and are interested in doing some fitness and cognitive tests, send me an email! 🚴‍♀️

In case you missed it, the infograph Anthea Clarke and I shared at the end of our presentation can be found here 👉doi.org/10.26181/23508… This resource contains some considerations for the implementation menstrual cycle tracking with athletes

PhD students, and academics in general, are not paid enough, especially given the inflation. This is a major problem that is forcing many below the poverty line, and out of academia. To solve this problem, we’ve created a platform where academics can earn more money from their

Announcement: Have you completed (or about to complete) a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (or similar) and are you looking for the next step in your career? We are excited to be advertising our incredible Honours research projects for 2024. latrobe.edu.au/courses/bachel… 🧵

Let’s speed up peer review! Life-saving new science is delayed by months or YEARS waiting to be reviewed. We can release new science sooner — with the same rigor — by designing better tools for peer reviewers. 🍿Watch this cartoon to see: youtu.be/J0yo3sE3Qyo

🚨 Ecological Dynamics Symposium🚨 We are please to announce that we will be hosting a new symposium in early 2024. ➡️ in-person and online event 🗝️ keynotes by Keith Davids and Craig Morris 💰 $50 in-person, $25 online and for students 🌐 tinyurl.com/4w4kn3ur

Looking forward to both present on my applied learnings working at the Victorian Institute of Sport and connect with great individuals at the La Trobe SPAN Research Group Ecological Dynamics Symposium. Hope to see you there, register via QR code on flyer 👇

Agree or disagree with menstrual cycle tracking? Somewhere in between? We want to know your thoughts if you're a practitioner or athlete based in Australia.

PSA: the current minimum Australian RTP stipend is $11,771 below the national minimum wage, with no superannuation entitlement and no ability to pay off (rapidly indexed) HECS loans. If you care about PhD students in Aus, please sign the petition: shorturl.at/yAs83

Athletes are pushing the limits with physical training but what about their brains? Via Western Sydney University senior lecturer Kylie A Steel, with Clare MacMahon and Todd Pickering from La Trobe University theconversation.com/faster-stronge…

Physical fitness or cognitive cunning, which is a better predictor of success on the court? 💪 vs 🧠 brnw.ch/21wLFEd | Todd Pickering