Dr Naroa Etxebarria is an Associate Professor and Discipline lead for Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Canberra. Dr Etxebarria is an ESSA accredited sport scientists with a background in applied sports physiology. Dr Etxebarria developed her applied sport scientist skills during her time at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) as a postgraduate scholar, and at the English Institute of Sport as a physiologist for British Triathlon. Naroa has current research collaborations with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), QAS, NSWIS, SASI, AusTriathlon, and Australian Sailing and is supervising a number of Doctoral programs:

M. C.: Impact of injury and illness on performance in triathletes to inform prevention priorities

N. P.: Training and performance health of developing and elite female triathletes 

P. S.: Relative Energy Deficiency in sport (REDs)- education of female triathletes and coaches of female triathletes

M. P.: Iron deficiency and its implications for sports performance in female athletes

D. M.: Load and training response monitoring systems for the individualization of training prescriptions in female athletes

M. H.: Challenges and opportunities experienced by female sailors: from athlete development to Olympic performance

C. B.: Dietary approaches for refeeding after chronic energy restriction in athletes

C. L.: Skill acquisition framework development for Australian high performance sport

B. S.: Skill transfer within female and male athletes across different team sports