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Postgraduate research topics
The following is a list of research topics offered at the doctorate (PhD), Masters and Honours level.
Current honours topics
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| Research Topics | Affiliation - Faculty and Dept | Supervisor/s details |
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| Oxygen consumption VO2 slow component and fatigue. | FoS (Sport and Exericse Science) |
Dr Fabio Borrani |
Current masters topics
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| Research Topics | Affiliation - Faculty and Dept | Supervisor/s details |
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| Investigating whether differences in sympathetic and parasympathetic activation is the mechanism behind the individual differences seen in the heart rate to oxygen consumption relationship in spinal cord injured tetraplegics. |
FoS (Sport and Exercise Science)
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Dr Fabio Borrani
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Incidence of VO2 plateau at VO2max using different sampling intervals in cardiac diseased individuals |
FoS (Sport and Exercise Science)
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Dr Lance Dalleck
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Comparison of moderate intensity vs. moderate intensity + interval training on the reduction in coronary artery disease risk factors in high-risk Maori and Pacific people.
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FoS (Sport and Exercise Science)
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Dr Lance Dalleck
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Systemic signalling in response to high-intensity dynamic resistance exercise and feeding during recovery in trained lifters
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FoS (Sport and Exercise Science)
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Assoc. Professor Heather Smith: h.smith@auckland.ac.nz
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| The influence of fatigue and nutritional status on voluntary eye movements | FoS (Sport and Exericse Science) (Optometry and Vision Science) | Dr Nick Gant: n.gant@auckland.ac.nz |
Current PhD topics
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| Research Topics | Affiliation - Faculty and Dept | Supervisor/s details |
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| Mechanical Analysis of Snowboard Jump Landings - From Injury Mechanism to Prevention | FoS (Sport and Exercise Science) | Dr Fabio Borrani: f.borrani@auckland.ac.nz |
| Dynamics of Freestyle Skiing - Technique Development and Implications for Injury Prevention strategies | FoS (Sport and Exercise Science) | Dr Fabio Borrani: f.borrani@auckland.ac.nz |
| Recovery of Hand Function Following Stroke | FoS (Sport and Exercise Science), FMHS (Dept of Medicine), Centre for Brain Research | Professor Winston Byblow: w.byblow@auckland.ac.nz |
| Muscle Synergies after stroke | FoS (Sport and Exercise Science), FMHS (Dept of Medicine), Centre for Brain Research | Professor Winston Byblow: w.byblow@auckland.ac.nz |
| Systemic signalling in the adaptation of neuromuscular function with variations in exercise training load in Olympic weightlifters | FoS (Sport and Exercise Science) | Assoc Professor Heather Smith: h.smith@auckland.ac.nz |
| The effect of an exercise intervention on the progression of diabetic neuropathy | FoS(Sport & Exercise Science) | Dr Sharon Walt: s.walt@auckland.ac.nz |
| Clinical Gait Research | FoS(Sport & Exercise Science) | Dr Sharon Walt: s.walt@auckland.ac.nz |
| The biomechanics of blunt and sharp force trauma. 3 dimensional reconstruction of human movements at crime scenes | FoS(Sport & Exercise Science) | Dr Sharon Walt: s.walt@auckland.ac.nz |
Proposed honours topics
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| Research Topics | Affiliation - Faculty and Dept | Supervisor/s details |
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| Finding the origin of the motor programme | FoS (Sport and Exercise Science), CBR | Assoc Professor Greg Anson: g.anson@auckland.ac.nz |
| Gait Identification | Sport and Exercise Science | Dr Yanxin Zhang: yanxin.zhang@auckland.ac.nz |
| Monitoring and preventing reactive hypoglycaemia | FoS (Sport and Exericse Science) | Dr Nick Gant: n.gant@auckland.ac.nz |
| Sensory and thermoregulatory effects of l-menthol on human skin | FoS (Sport and Exericse Science) | Dr Nick Gant: n.gant@auckland.ac.nz |
