 Professor KAZUNORI NOSAKA |
| Professor Ken Nosaka worked at Yokohama City University in Japan for nearly 20 years before relocating to Edith Cowan University in 2004. He is currently a Professor of Exercise and Sports Science in the School of Medical and Health Sciences. Over the past 20 years, his main roles were to coordinate postgraduate research programs (2007-2014), direct the Center for Exercise and Sports Science Research (2007-2012), direct exercise and sports science courses (2015-2021), and PhD course coordinator (2022-present). He has published more than 360 peer-reviewed journal articles, and about 80% of them are related to “eccentric exercise.” His Scopus h-index is 69 with more than 15,500 citations at the end of January 2024. |
| KAZUNORI (KEN) NOSAKA 1. EDUCATION Bachelor of Education (Physical Education), Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan Master of Education (Physical Education), Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Science), Yokohama City University Medical School, Japan 2. POSITIONS HELD Visiting Researcher, Department of Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Assistant, Institute of Sports Medicine, Department of Liberal Arts, YCU Lecturer, Exercise and Sports Science, YCU Associate Professor, Exercise and Sports Science, Department of Environmental Science, Yokohama City University (YCU), Japan Visiting researcher, School of Biomedical and Sports Science, ECU Associate Professor, Exercise and Sports Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University (YCU), Japan Associate Professor, School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences, ECU Director of Centre for Exercise and Sports Science Research (CESSR), ECU Professor, School of Exercise and Health Sciences, ECU; Postgraduate Course Coordinator for Exercise and Sports Science, Research Degree Coordinator for Exercise and Health Sciences Professor and Director of Exercise and Sports Science, School of Medical and Health Sciences, ECU PhD coordinator, Professor of School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University (ECU) 3. PUBLICATIONS The number of publications in peer-reviewed journals by 29 February 2024: 366 Researcher ID: H-4412-2011 ORCiD ID: 0000-0001-7373-4994 Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7005201843, h-index = 69 Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=37SvJlUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao h-index = 90, h-index since 2019 = 58, i10-index = 265, i10-index since 2019 = 230 Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kazunori-Nosaka/stats h-index: 78, Research Interest Score is higher than 99% of ResearchGate members, and higher than 99% of researchers with work related to “Physiology” 4. GRANT INCOME (2017 – present) Green D, Maiorana A, Nosaka K, Rigers N, Lloyd D. NHMRC Project Grant (2019-2023) Exercise as medicine for advanced heart failure: A novel intervention to improve outcomes. $665,585 Nosaka K, Blazevich AJ, Speelman C, Cochrane Wilkie J, Duczynski G, Netto K. Research Network for Undersea Decision Superiority, Defence Science and Technology Group (2020-2023): Implementation of routine “eccentric” exercises to maintain health and fitness, improve vigilance and attention, and optimise decision making in the submarine. $362,771 Blazevich A, Nosaka K, Bochkezanian V. Neurotrauma Research Program (2023-2024). Effects of electrically-evoked eccentric strength training on muscle mass, strength, physical health and quality of life in people with spinal cord injury. $89,290 Newton R, Nosaka K, Galvao D, Taaffe D. WA Government COVID-19 Funding (2020): Physical health during isolation, including chronic disease progression in older West Australians. $100,000 Nosaka K, Lau WI. Industry grant, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory Inc. (2020): Effect of different fluid intake during exercise on calf muscle cramp induced by electrical train stimulation. $80,000 5. POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION PhD student completions: 36 (@ECU 34), Current supervision: 8 Masters student completions: 25 (@ECU 21), Current supervision: 1 6. SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS 2008: Vice-Chancellor’s Award “Excellence in Research Supervision” 2008: ECU Faculty of Computing, Health and Science Executive Dean’s Award 2012: Vice-Chancellor’s Award “Excellence in Research” 2020: Vice-Chancellor’s Award “Engagement in Research” 2022: Best Research Media Campaign (a potential audience in excess of 2.15 billion people, worth an estimated $25.5 million in advertising) |