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Dr Tierney's research explores how mechanical impacts to the head translate into biological damage of the brain, from both concussive and sub-concussive impacts in sports such as football, rugby and American football. Dr Tierney's research aim is to further understand the biomechanical mechanisms of traumatic brain injuries in order to develop player protection strategies and predictive technologies for concussion in sport.
Dr Tierney has extensive experience working with elite-level sports teams, technology companies and governing bodies, both nationally and internationally, to ensure sports are played in the safest possible manner without compromising the dynamics of the game.
Dr Tierney graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering in December 2018 and worked as a lecturer in Biomechanics at the University of Leeds from February 2019. In May 2021, Dr Tierney joined the School of Sport as a lecturer in Biomechanics, teaching on the Sport and Exercise Sciences and Sport and Exercise Medicine programmes.
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PhD, Trinity College Dublin
Award Date: 7 Dec 2018
Master, University of Liverpool
Award Date: 18 Jul 2014
Visiting Fellow - Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) Centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University
Oct 2021 → …
External Examiner - Sport & Exercise Science (BSc & MSci); Sports Coaching Science (BSc); Sport, Health and Exercise Science (FdSc), University of Chichester
Sep 2021 → …
Visiting Lecturer - School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
May 2021 → …
Consensus Head Acceleration Measurement Practices (CHAMP) Group
May 2021 → …
Science and Medicine Research Group - Rugby Football League (RFL)
Apr 2021 → …
Law Modification Trial Working Group - Rugby Football League (RFL)
Apr 2020 → …
Scientific Review Committee - International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI)
Sep 2019 → …
MBIM Task Force for Forensic Analysis of Injury Mechanism
Mar 2018 → …
Rugby Union Video Analysis Consensus Group
Aug 2017 → Feb 2020
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Tierney, Gregory (Recipient), Sep 2021
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Tierney, Gregory (Recipient), Aug 2020
Prize: Honorary award
Tierney, Gregory (Recipient), May 2020
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25/11/22
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10/11/22
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29/09/22
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