Paul Smith

Dr Paul M. Smith is an exercise physiologist within the School of Sport and Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University. He is a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and the Higher Education Academy. His main research specialism focuses upon the development and applications of exercise tests associated with upper body exercise, with particular emphases on arm crank ergometry and handcycling.

Paul has worked within the sphere of disability sport and physical activity for more than 20 years and has considerable knowledge of the Para sport of handcycling. He has published extensively within a broad area of disability sport and, as well as supporting disabled athletes in preparation for competition he has played an integral role during high-profile, ultra endurance sporting challenges, including two successful Races Across America and a World record solo ride by a double amputee handcyclist from John O'Groats to Land's End.

Paul completed his PhD by published works, while he worked within the Chatham Maritime School of Sciences at the University of Greenwich. Within current projects he attempts to bring experts from different fields together to create multi- and interdisciplinary research proposals. More recently, Paul has turned his attention to issues of inclusion and accessibility of secondary and higher education opportunities for individuals with physical needs.