Head of Discipline - Dietetics, Nutrition, and Sports Science

Email: kieran.collins@tudublin.ie

Tel: +353 1 404 2814

Assistant Head of School of the School of Biological, Health, and Sports Sciences. 

Director - Gaelic Sports Research Centre, TU Dublin - Tallaght Campus. His specialist research area is the physiology of intermittent exercise with a specific focus on the Gaelic sports. His research is focused on; 1. Development of Gaelic games modelling protocols and the comparison of intermittent exercise patterns. 2. Evaluating the physical demands of Gaelic games match-play and the training and testing of players. 3. The impact of training organisation on physiological adaptations and injury occurrence. 4. The nutritional requirements of Gaelic games players.

Key research interests - Physiology, Performance science, Nutrition, Analytics, Education, Team sports

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Kieran’s specialist research area is the performance of intermittent exercise with a specific focus on innovation in team sports.

His research is focused on;

1. Development of modelling protocols and the comparison of intermittent exercise patterns

2. Evaluating the physical demands of match-play and the training and testing of players

3. The impact of training organisation on physiological adaptations and injury occurrence

4. The nutritional requirements and energy expenditure of team sport players