Dr Peter Wright

I am one of the Programme Directors Sport & Coaching Sciences which include several UG and PG provisions, plus the MSc by Research degree. Besides the management and development of these degrees my role entails promoting the research output of the team and developing outreaching activities.

My background is in Sport and Exercise Medicine and I have worked for four different universities to date – both in the UK and internationally. Another role in addition to my academic career was in the past to teach sports medicine modules on vocational training courses for GPs and cardiac, pulmonary and oncology consultants and nurses. I also worked closely with the national initiative “Moving Medicine” and was part of the expert group in producing the module in paediatric oncology and founded a national network of experts in the area of exercise and paediatric oncology which now comes under The Children and Young People Cancer Association as a special interest group. 

Besides my research interest and publications, I have worked practically as an S&C coach in the early days of my career in athletics and rowing and later in rehabilitation, also setting up cancer rehab structures, leading rehabilitation programmes as well as working in Disease Management Programmes. Another field of work is human performance in which I have worked for many years, especially in a military context and advising other NATO allied countries.

Hence, in my role as one of the Directors of DASOBU (Defence and Security Oxford  Brookes University) I am responsible for human factors and human performance. This role includes R&D, knowledge exchange, education and consultancy work – both with Defence and industry.