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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Who are the Sports Scientists?

Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas completed their Ph.D.'s in the Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit at the University of Cape Town.

Ross Tucker, PhD
Current residence: Cape Town, South Africa
Employment: Self-employed. Consulting, including SA Rugby, SA Sevens, private. Strategy for high performance sports science and management and marketing
Research interests: Exercise performance, fatigue and pacing - how the brain regulates performance
Sports interests: Running, cycling, tennis, rugby, swimming, cricket, rowing

Jonathan Dugas, PhD
Current residence: Chicago, USA
Employment: Director of Clinical Development, The Vitality Group
Research interests: Temperature regulation and exercise performance, with a special emphasis on how fluid ingestion affects those two things. In addition, the effects of exercise on health improvement and risk modification in large populations
Sports interests: Cycling, running, triathlon, endurance sports

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The views expressed on this site are not those of the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Sports Science Institute of SA (SSISA), The Vitality Group, or Discovery Holdings.

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