Meet the ParaFit 2032 staff

We are a team of 14 academics and researchers from various backgrounds. We have expertise across several disciplines and have radically different methodologies and outlooks. Our expertise is complemented by collaborations with a variety of partners, ensuring that we address the most pressing issues in the ParaFit field.

Professor Vicky Tolfrey

Professor of Applied Disability and Para Sport and ParaFit Principal Investigator

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Richard Blagrove

Senior Lecturer in Physiology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Professor Katherine Brooke-Wavell

Professor in Skeletal Physiology, Exercise and Ageing

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Associate Professor - School of Kinesiology

Principal Investigator - International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia

Anna is currently leading a UK Sport-funded project, monitoring and evaluating a new Para athlete development programme.

Dr Anna Fitzpatrick

Lecturer in Performance Analysis and Skill Acquisition

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Iuliana Hartescu

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Simon Hodder

Reader in Environmental Ergonomics

Design and Creative Arts

Dr Matt Maley

Lecturer in Environmental Ergonomics

Design and Creative Arts

Dr Stuart McErlain-Naylor

Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Aimee Mears

Senior Lecturer in Sports Engineering and Biomechanics

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Dr Thomas O'Brien

Lecturer in Applied Disability and Para Sport

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Nicola Paine

Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Medicine

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Dr Tom Paulson

Translational Scientist in Disability and Para Sport

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Visiting Fellow Wheeled Sport and Technology

Research Associate - Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Human Movement, VU University Amsterdam

Professor Tom Slatter

Professor of Wear of Materials

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering