Miss Eloise Kirby
Email: eloise.kirby@bangor.ac.uk
Office number: 210
Office address: University Normal Site, George Building, Holyhead Rd, Bangor LL57 2PZ
Cymwysterau
- MSc: Seicoleg chwaraeon ac ymarfer corff
2022–2023 - BSc: Seicoleg
2018–2021
Addysgu ac Arolygiaeth
Primary Supervisor: Dr Julian Owen
Secondary Supervisor: Dr Vicky Gottwald
Other notable colleagues that Eloise works alongside include;
Diddordebau Ymchwil
Eloise is a PhD Researcher in the School of Psychology and Sport Science. Their primary research focus is sport injury and they are particularly interested in investigating this within female populations.
Eloise is the PhD researcher on the Welsh Injury Surveillance in Girls Youth Rugby (WISGYR) Project which is externally funded by World Rugby.
Eloise previously completed her MSc thesis on Perceptions & Understanding of Concussion in Senior Female Community Rugby Union Players
Cyfleoedd Project Ôl-radd
I welcome enquiries from BSc and MSc students who are interested in projects relating to injury surveillance in girls' youth rugby. If you would like to discuss this further please contact me via email; eloise.kirby@bangor.ac.uk
Cyhoeddiadau
2025
- Cyhoeddwyd‘Don’t tell the coach’: contact breast injury and breast pain in under-18 international female rugby players
Kirby, E., Jones, M., Evans, S., Gottwald, V. & Owen, J., 9 Hyd 2025, Yn: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 11, 4, e002736.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - Cyhoeddwyd‘The Hidden Cost of the Game’: Breast Injury and Breast Pain in U18 International Female Rugby Players
Kirby, E., Jones, M., Evans, S., Gottwald, V. & Owen, J., 26 Meh 2025.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Crynodeb › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2024
- Cyhoeddwyd“Looking back at it, it was definitely a concussion”, A Female Perspective of Head Injury in Community Rugby Union
Kirby, E. & Owen, J., 26 Meh 2024.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Crynodeb › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydReliability of an Isometric Dynamometer to Assess Neck Strength in Female University Rugby.
Atkinson, D., Kirby, E. & Owen, J., 23 Tach 2024.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydThe prevalence, mechanism, and reporting behaviours of breast injury in international under-18 women’s rugby union players
Kirby, E., Jones, M., Evans, S., Gottwald, V. & Owen, J., 8 Gorff 2024.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Murlen › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydWhy women’s rugby needs its own injury prevention strategy
Owen, J. & Kirby, E., 28 Maw 2024, The Conversation.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
Gweithgareddau
2025
- University of Limerick
Our Rugby Knowledge Exchange group were invited to the University of Limerick to visit the Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRIS) group and staff from the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) to present our latest research in player welfare in rugby union.
20 Ion 2025 – 23 Ion 2025
Gweithgaredd: Ymweld â sefydliad academaidd allanol (Ymchwilydd Gwadd)
2024
- Welsh Rugby Union: Game Changers Conference
Invited to attend the inaugural conference of the WRU Women and Girls in Rugby Union Game Changers Conference.
26 Ebr 2024
Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Cyfranogwr) - Women's U18 Six Nations Rugby Player Welfare Project
Female Rugby Player Welfare Project
29 Maw 2024 – 6 Ebr 2024
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Cyfranogwr) - Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network (WiSEAN) (Sefydliad allanol)
2024 →
Gweithgaredd: Aelodaeth o rwydwaith (Aelod)