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Dr Colin Doherty

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: c.doherty@ecu.edu.au

Colin is a lecturer in Sports and Exercise Science within the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

His responsibilities include teaching units in sport and exercise science, supervising higher degree by research students, and conducting high-quality research. His research interests lie primarily in performance nutrition, exercise physiology, and combat sports.

Current Teaching

  • SPS2206 – Applied Exercise Physiology and Programming
  • SPS2203 – Principles and Practices of Resistance Training
  • SPS2505 – Exercise Physiology
  • SPS2524 – Exercise Delivery
  • SPS3505 – Advanced Exercise Physiology
  • SPS1755 – Coaching Science 2
  • SPS1111 – Foundations of Fitness Training
  • NUT1121 – Human Nutrition

Professional Associations

Registered Sports and Exercise Nutritionist – British Dietetic Association

Research Areas and Interests

  • Combat sports
  • Weight cutting
  • Hydration testing
  • Disordered eating
  • Performance nutrition
  • Heat acclimation
  • Performance analysis
  • Injury and illness

Research Grants

Understanding and Addressing Illness, Injury and Weight-Cutting in Combat Sports, Combat Sports Commission, Scholarships to Support Industry Engagement PhD Projects, 2021‑2026, $105,000.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2025.
  • Diploma in Performance Nutrition, United Kingdom, 2020.
  • Master of Science in Human Nutrition, Denmark, 2020.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Barley, O., Vial, S., Scanlan, M., Tapsell, L., Wilson, C., Giustiniano, J., Plush, M., Doherty, C. (2025). Influence of height and reach on fight-ending punches in the ultimate fighting championship™ mixed martial arts promotion. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 20(5), 2137-2148. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541251338509.
  • Wilson, C., Scanlan, M., Doherty, C., Barley, O. (2025). Investigating the Internal and External load Associated with Umpiring Semi-professional Australian Rules Football. International Journal of Kinesiology and Sports Science, 13(1), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijkss.v.13n.1p.80.
  • Barley, O., Doherty, C., Scanlan, M., Tapsell, L., Wilson, C., Giustiniano, J., Plush, M., Vial, S. (2025). Exploratory analysis of fight-ending punches in the ultimate fighting championship™ mixed martial arts promotion. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 20(1), 291-299. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541241296615.
  • Bonne, TC., Arthemalle, V., Doherty, C., Breenfeldt-Andersen, A., Bejder, J., Ehlers, TS., Holm-Sørensen, H., Nordsborg, NB. (2025). Muscle creatine levels and sprint performance in young adult vegans and vegetarians after 7 days of creatine monohydrate supplementation. Physiological Reports, 13(17), article number e70539. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.70539.
  • Doherty, C., Barley, O., Fortington, L. (2025). Incidence of Health Problems in Australian Mixed Martial Arts and Muay Thai Competitors: A 14-Month Study of 26 Combat Sports Events. Sports Medicine - Open, 11(1), Article number 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00880-3.
  • Doherty, C., Barley, O., Fortington, L. (2025). Is there a relationship between rapid weight changes and self-reported injury in combat sports athletes? A 14-month study of 24 combat sports events. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 28(6), 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.01.007.
  • Clements, NN., Doherty, C. (2025). Shear wave elastography of the breast—Immunohistopathology and molecular subtype comparisons. Sonography, 12(1), 32-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12476.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Doherty, C., Fortington, L., Barley, O. (2024). Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Implications for Hydration Testing in Combat Sports—Investigating Body Mass Loss and Biomarker Changes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 34(8), article number e14701. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14701.
  • Doherty, C., Fortington, L., Barley, O. (2024). Sex Differences in Hydration Biomarkers and Test-Retest Reliability Following Passive Dehydration. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 34(2), 88-100. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2023-0146.
  • Doherty, C., Fortington, L., Barley, O. (2024). Rapid Weight Changes and Competitive Outcomes in Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts: A 14-Month Study of 24 Combat Sports Events. Sports, 12(10), article number 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12100280.
  • Doherty, C., Fortington, L., Barley, O. (2024). Prevalence of disordered eating and its relationship with rapid weight loss amongst male and female combat sport competitors: A prospective study. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27(11), 745-752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2024.06.007.
  • Clements, NN., Doherty, C. (2024). Shear wave elastography of the breast-histopathological comparisons. Sonography, 11(3), 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12435.

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