Rate My Professor Carly Brade

Dr. Carly Brade is a teaching and research academic in the Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. She currently serves as the Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Sport Science) program. Brade joined Curtin University in 2014 as a lecturer within the Exercise and Sport Science course and has progressed to Senior Lecturer. Her academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Health) with Honours awarded in 2008 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Curtin University.

Brade's research interests center on exercise and sport physiology, with particular emphasis on strategies to enhance athletic performance in challenging environmental conditions. Her primary focus areas include heat acclimation and acclimatisation, precooling techniques, and the physiological demands imposed by heat on team sport performance. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, contributing key papers such as "Effects of different precooling techniques on repeat sprint ability in team sport athletes" (Brade et al., European Journal of Sport Science, 2014), "Effect of Pre-Cooling on Repeat-Sprint Performance in Seasonally Acclimatised Males During an Outdoor Simulated Team-Sport Protocol in Warm Conditions" (Brade et al., Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 2013), and "Effects of Half-Time Cooling Using A Cooling Glove and Jacket on Repeat-Sprint Ability in the Heat" (Brade et al., Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 2018). More recent works include contributions to systematic reviews on "Vascular adaptation to exercise: a systematic review and audit of female representation" (2024) and "Head, Face, and Neck Cooling for Performance" (2025). Her scholarly output has accumulated over 280 citations as per ResearchGate metrics.

In teaching, Brade exemplifies excellence, as evidenced by her inclusion in the Exercise Right Week Teaching Team, which received the Faculty of Health Sciences Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award and the 2023 Western Australia Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. Additionally, she has engaged broader audiences as an instructor for the online course "The Science of Fitness" offered through edX by Curtin University.