Rate My Professor Brad Stenner

Dr. Brad Stenner is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Health at Adelaide University, School of Allied Health and Human Performance. For 18 years, he has taught human anatomy, occupational therapy, and evidence-based practice. He possesses a PhD from the University of South Australia completed in 2019, focusing on sport and health/wellbeing, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of South Australia. Stenner has clinical experience in physical rehabilitation and developed Australia's first online university course in Adapted Physical Activity, Exercise and Sport. Between 2020 and 2021, he served as Lead of the Invictus Pathways Program, providing strategic direction for exercise, sports, allied health, and community adapted sports programs. He is eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students and is available for media comment.

His research interests include golf and health across the lifespan, the impact of adapted sport on middle-aged men, the importance of wheelchair sport for people with disabilities, health benefits of golf for older Australians, and older persons' participation in sport as an occupation. Since his PhD, Stenner has secured over $700,000 in competitive research grants, including $250,000 as Chief Investigator from The Hospital Research Foundation. Notable publications encompass 'Reasons why older adults play sport: a systematic review' (Stenner, Buckley, & Mosewich, 2020, Journal of Sport and Health Science), 'An exploratory investigation into the reasons why older people play golf' (Stenner, Mosewich, & Buckley, 2016, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health), 'Why do older adults play golf? An evaluation of factors related to golf participation by older adults' (Stenner, Mosewich, & Buckley, 2019, Journal of Aging and Physical Activity), 'Development and confirmatory factor analysis of the Golf Participation Questionnaire for Older Adults (GPQOA)' (Stenner, Buckley, & Mosewich, 2018, Cogent Psychology), 'Australian golfers with and without osteoarthritis report reduced psychological distress and improved general health compared to a general population-based sample' (Stenner et al., 2023, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport), and 'Norms in sport: a scoping review' (Crozier et al., 2024, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology). Through worldwide collaborations with industry and leading universities, he advances multidisciplinary research on sport's role in health and wellbeing.