Global Academies Health and Human Performance

Helping individuals be the best they can be and fulfil their potential. This Global Academy brings together our expertise in wellbeing, public health, biomedical sciences, leadership and management, sport, physical activity, coaching and technology to take a holistic view of human performance. From helping individuals to stay healthy to achieving world-leading success in any field, this Global Academy focuses on improving the individual for the benefit of society and addresses UN Sustainability Goals related to good health and wellbeing, decent work and economic growth and sustainable cities and communities.

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The difference we are making

Driving people, organisations and ideas forward the Health and Human Performance Global Academy is making a difference in a variety of settings across the world and locally.

CV19 Heroes Project: Tracking the Wellbeing of Frontline and Key Workers in the UK and Ireland during and in the Aftermath of COVID-19

As Cardiff Met’s Global Academies continue to grow, we are bringing new staff in to support the University’s strong research ambitions. Recently, the Health & Human Performance Global Academy led by Prof Diane Crone recruited Dr Rachel Sumner as a Senior Research Fellow.

Improving Health Through Physical Activity: Engaging "Hard to Reach" young females in the South Wales Valleys

Ellyse Hopkins is completing her KESS 2 funded PhD in collaboration with Valleys Gymnastics Academy. The focus of her research is engaging young women from disadvantaged backgrounds into physical activity.

Dr Robert Walker completed his KESS-funded PhD in partnership with Help for Heroes.

Engaging injured military veterans into physical exercise, focusing on both the physiological and psychological elements.

Dr Robert Walker successfully defended his PhD on 19th April 2021. Rob’s research was focused on engaging injured military veterans into physical exercise, his PhD was completed in collaboration with Help for

Heroes.

“Robert Walker, our KESS2 scholar, is a military veteran himself, so was able to earn the confidence and respect of our Help for Heroes (partner) colleagues and potential participants within the convergence region of Wales.”

The COPE project leads: Dr. Rhiannon Phillips (PI) Cardiff Metropolitan University and Dr. Emma Thomas-Jones (Co-PI) Cardiff University

UK Study of Public Experiences during COVID-19 pandemic

In March 2020, as the coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic was escalating in the UK, psychology researchers from Cardiff Met's School of Sport and Health Sciences and Cardiff University's Centre for Trials Research very quickly designed an online survey to find out about the experiences of people living in the UK during the outbreak. This was one of the first projects of its kind in the UK. The survey explored the realities of what was happening for the UK public at the beginning of the lockdown—aiming to understand what members of the public were thinking, feeling, and doing during the early days of the crisis and how they were responding to communications from governmental and health services. Read more

Dr Craig Ranson and Dr Isabel Moore

Head injury prevention and management in cricket and rugby

Since 2013, Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Dr Isabel Moore and Dr Craig Ranson from the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have collaborated on research into injury problems in cricket and rugby union, nationally and internationally. Funded by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), International Cricket Council (ICC), Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), World Rugby and Guinness PRO14 Rugby Union League, their research has facilitated changes in protective equipment and revolutionised injury risk management in team sports.Read more

Foot Screening of patients.

Foot Screening for patients with diabetes in Mauritius

Mauritius has one of the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world, with 29 percent of all deaths linked to Diabetes Mellitus (2017 World Health Rankings). This results in nearly 500 foot amputations per year.
Dr Jane Lewis established Mauritius’s first systematic Diabetic Foot Ulcer Screening programme in 2014. The programme helps the early detection of diabetic foot disease before ulceration, a critical factor because diabetic ulcers are the first point of a sequence of events that frequently lead to major amputations and/or early death. Between 2016-2018, 176,341 Mauritians were screened through the program Lewis initiated, marking a critical step in dealing with a pressing national health issue.
You can read more about Dr Jane Lewis’ research

Cardiac health and disease in chimpanzees.

Cardiff Met research project provides insights into heart health of chimpanzees

Research carried out by Cardiff Met has provided an insight into cardiac health and disease in chimpanzees, as well as highlighting cardiac similarities between humans and primates.
The International Primate Heart Project (IPHP) is a collaboration between veterinary practitioners, cardiac physiologists and cardiologists and was established in order to better understand why cardiac disease is such a major contributor to great ape deaths.

Fatigue in football.

