Personal profile
Research interests
Focusing on developing, implementing and evaluating performance and behavioural interventions to improve military fitness, musculoskeletal health and psychosocial wellbeing in Royal Navy and Royal Marines populations. Part of of the Royal Navy Musculoskeletal Injury Mitigation Programme (RN MMP).
The RN MMP, led by the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM), aims to support Sailor and Royal Marines’ health and performance through: developing an organisational MSKI risk screening model; providing education and training to promote optimum through-career musculoskeletal health to mitigate future MSKI risk; and – in personnel who suffer a MSKI – supporting effective and efficient management of rehabilitation and recovery back to Service.
Education/Academic qualification
Health, Bachelor of Health Science, First Class Honours BSc Health & Exercise Science, University of Bath
2019 → 2023
Award Date: 14 Jul 2023
External positions
Centre for Motivation and Health Behaviour Change, University of Bath
Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism (CNEM), University of Bath
Centre for Health, and Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport (CHi2PS), University of Bath
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Active
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Designing a Digital Health and Performance Support System for Early-Serving Royal Navy Personnel: A Person-Based Approach
Warmer, M. (PI), Western, M. (CoPI), Bilzon, J. (CoI) & Fallowfield, J. L. (CoI)
1/04/25 → …
Project: Other
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Self-Determined Motivation and Injury-Preventive Health Behaviours and Outcomes in Physically Demanding Performance Domains: A Systematic Review
Warmer, M. (PI), Western, M. (CoPI), Bilzon, J. (CoI), Evans, S. (Researcher) & Fallowfield, J. L. (Researcher)
18/03/24 → …
Project: Other
Research output
- 2 Article
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Changes in physical performance in royal navy recruits during initial training and associations with royal navy task performance
Powell, S. D., Metcalfe, M., Warmer, M., Evans, S., Davis, H., Wiejak, C., Bew, P., Perkins, M., Hogan, J., Fallowfield, J. L. & Allsopp, A., 10 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Work : A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Operationally ready: the association between motivation, psychological needs and health behaviours in Royal Naval personnel
Warmer, M. C., Fallowfield, J. L., Bilzon, J. L., Evans, S. & Western, M. J., 8 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Military Health. military-2025-003168.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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