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Laura Dunne

Research Associate
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences

Areas of expertise: Concussion; microtechnology; athlete workload analysis

HDR Supervisor accreditation status: Provisional

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0040-9589

Phone: 0417378563

Email: [email protected]

Location: Brisbane Campus

Laura completed her PhD at Australian Catholic University where she investigated the use of wearable microtechnology to assess changes in gait characteristics following a sports-related concussion. Prior to her PhD, Laura completed a Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science and a Masters of Clinical Exercise Physiology. Laura's main areas of research are focused on the use of technology to investigate athlete profiles to better understand performance management, injury risk and recovery from sports-related concussions.

Select publications

Ingram, V., Fielding, M., Dunne, L.A.M. et al. The Incidence of Sports-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Med - Open 11, 36 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00834-9

Dunne, L.A.M., Cole, M.H., Cormack, S.J. et al. Validity and Reliability of Methods to Assess Movement Deficiencies Following Concussion: A COSMIN Systematic Review. Sports Med - Open 9, 76 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-023-00625-0

Projects

Movement changes following a sports-related concussion

This project formed Laura's PhD and initially focused on assessing the validity and reliability of current methods used to assess changes in motor strategies following a sports-related concussion. Building upon this, the project then aimed to assess the reliability and validity of wearable microtechnology to objectively assess gait strategies post sports-related concussion and further determine the time course of these changes following sports-related concussion.

NRL player workloads and injury (Research Associate role)

This project integrated with the NRL aims to describe the training and match demands of NRL athletes to better understand their relationships with performance and injury risk.