Edd is a senior lecturer in the areas of Sports Medicine, Biomechanics, Performance Analysis, Exercise Physiology and Research Methods on the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. He is the current programme leader the MSc Sports Medicine course.

His research is predominantly focused upon amateur and professional combat sports though more recently, this interest has developed into other sports. Edd has presented his work at several national and international conferences and is also a registered Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Externally, Edd currently serves as a mentor to GB Paralympic swimming team working with their performance statistician to appraise and predict performance of the athletes. He also maintains an active role in the applied sport science by working with local boxing clubs, professional boxers, GB boxing and the UK Institute of Sport. He is invited to review scientific papers in academic journals such as the Journal of Sports Sciences and the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and is also a contributing author to the website, Boxing Science.