Rate My Professor Joel Fuller

Associate Professor Joel Fuller is a senior lecturer and qualified physiotherapist and sports scientist (level 2) in the School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, at Macquarie University. He earned his PhD in Physiotherapy from the University of South Australia in 2016 and a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) from the same institution. During his doctoral studies, Fuller served as a Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2015 to 2016. As a Macquarie University HDR Supervision Associate Fellow, he has supervised Honours, Masters, and PhD students. His career includes involvement in the Spinal Pain Research Centre and the Performance and Expertise Research Centre. Fuller's research specializations focus on the prevention and treatment of sporting injuries, optimisation of sports performance, and applied research translatable to practice, including biomechanics and exercise prescription for specific populations such as cancer survivors.

Fuller has garnered major awards, including the Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship (2015), South Australian Science Excellence Award for PhD Research Excellence (2017), Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2023), Excellence in Education - Teaching Excellence (2023), Learning and Teaching Innovation Award (2022), and Best Learning and Teaching Presentation (2024). His key publications encompass 'Body Mass and Weekly Training Distance Influence the Pain and Injuries Experienced by Runners Using Minimalist Shoes' (2017), 'The Effect of Footwear on Running Performance and Running Economy in Distance Runners' (2014), 'Six-week transition to minimalist shoes improves running economy and time-trial performance' (2017), 'Motivators, barriers, and facilitators for starting and continuing a swimming program for chronic back pain: a qualitative study' (2026, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice), 'Spinal range of motion during different swim strokes in people with chronic low back pain: a randomised crossover trial' (2026, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice), and 'The immediate effect of swimming stroke on pain in people with chronic low back pain: a crossover study' (2026, Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine). With 99 research outputs, 1,875 Scopus citations, and an h-index of 23, Fuller's contributions significantly influence sports physiotherapy, injury prevention, and performance optimisation.