I am currently employed as a Student Success Advisor in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, alongside an RA role exploring student engagement, wellbeing and success within the School. I am also completing a PhD in Biomechanics of Head Injuries in Women's Rugby at Ulster University, Belfast.
Alongside work at LJMU, I am actively engaged in Rugby Coaching and Research, co-leading a Women's Rugby Research group and coaching North West Girls U18s Rugby for the Rugby Football Union. My particular research interests explore how sociological, gendered factors can play a key role in injury mechanics, risk and outcomes in women's sports.
Languages
French
Spanish; Castilian
German
Degrees
2020, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Bachelors (Hons)
Ulster University, United Kingdom, PhD
Academic appointments
Visiting Lecturer - Biomechanics, Sports and Exercise Sciences, Leeds Trinity University, 2022 - 2022
Teaching Support - Biomechanics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, 2021 - 2021
Journal article
Woodward J, Tooby J, Tucker R, Falvey , Salmon DM, Starling L, Tierney G. 2024. Instrumented mouthguards in elite-level men’s and women’s rugby union: characterising tackle-based head acceleration events BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tierney G, Rowson S, Gellner R, Allan D, Iqbal S, Biglarbeigi P, Tooby J, Woodward J, Payam AF. 2024. Head Exposure to Acceleration Database in Sport (HEADSport): a kinematic signal processing method to enable instrumented mouthguard (iMG) field-based inter-study comparisons BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tooby J, Woodward J, Tucker R, Jones B, Falvey É, Salmon D, Bussey MD, Starling L, Tierney G. 2023. Instrumented Mouthguards in Elite-Level Men's and Women's Rugby Union: The Incidence and Propensity of Head Acceleration Events in Matches. Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 54 :1327-1338 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Other
Tooby J, Woodward J, Tucker R, Jones B, Falvey É, Salmon D, Bussey MD, Starling L, Tierney G. 2024. Correction to: Instrumented Mouthguards in Elite-Level Men's and Women's Rugby Union: The Incidence and Propensity of Head Acceleration Events in Matches. Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 54 :1339-1341 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
preprint
Tierney G, Rowson S, Gellner R, Iqbal S, Biglarbeigi P, Tooby J, Woodward J, Payam AF. 2023. Frequency content and filtering of head sensor kinematics: A method to enable field-based inter-study comparisons arXiv DOI