I'm very excited to announce that I am now working in the high performance department St Kilda FC as their sports science analyst. Very excited about the direction the club is heading in and can't wait to sink my teeth in. 1st week of preseason done✔️🔴⚪️⚫️

Fully funded PhD scholarship working with Cricket Australia. Combine sport science and analytics to assess relationships between load, wellness, injury and performance. Great team, exciting project, world class sport university. tinyurl.com/twhwq4a

⚽️👨‍⚕️💡NEW INFOGRAPHIC 🙌 Thanks Adam Virgile AVSportSci for turning our research into an excellent infographic. Important work to help make research findings accessible to all! More access here too 👇 Video summary youtu.be/MTPxtUrzkIs tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.…

Fifteen-week window for recurrent muscle strains in football: a prospective cohort of 3600 muscle strains over 23 years (270000 player matches analysed) in professional Australian rules football bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

Amazing data and great study to be involved in - thanks John Orchard Daniel Hoffman, PhD Tim Driscoll, Katherine Rae, Moe Jomaa and Tom Reddin

Domain specific knowledge is crucial in #dataScience, this is my new favourite picture to illustrate why! You may be an absolute #rstats or #python ninja, but be sure to team up with a domain specialist if you find yourself in unknown territory 💻📊📈📉👍

I can absolutely vouch for Darren O'Shaughnessy for all of these points. I have thoroughly enjoyed the relationship we have built and inter-department collaborations we have actioned to date at the St Kilda FC. Fingers crossed we can continue to innovate and research when the AFL resumes.

Female football injury prevention programs-NEW review British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) ➡️12⚽️RCTs ➡️9/12 adolescent teams ➡️Multicomponent programs⬇️overall & ACL injuries by 27% & 45% 💡is it as simple as just doing the program🤔? 💡more senior age RCTs, in all 🏈🏉⚽️codes? bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

What's the impact of #COVID19 on #sleep, #training & #health in #athletes? Really important to participate & get behind to expedite this study which may aid in the development of strategies to promote health and well-being especially if COVID19 issues persist in 2020 and beyond

Should you do a PhD whilst working in professional sport? Could you do it? You must be mad. Here is what I think 🤔🤷‍♀️ #phd #studywhilstworking #sportscience #pushyourlimits drlauracaughtoffside.com/2020/05/15/sho…

🔎 high incidence of syndesmosis injuries in AFL 2020 ....? consistent with trends in last 5 yrs - increase in severe ankle/foot/shin injuries - (paper below) 🔎 we usually see 4-5 per season across comp... ?? 5-6 to date 🔎? 2020 increase expected due to...... 1/3

Thanks for having me @SportTechDaily. Enjoyed the chat!

Turn it all the way up! This one meant a lot.

🚨New Paper🚨 👉⬇️ training during #COVID lockdown associated with ⬆️ #Mentalhealth 👉 #Athletes shift training time of day with ⬆️ flexibility 👉 #Sleep and light exposure changes...linked with #Mentalhealth Monash University St Kilda FC CSIRO Dr Elise Facer-Childs academic.oup.com/sleep/advance-…

Finally got to wear the floppy hat to officially say I'm PhiniseD ‍🎓. Worth the wait to celebrate with most of the people who have provided integral support to make my journey a successful one! Deakin_ExSc AFL Dan Dwyer Paul Gastin

Delighted to have our paper on #athlete #sleep and #mentalhealth during #COVID19 named as “Editor’s Choice” in the current issue of Sleep Research Society! Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Download for free: doi.org/10.1093/sleep/…

Closing in...now at 78.26 km 💪

Tune in to Channel 7 for the 4pm and 6pm #news where I will be talking about #sleep and #mentalwellness in #athletes. Recent publication in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abst… CSIRO Monash University

Landmark local research has found the importance of a good night’s sleep in keeping footballers mentally and physically fit. Blake Johnson spoke with Dr Dr Elise Facer-Childs from Monash University to find out more. 7NEWS.com.au #7NEWS

With the 2021-22 NBA season done and dusted, teams may wish to use these findings as part of their HP Dept reviews and plan ahead for the 2022-23 season. Implications for all elite sport codes and teams required to travel for matches. Was great to co-lead with Josh Leota