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Research interests
Sean Williams is a Reader in Applied Statistics and Research Methods at the University of Bath. His research interests include sports injury prevention, training load monitoring, heart rate variability, and growth and maturation. His current research projects are in collaboration with the Premier League, Rugby Football Union, England and Wales Cricket Board, and Podium Analytics. Sean is a statistics consultant for the Journal of Physiology.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Using R to support the teaching of research methods - TDF Seed
Fern, J. (PI) & Williams, S. (PI)
1/08/25 → 1/08/26
Project: Other
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MSKI Prevent
Bilzon, J. (PI), Williams, S. (CoI) & Stevenson, R. (Researcher)
6/08/24 → 31/07/29
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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Community Rugby Injury Surveillance Project: 2021-2024 (amendment)
Stokes, K. (PI), McKay, C. (CoI), Williams, S. (CoI), Freeman-Eves, T. (Researcher), Roberts, S. (Researcher) & White, V. (Researcher)
1/09/21 → 31/08/27
Project: UK charity
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Management of Adolescent Growth in Competitive Sports (MAGIC-S) Project
Cumming, S. (PI) & Williams, S. (CoI)
26/06/23 → 25/06/25
Project: UK charity
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Women’s Rugby Injury Surveillance Project
Williams, S. (PI), Stokes, K. (CoI) & McKay, C. (PI)
23/01/23 → 22/01/26
Project: Research-related funding
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Ahead of the Pain: Temporal Precursors to Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease in Male Premier League Academy Footballers – A Nested Case-Control Study
Dadd, L., Williams, S., Holden, S., Blanchard, S., Connery, M. & Cumming, S., 5 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Illness and Injury Prevention in Sport.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations between self-reported injury history, physical complaints, and medical attention injury during Army basic military training
Gibson, N., Drain, J. R., Whalan, M., Williams, S., Groeller, H. & Sampson, J., 1 Sept 2025, In: Military Medicine. 190, 9-10, p. e2039-e2047Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distal-To-Proximal Progression of Apophyseal Injuries with Age in Male Youth Academy Footballers: A Two-Season Prospective Cohort Study of 16,024 Player-Seasons
Oxendale, C., Green, M., Stokes, K., Cumming, S., Parry, G. & Williams, S., 5 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. bjsports-2024-109612.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of a markerless motion capture system for measuring mechanical work during tennis strokes
Emmerson, J., Needham, L., Williams, S. & Colyer, S., 4 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Sports Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inter-Day Reliability of Countermovement Jump Metrics in Elite Academy Soccer Players
Lonergan, B., Johnson, D., Williams, S., Lawson, R., Howarth, D. & Cohen, D., 14 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Strength and Conditioning. 5, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Datset for "Resting skeletal muscle ATGL and CPT1B are associated with peak fat oxidation rates in men and women but do not explain observed sex differences"
Chrzanowski-Smith, O. (Creator), Edinburgh, R. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. (Creator), Thomas, M. (Data Collector), Smith, E. (Data Collector), Walhin, J.-P. (Data Collector), Koumanov, F. (Data Collector), Williams, S. (Supervisor) & Betts, J. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 12 Mar 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00729
Dataset
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Dataset for the day-to-day reliability of peak fat oxidation and FATMAX
Chrzanowski-Smith, O. (Creator), Edinburgh, R. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. (Creator), Thomas, M. (Data Collector), Haralabidis, N. (Data Collector), Williams, S. (Supervisor) & Betts, J. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 13 May 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00723
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Dataset for "Biological sex and aerobic capacity are key determinants of peak fat oxidation rates during exercise"
Chrzanowski-Smith, O. (Creator), Edinburgh, R. (Creator), Gonzalez, J. (Creator), Thomas, M. (Data Collector), Hengist, A. (Data Collector), Williams, S. (Supervisor) & Betts, J. (Supervisor), University of Bath, 11 Dec 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00611
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Data set for "Effect of high-intensity interval training on cardiometabolic component risks in persons with paraplegia: Results of a randomized controlled trial"
Farrow, M. (Creator), Bilzon, J. (Creator), Thompson, D. (Creator), Maher, J. (Creator), Williams, S. (Creator), Deere, R. (Creator) & Spellanzon, B. (Creator), University of Bath, 24 Jun 2024
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01385
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Data for "Juvenile bovine bone is an appropriate surrogate for normal and reduced density human bone in biomechanical testing"
Fletcher, J. (Creator), Williams, S. (Creator), Whitehouse, M. (Creator), Gill, H. (Creator) & Preatoni, E. (Creator), University of Bath, 5 Jul 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00410
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Thesis
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Risk Factors for Injury in Elite Rugby Union: A Series of Longitudinal Analyses
Williams, S. (Author), Stokes, K. (Supervisor) & Trewartha, G. (Supervisor), 26 Jan 2015Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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Activities
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The GAMeS International Conference for Mental Health and Sport
Lyon-Monk, O. (Speaker), Arnold, R. (Speaker), Williams, S. (Speaker), Cleave, L. (Speaker), Cumming, S. (Speaker), Currie, A. (Speaker), Wass, J. (Speaker) & Moore, L. (Speaker)
20 Nov 2025Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Conference presentation / attendance
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Hosting Chris Whatman
Williams, S. (Host) & Whatman, C. (Speaker)
22 Sept 2025 → 26 Sept 2025Activity: Knowledge Exchange (Industry, Government, NGOs) › Hosting a visitor
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Premier League Hamstring Study Day
Williams, S. (Participant)
3 Dec 2025Activity: Knowledge Exchange (Industry, Government, NGOs) › Stakeholder engagement, presentation
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World Rugby Medical Commission Conference
Williams, S. (Invited speaker)
16 Sept 2025Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Conference presentation / attendance