Playing Surface and Fatigue in Football

FIFA commissioned a team of researchers from Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences to investigate whether the development of fatigue in football differs between grass and artificial pitches.
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose 'Glue Ear' in Children

Fei Zhao, Professor in Hearing Science Audiology, Centre for Speech and Language Therapy and Hearing Science, Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University. He has been awarded an Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award, through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Sêr Cymru III Enhancing Competitiveness Infrastructure Award (MA/KW/5554/19), Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (5826), Cardiff Metropolitan University Research Innovation Award and The Global Academies Research and Innovation Development Fund, Cardiff Metropolitan University Research Innovation Impact Fund.
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About us

Who we are

We are a cross-discipline Academy that focuses on meeting global challenges related not only to human health, but also to enabling the best performance possible. Our cutting-edge work is organised around our vibrant and practice-focused schools and our multidisciplinary groups and centres such as the Creative Leadership & Enterprise Centre, the Centre for Health, Safety, & Environment, and our emerging Centre for Health, Activity and Wellbeing Research (CAWR). Our Global Academy is a virtual space bringing together our work from these areas underpinned by a variety of activities to support interdisciplinary, innovative and international research.

What we do

This Global Academy showcases and supports the research, learning, and networks related to Health and Human Performance. Diverse research interests are brought together by multidisciplinary teams to build and sustain a healthier world, from healthier, high-performing minds and bodies, through to improved businesses, cities, and communities. Underpinning research within this Global Academy are three UN Sustainable Development Goals: commitment to ensure good health and wellbeing, decent work and economic growth, and sustainable cities and communities.

Research within this Global Academy is focused on ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing at all stages of life. Examples of our work include health psychology research on how the UK public is experiencing and reacting to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, research on how to best design exercise programmes matched to the characteristics of exercising participants, and work aiming to improve efficiency and waste management in large and complex organisations. Research in this Global Academy also explores ways to make cities and communities inclusive, safe, connected, sustainable, and prosperous - thus enabling places to support the health and wellbeing of people and communities in Wales and further afield. For more examples, see 'the difference we are making' tab.

You can join this Global Academy and our Cardiff Met community through any of the programmes listed in the study with us section, or for prospective research or innovation collaborations contact our Global Academies Research & Innovation Officer.

Why we do it

By bringing our strengths together to focus on addressing some of the most pressing global challenges we are able to increase our impact in society and fulfil our purpose, which is to deliver high quality and high impact practice-focused and professionally recognised education, research and innovation in partnership with our students and industry.

Contact us

Professor Diane Crone, Head of Health and Human Performance Global Academy

Email: dmcrone@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Telephone: 029 2041 5972

Research groups and centres

At the intersection of disciplines is where new ideas emerge and innovative research happens. Our cutting-edge work is organised around multi-disciplinary centres of excellence. Find out more about each of our centres and groups through these links:

Creative Leadership & Enterprise Centre

Applied Psychology and Behavioural Change

Cellular Senescence and Pathophysiology Group

Cardiovascular Metabolism and Inflammation Group

Cardiovascular Physiology Research Group

Stroke Hub Wales

Microbiology and Infection Group

Occupational, Environmental and Public Health

Centre for Health, Safety and Environment

Speech, Hearing and Communication

Surgical & Prosthetic Design

Research into Masculinities

Value Flow Research Group

CAWR

Wellbeing in Demanding Environment

Sports Performance Analysis

Research in Student Experience (RISE)

Reflexology

Intentional Communities Research and Enterprise Group

Cognitive Psychology Research Group

Health Psychology Research Group

Forensic Psychology Research Group

Environmental Public Health Research Group

Podiatry Research Group

Applied Injury Science

Qualitative Research & Social Theory

Youth Physical Development

High Performance

Philosophy & Ethics in Sports

Sport Coaching

Sport Psychology

Physical Health Education for Lifelong Learning

Sports Management & Development

Study with us

Explore our interdisciplinary post-graduate study and career development opportunities

Collaborate with us

Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre

The Creative Leadership and Enterprise Centre (CLEC) was establissed at the Cardiff School of Management in May 2007. It delivers top class leadership training to the furture leaders of both private and public sector organisations.

It also carries out research projects on local enterprise and SMEs. The two flagship programmes are : 20Twenty Leadership Programme (Private Sector - SMEs' Third Sector Corporate and Construction and Leadership for Colaboration (Public Sector).

For more information about CLEC click here.

Research & Innovation Services

Cardiff Metropolitan University recognises the importance of collaboration and encourages its staff to engage in projects that are of benefit to the local, national and international communities. With experience in managing both small and large-scale projects, Cardiff Met has a strong track record of achieving innovative outcomes, which deliver social and economic benefits.

Our knowledge and expertise extends across many diverse industries from manufacturing to services encompassing design, sport, tourism, management, education and health.

For information on the ways which you can collaborate with us click here.

Our Research Groups and Centres

There are opportunities to collaborate with all our Research Groups and Centres. More information on each of these and their contact information can be found in the drop down list above and on the other Global Academy pages.