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GDSRP - Global Research Project on Disability in Sport, Physical Activity and Health
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Researchers

Dr. Ian Brittain, PhD Sociology of Sport

Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies
Project Manager: Peace, Olympics, Paralympics
Coventry University, UK
Email: ian.brittain@coventry.ac.uk
Telephone: 0044 2476 158613

Research interests: Historical, sociological and sports management aspects of disability and Paralympic sport. The use of sport in the rehabilitation of victims of violent conflict.


Sima Limoochi, M.A. Physical Education

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
University of Alzahra, Tehran
Member: National Paralympic Committee, Iran
Member: Board Member of the IPC Women's Committee
E-mail: limoochisima@yahoo.com
Website: www.alzahra.ac.ir/faculty/sport.htm

Research interests: women in sport, Islam and sport, table tennis


Dr. Selina Khoo, PhD Sport Sociology

Sports Centre
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email: selina@um.um.edu.my
Website: http://sports.um.edu.my/?modul=About_the_Centre&pilihan=About_the_Centre


Dr. Mary A. Hums, PhD

Dr Mary Hums Professor, Sport Administration
Department of Health and Sport Science
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Email: mhums@louisville.edu
Telephone: 1-502-852-5908
Website: http://louisville.edu/education/departments/hss/faculty/hums/mary-a-hums.html

Research interests: Policy development in sport organizations. Inclusion of people with disabilities, women, and racial/ethnic minorities in the management of sport.


Dr. Coreen Harada, EdD (Counseling & Sport Psychology)

Army Centre for Enhanced Performance
Address: United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Phone: (845) 938-0703
Cell: (559) 790-0045
Email: coreen.harada@us.army.mil
Website: http://acep.army.mil


Dr. Jagdish C. Maharaj, DSM, DCH, MPH, MMed, FAFRM (RACP) Hon.

Dr Jagdish Maharaj Senior Staff Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Olympic and Paralympic Games: Since 1988 as Team Physician, Doping Control
Officer and Fiji, Chef de Mission
Founding President: Fiji Sports Association for the Disabled (National Paralympic Committee) 1990-2003
Director of Finance: Oceania Paralympic Committee 2001-2013
IPC Sports Classifier: Athletics and Shooting
Phone: +61 2 6841 8500
Email: jmaharaj@chcs.com.au
Website: www.medfac.usyd.edu.au/people/academics/profiles/jmaharaj.php

Research Interests: Disability issues, quality of life, stroke, spinal cord injury, impact of socio-economic factors on health.


Dr. Eric Léséleuc

Assistant Professor of Sociology
International Relations Officer for the Faculty STAPS
Université de Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France
Phone: 04 67 58 15 43 / 06 82 13 27 29
E-mail: eric.deleseleuc@univ-montp1.fr
Website: http://www.univ-montp1.fr/recherche/unites_de_recherche/
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Page last updated: February 27, 2011.

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