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Dr Elisabeth Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences at Swansea University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Specializing in biomechanics, her research bridges contact sports injury prevention and forensic science, with particular focus on head impact dynamics in rugby union and bloodstain pattern analysis. She co-founded the traumatic head injury research network and led the 2020 Women's Rugby Union Global Survey with 2000+ responses across 62 countries.
Her research spans two distinct domains:
- Sports Biomechanics: Developing instrumented mouthguards for head impact telemetry, analyzing sex differences in neck strength, and creating neck training interventions to reduce concussion risk in female athletes
- Forensic Science: Innovating in bloodstain pattern analysis through motorized droplet generation devices, computational modeling of blood dynamics, and standardizing forensic reconstruction techniques
Dr Williams contributes to academic training through modules like SR-254 Technology and Innovation in Injury Mechanics and EG-238 Experimental Studies for Medical Engineers. She supervises multiple PhD and MSc projects related to head acceleration in men's and women's rugby, collaborating with Dr Hari Arora, Prof Melitta Mcnarry, and industry partners.
