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Meet our academic team for the following High Performance Sport programs.
Dr Paul Tofari is the Course Coordinator for the Master of High Performance Sport, the Graduate Certificate in High Performance Sport, the Graduate Diploma in High Performance Sport and the Graduate Certificate in High Performance Sport Leadership, Paul is a lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences.
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Dr Richard Johnston has worked as a sports scientist for the past seven years in soccer, rowing and rugby league.
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Associate Professor Cormack is an associate professor in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. Prior to this role, he spent 14 years working in the Australian Football League.
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Professor Shona Halson is a professor in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. Prior to this she was a senior physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sport for 15 years.
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Professor Louise Burke is a sports dietitian with nearly 40 years of experience in the education and counselling of elite athletes. She was Head of Sports Nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) from 1990 to 2018 and continues at the AIS as Chief of Nutrition Strategy.
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Professor David Martin has accumulated 25 years of experience working with Olympic and professional athletes and is widely recognised as an innovator and leader in high performance sport.
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Associate Professor David Opar is a senior lecture in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. He heads up the ACU Hamstring Injury Group and is leading the way in hamstring injury research.
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Professor John Hawley is a world-renowned researcher and the Director of the Centre for Exercise and Nutrition at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research.
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Dr Grant Duthie is a senior lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. Dr Duthie has worked in athletic development roles with super rugby teams and NRL teams and currently consults to the English Rugby Union.
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Dr Ryan Timmins is a lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. He is an ACU researcher in the field of hamstring injury.
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Dr Matthew Hoon is a lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, he completed his PhD with the sports nutrition team at the Australian Institute of Sport, investigating supplementation strategies to improve endurance performance.
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is a lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences at ACU and holds an associate research position at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research includes the development of strength, power, and lean body mass for elite athletes, and he specialises in velocity-based training (VBT). Dr Weakley received his PhD from Leeds Beckett University, and previously studied at the University of Otago, University of Wollongong, and Edith Cowan University.
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Dr Jack Hickey is the Course Coordinator for the Graduate Certificate in Exercise Rehabilitation for Sports Injuries. He is also a lecturer and researcher in musculoskeletal and sports injury rehabilitation within the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences.
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Associate Professor Gert-Jan Pepping is the Deputy Head in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences at the Brisbane Campus. Associate Professor Pepping has over 20 years of international experience working in academia as well as doing research in sports medicine and working with sports teams in the UK, the Netherlands and Australia.
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Dr Adam Hewitt is the course coordinator of the GC in Performance Analysis program. He has spent over 15 years working in high performance sport, including at the Australian Institute of Sport, as a sport scientist at Port Adelaide Football Club, and as the High Performance Manager at Adelaide United Football Club.
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Dr Doug Whyte is a senior lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. Dr Whyte currently teaches exercise physiology units in the undergraduate degree and the Project Design for High Performance Sport unit in the masters program.
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Dr Raul Landeo is a lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. Dr Landeo currently consults in the Emerging Athlete Program in Taekwondo at the Australian Institute of Sport and has worked closely with preparing the Australian team at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
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Dr Paul Tofari is the Course Coordinator for the Master of High Performance Sport, the Graduate Certificate in High Performance Sport, the Graduate Diploma in High Performance Sport and the Graduate Certificate in High Performance Sport Leadership, Paul is a lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences.
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Dr Alyse Wilcox is a lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. She is an Ahpra registered psychologist and has industry experience working with several sporting organisations, including AFL Victoria, AFL Academies programs, Womens’ High Performance Gymnastic Centre, Athletics Australia, and the Canoes Plus Racing Team.
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Dr Adam Hewitt is the course coordinator of the GC in Performance Analysis program. He has spent over 15 years working in high performance sport, including at the Australian Institute of Sport, as a sport scientist at Port Adelaide Football Club, and as the High Performance Manager at Adelaide United Football Club.
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Dr Grant Duthie is a senior lecturer in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. Dr Duthie has worked in athletic development roles with super rugby teams and NRL teams and currently consults to the English Rugby Union.
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Associate Professor Cormack is an associate professor in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. Prior to this role, he spent 14 years working in the Australian Football League.
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Dr Jack Hickey is the Course Coordinator for the Graduate Certificate in Exercise Rehabilitation for Sports Injuries. He is also a lecturer and researcher in musculoskeletal and sports injury rehabilitation within the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences.
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Associate Professor David Opar is a senior lecture in the School of Behavioural and Health Sciences. He heads up the ACU Hamstring Injury Group and is leading the way in hamstring injury research.
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Dr Richard Johnston has worked as a sports scientist for the past seven years in soccer, rowing and rugby league.
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