Academic staff in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Professor Sarah Aldred is an exercise biochemist interested in oxidative stress. She is interested in how exercise can perturb redox homeostasis in both health and disease. Sarah has worked with young and old, and with those suffering from psychosis and schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease and dementia. 

Sarah is Head of the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Dr Shushu Chen is an Associate Professor in Sport Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham, UK, and a Visiting Professor at the Capital University of Physical Education & Sports, China. Her principal research interests include sport policy analysis and evaluation, and major sporting event legacy studies (particularly in the areas of impact evaluation). She is a British Academy ...

Dr Chiou’s research focuses on studying motor cortical involvement in trunk control in older adults and in people living with spinal cord injury. Her work utilises neurophysiological measures, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, peripheral electrical stimulation, and electromyography, to investigate the control of movement and how it is affected or adapted with ageing and following a ...

Rita is an early career academic, she completed her PhD in 2022 investigating novel techniques to determine the effects of exercise on bone turnover. She joined the University of Birmingham as an Assistant Professor in Nutritional Science at the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences in 2022 and currently holds a Research Fellow position within the same School.

Judith has participated in a wide range of High Performance Sports Teams and has been part of many multisport Games as a Physiotherapist. During her time at the English Institute of Sport she took an active interest in injury prevention and managing athletes during Olympic Cycles.

 Judith moved into the world of performing arts as Head Company Physio for Birmingham Royal Ballet and acts as ...

Katie Cronin is a practicing physiotherapist as well as an Assistant Professor at the University predominantly focused on Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. She is the admissions Tutor for the MSc (Pre-registration) Physiotherapy alongside her role on the Clinical Team.

Professor Jennifer Cumming is a community-based researcher with expertise in sport and exercise psychology.  She works collaboratively with clubs, organisations, and services in innovative and creative ways to develop and/or evaluate psychosocial interventions for improving performance, personal development, health, and well-being.