Karen Hambly PhD, MCSP

Dr Karen Hambly completed her first degree in sports science before qualifying as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1998 from the University of Southampton. After an initial time in the NHS she moved to work full time within sport, initially as physiotherapist/sports medicine coordinator for British Cycling before joining UKSport as sports medicine coordinator for Olympic and Paralympic programmes on her return from the Sydney 2000 Paralympics.

Karen has over 15 years experience working within sports medicine and has a post-graduate diploma in sports and exercise medicine from the University of Wales College of Medicine. Karen moved into higher education in 2004 and joined the School for Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kent in 2008 where she is currently senior lecturer and Director of Learning and Teaching.