Dr Cloe Cummins

Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Sports Science - School of Science and Technology

Cloe Cummins

Phone: +61 2 6773 1775

Email: cloe.cummins@une.edu.au

Twitter: @CloeCummins

Biography

Dr Cloe Cummins is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of New England and a Visiting Fellow at Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom. She is an Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Accredited Exercise Scientist and an Accredited Sports Scientist (Level 2). She is an experienced applied sports scientist whose research has contributed to the body of evidence supporting the meaningful application of microtechnology in elite sports to accurately model locomotive and collision events and optimise human performance to manage injury-risk. Additionally, Dr Cummins has provided sports science support to a range of teams including the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) women’s State of Origin Team.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Exercise and Sports Science). The University of Sydney
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Sports Science). The University of Sydney

Teaching Areas

  • EXSC101 Monitoring Health and Sports Performance
  • EXSC120 Orientation to Exercise and Sports Science
  • EXSC340 Advanced Exercise Physiology

Primary Research Area/s

High Performance Sport ; Sport Science

Research Interests

  • Application of microtechnology to team sports
  • Monitoring and improving team sport performance
  • Load and fatigue monitoring

Research Supervision Experience

Supervision of Master’s and PhD candidates.

Publications

Selected Recent Publications:

Cummins C, Charlton G, Paul D, Buxton S, Murphy A. How fast is fast? Defining velocity zones in women's rugby league. Sci Med Footb. 2023 May;7(2):165-170. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2062438.

Spiegelhalter M, Scantlebury S, Heyward O, Hendricks S, Cummins C, Gardner AJ, Halkier M, McLeod S, Phillips G, Owen C, Jones B. The propensity of non-concussive and concussive head contacts during elite-level women's rugby league matches: A prospective analysis of over 14,000 tackle events. J Sci Med Sport. 2023 Mar;26(3):195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2023.03.003.

Cummins C, Charlton G, Paul D, Murphy A. Changing gears: data-driven velocity zones to support monitoring and research in men's rugby league. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Nov 30:1-8. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2152482.

Scantlebury S, Ramirez C, Cummins C, Stokes K, Tee J, Minahan C, Emmonds S, McCormack S, Phillips G, Jones B. Injury risk factors and barriers to their mitigation for women playing rugby league: a Delphi study. J Sports Sci. 2022 Jul;40(13):1436-1449. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2022.2085433.

Cummins C, Charlton G, Naughton M, Jones B, Minahan C, Murphy A. The Validity of Automated Tackle Detection in Women's Rugby League. J Strength Cond Res. 2022 Jul 1;36(7):1951-1955. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003745.

Cummins C, Charlton G, Paul D, Shorter K, Buxton S, Caia J, Murphy A. Women's Rugby League: Positional Groups and Peak Locomotor Demands. Front Sports Act Living. 2021 Jun 29;3:648126. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.648126.

Cummins C, Melinz J, King D, Sanctuary C, Murphy A. Call to action: a collaborative framework to better support female rugby league players. Br J Sports Med. 2020 May;54(9):501-502. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101403.

Memberships

  • Level 2 Accredited Sports Scientist with Exercise and Sports Science Australia
  • Accredited Exercise Scientist with Exercise and Sports Science Australia

Consultancy Interests

Analysis and interpretation of objective and subjective athlete monitoring data

High performance sport