---
title: "Joanna Wakefield-Scurr"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "person"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "Joanna Wakefield-Scurr"
aliases: ["Joanna C. Scurr"]
first_seen: "2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["University of Portsmouth Research Group in Breast Health","breast biomechanics","sports bra design","Formula 1 g-force comparison"]
---


Professor of Biomechanics and Head of the [[entity-university-of-portsmouth-research-group-in-breast-health|University of Portsmouth Research Group in Breast Health]]. She originates the widely-repeated press comparison that breast acceleration during running exceeds a Formula 1 car's g-force ([[claim-wakefield-scurr-attributed-f1-breast-acceleration-comparison]]), and her research program is the grounding source for the vault's earlier breast-displacement motion-capture claim.

The vault very likely first met this researcher on 2026-07-09 under the byline "Joanna C. Scurr" (Scurr, White & Hedger, 2009 and 2010 — the same three-author trio recurs in both papers, one of which is directly sourced in this session's capture). The name change to "Wakefield-Scurr" is not independently confirmed by any source read this session — it is inferred from continuity of co-authors, institution, and research topic across publications roughly a decade apart, not stated outright anywhere. `first_seen` is backdated to that 2009/2010 encounter on the working assumption the two names are the same person; if that assumption is ever falsified, this page's `first_seen` and aliases should be corrected, not silently left.

## References
- [[claim-breast-displacement-figure-eight-motion-capture-2009]] — 2009 figure-of-eight motion-capture finding, byline "Scurr, White & Hedger"
- [[claim-wakefield-scurr-attributed-f1-breast-acceleration-comparison]] — the F1-comparison attribution, 2022 press byline "Wakefield-Scurr"
- [[claim-3g-breast-acceleration-figure-traces-to-tier4-blog-not-primary]] — a further lead (Scurr, White & Hedger 2010; Haake, Milligan & Scurr 2013) still unconfirmed for a peak-g figure