Rate My Professor Jodie Cochrane Wilkie

Dr Jodie Cochrane Wilkie is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University, serving as Deputy Chair of Human Sciences and Rehabilitation and Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at the Gold Coast campus. She earned her BExScRehab, BPhyHEd, and PhD from the University of Western Australia. Her research expertise encompasses elite sport science, musculoskeletal injury prevention and rehabilitation, biomechanics, and exercise physiology, with a focus on optimizing movement and function for individuals ranging from children with clinical conditions such as paediatric oncology, neuromuscular, and neurological disorders to elite athletes preparing for major international competitions including the Olympic Games, World Championships, and Commonwealth Games.

In her career, Jodie has worked on developing athletes, minimizing injuries, and facilitating rehabilitation to enhance performance in elite sports, while more recently shifting emphasis to improving physical activity, quality of life, and long-term health for those with injuries or clinical conditions. She teaches key units such as Clinical Exercise for Oncology and Neurological Health, Exercise for Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Health, and the Integrated Clinical Exercise Physiology Capstone. As an accredited exercise physiologist (AEP) and exercise scientist (AES) with Exercise and Sport Science Australia, she currently supervises five PhD students and one Master's student, having guided eight PhD and nine Master's students to completion. Notable publications include "The creation of goal scoring opportunities at the 2015 women's World Cup" by Scanlan, Harms, Cochrane Wilkie, and Ma'ayah (2020), "Does fatigue influence joint-specific work and ground force application during drop landings?" by Vial, Cochrane Wilkie, Turner, Scanlan, and Blazevich (2023), "Fatigue does not increase limb asymmetry or induce proximal-distal changes in ground reaction forces during drop landings" by Vial et al. (2023), "Neuromuscular fatigue and muscle damage following a badminton-specific intermittent exercise" by Lin et al. (2023), and "Optimising Exercise for Managing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Scoping Review" by Sidhu, Cochrane Wilkie, Buchan, and Toohey (2025).