Staff profile

staff list  BackDr Abby Foad

  • Job title: Senior Lecturer
  • Dept: Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure
  • Tel: 01227 767700 ext 3889
  • Campus: Canterbury
 

Biography

Dr Abby Foad, BSc, PhD (Kent), joined Canterbury Christ Church University as a Research Fellow in Sport & Exercise Science in 2007, completing her PhD later that year.

Research Interests



  • Belief effects in sport and exercise, medicine, psychology and health
  • Methodology of intervention-based sports performance research
  • Field based experimental research
  • Cycling performance
  • Ergogenic aids in sports performance

Selected Recent Publications

Refereed Journal Articles
  • Beedie, C. J., & Foad, A. J. The placebo effect in sports performance: A brief review. Sports Medicine 2009; 39(4): 313-329
  • Foad, A.J., Beedie, C.J., Coleman, D.A. (2008) Pharmacological and Psychological Effects of Caffeine Ingestion in 40-km Cycling Performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 40(1). 
  • Beedie, C.J., Foad, A.J. and Coleman, D.A. (2008) Identification of placebo responsive participants in 40km laboratory cycling performance. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 7(1) 
  • Beedie, C.J., Stuart, E, M., Coleman, D, and Foad, A.J. (2006) Placebo Effects of Caffeine on Cycling Performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 38(12). 
  • Beedie, C.J., Stuart, E, M., Coleman, D, and Foad, A.J. (2006) Placebo Effects of Caffeine on Cycling Performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 38(12).
Book Chapter


  • Beedie, C. J., & Foad, A. J. Beliefs versus reality, or beliefs as reality? The placebo effect in sport and exercise. In: Lane, A (Editor). Sport and exercise psychology: Topics in applied psychology. Hodder Arnold, 2008; 209-227