hi just posting this for anyones info and so i can refer to it if i need to in the future!
in components/com_comprofiler/plugin/templates/default/default.php find and comment out:
<tr class="sectiontableheader">
<?php
// table headers:
$colsNbr = count( $this->columns );
foreach ( $this->columns as $column ) {
echo "\t\t\t<th><b>" . $column->titleRendered . "</b></th>\n";
}
?>
</tr>