Dr SarahJane Cullen

SarahJane is Head of School of Health and Human Performance and Associate Professor in Sport & Exercise Physiology in the School of Health & Human Performance in Dublin City University (DCU). A founding member of the Irish Sport and Exercise Sciences Association (ISESA) in 2023, she currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Vice-Chair, and will assume the position of ISESA Chair in November 2026. She was appointed a Director of International Confederation of Sport and Exercise Science Practice (ICSESP) in 2026. SarahJane has a BSc in Sport Science and Health and a PhD in Sport and Exercise Physiology, both from DCU, and a MSc in Applied Sports Nutrition from St Marys Twickenham. She has spent time as a research assistant at Brunel University London and ACU Sydney. As an ISESA-Accredited Advanced Sport Scientist (AASS) and Level 3 ISAK Anthropometric Instructor, SarahJane provided physiology support to high performance athletes and para-athletes in Ireland through Sport Ireland Institute for Tokyo and Paris Olympic cycles. She was also part of Team Ireland’s sport science team at the holding camp for Team Ireland at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 and London 2012. Her research interests focus on physiological and psychological impacts of weight making, female athlete health and performance, and body composition in sport. Additionally, she coordinates Ireland’s jockey research group and serves as Scientific Coordinator on the Irish Horseracing Research Advisory Committee, advancing evidence-informed practice in the sport.