Biomechanics   -   Professor Bruce Elliott

Head of School

School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health (Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences)

Email: Bruce.Elliott@uwa.edu.au

Research Interests:

• Biomechanics - injury reduction
• Biomechanics - technique development

Biography:

Bruce Elliott, one of Australia's leading sport scientists, is a professor in biomechanics at the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health at the University of Western Australia. He has a passion for sport biomechanics having published over 180 articles in internationally refereed journals, along with having written or edited 14 books and 43 book chapters. He has supervised 46 Honours, 18 Masters and 18 PhD students to completion and has won University awards for outstanding teaching and research supervision. He recently was a member of a research team that received a NH&MRC grant for, $1,065,000 to study "A randomised controlled trial of exercise programs for preventing knee injuries - 2006-2008".

He was the inaugural chair of the Western Australian Institute of Sport (1984-1994), inaugural Vice-President (sports science) in the Australian Association of Exercise and Sports Science (1993-1995) and is a fellow of Sports Medicine Australia, the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, the International Society of Sport Biomechanics and the American Association of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He was appointed by the IOC to Chair for the 5th IOC World Congress on Sport Sciences for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was responsible for administering the Applied Projects at these Olympics. In 2003 he was awarded the Centenary Medal "for service to sport policy and research development for sport".

Fellowships:

• Fellow, The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 1982-.
• Fellow, The Australian Sports Medicine Federation, 1994-2006.
• Fellow, The Australian Institute of Biology, 1995- 2004.
• International Fellow, American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, 1999-.
• International Fellow, The International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), 2001-.

Awards:

• Geoffrey Dyson Award, International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, 1989. (Awarded each year for outstanding contribution in the field).
• Centenary Medal "for service to sport policy and research development for sport" Australian Government, 2003.
• Excellence in Teaching Award: Research Supervision - The University of Western Australia, 2007.
• Sir Professor Frank Cotton Memorial Lecture - 3rd Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science Conference - "From Research to Practice", 2008
• Excellence in Teaching Award: The University of Western Australia, 2008.

Publications