Rate My Professor Jodie Wills

Dr Jodie Wills is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Sports Science, specialising in biomechanics, in the School of Health Sciences and Nursing within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Biomechanics from Macquarie University in 2020, Master of Research in Sport Science from Nottingham Trent University in 2015, and Bachelor of Science with Honours in Sport and Exercise Science from Nottingham Trent University in 2014. As a mid-career comprehensive academic, her expertise encompasses biomechanics research, applied human performance, and higher education teaching. Jodie's research program investigates human optimisation in tactical and athletic populations, focusing on physical performance, sex differences, and injury risk in response to task demands. She employs biomechanics within interdisciplinary frameworks to advance evidence-based practice in applied settings. Her research has secured competitive external funding, including the Office of Naval Research Global Visiting Scientist Program. Jodie holds accreditations as a Level 1 Sport Scientist and Exercise Scientist with Exercise & Sports Science Australia and a Level 2 Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association.

In the Performance and Expertise Research Centre at Macquarie University, Jodie co-leads the Early Career Researcher development portfolio and serves as a member of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences organisational unit committee since 2020. Her prominent publications include 'Load-carriage conditioning elicits task-specific physical and psychophysical improvements in males' (Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 2019), 'Prolonged running increases knee moments in sidestepping and cutting manoeuvres in sport' (Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2018), 'Ankle and knee moment and power adaptations are elicited through load carriage conditioning in males' (Journal of Biomechanics, 2019), and 'Lower limb biomechanical responses during a standardized load carriage task are sex specific' (Military Medicine, 2021). She has presented invited talks on 'Perspectives on AI' (2023) and 'Load carriage conditioning: Let’s talk about sex-specific responses' (2019), and earned recognition as the 2019 FameLab NSW Semi-Finalist and Macquarie University 3 Minute Thesis Finalist. Her contributions extend to teaching units such as Biomechanics of Human Movement.