Stephen West

Dr. Stephen West is a Lecturer in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, specializing in injury epidemiology and athlete monitoring. He holds a PhD from the University of Bath, focusing on player load and injury risk in professional rugby. His research emphasizes injury prevention in sports like rugby and basketball, with a focus on concussions, epidemiological methods, and policy interventions.

• PhD: Injury Epidemiology & Athlete Monitoring (University of Bath, 2015-2019)
• BSc: Sport Science and Health (Dublin City University, 2010-2014)

Key research interests include rugby injury prevention, concussion detection, and the application of statistical methods like Poisson regression and rate ratios to assess injury risks. He has led or co-investigated projects such as Tackle Training and Law Change Evaluation in Canadian Female Rugby and Instrumented mouthguards for injury prevention.

His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being (SDG 3) and quality education (SDG 4). Recent projects involve analyzing head contact penalties in basketball and evaluating rugby law changes to reduce injuries. Collaborations span institutions like the Rugby Football Union and the Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre.