Sport and Health Sciences
Dr Sharon Dixon
£225,000 EPSRC grant
Dr Sharon Dixon has been awarded funding of £225,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to undertake a project entitled 'Understanding traction for sports shoe and surface combinations'.
Dr Dixon leads the Exeter Biomechanics Research Team and specialises in the influence of footwear, shoe insert and surface manipulations on lower extremity biomechanics. The grant includes funding for a Research Assistant.
Date: 5 February 2009