Rate My Professor Samuel Chalmers

Samuel Chalmers, PhD, serves as Senior Lecturer in Human Movement in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance, College of Health, at Adelaide University. He obtained his PhD from the University of South Australia in 2012 and a Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies from the University of Sydney in 2019. Chalmers is a Fellow of Advance Higher Education since 2020 and holds accreditation as an Applied Sport Scientist (Level 1). Previously a Lecturer at the University of South Australia, his career includes research services for Rowing NSW from 2021 to 2028 and projects funded by Swimming Australia, the Commonwealth Department of Defence, and Sports Medicine Australia.

His research centers on exercise physiology, particularly human interactions with environmental stressors, the formulation of extreme heat policies for sport and exercise across youth and adult populations from community to elite competitions, and injury prevention in youth sports via surveillance and screening tool validation. Supported by National Health and Medical Research Council funding and partnerships with Swimming Australia, Rowing NSW, FIFA, AFL, Tennis Australia, and the South Australian National Football League, Chalmers has produced impactful publications in premier journals. Key works include 'Thermoregulation and dehydration in children and youth exercising in extreme heat compared with adults' (British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2025), 'Efficacy of the FIFA cooling break heat policy during an intermittent treadmill football simulation in hot conditions in trained females' (Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2025), 'The effect of water dousing on heat strain and performance during endurance running in the heat' (International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2024), 'Ankle sprain, concussion, and anterior cruciate ligament injuries are common and burdensome in sub-elite female Australian football players' (Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2024), and 'The impact of concussion on subsequent injury risk in elite junior Australian football athletes' (Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2023). As Associate Editor for the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, he advances knowledge in heat management and injury mitigation strategies while supervising higher degree by research students.