The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) is working with Pfizer to support people with advanced breast cancer to help manage their condition and cancer progression effectively. Our researchers are looking for UK based healthcare professionals and people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) to participate in the research by completing a survey.
Director Rob Copeland joined Prof. James Catto of the University of Sheffield, Lucy Melleney of Darnall Well Being, Christopher Gibbons of Sheffield City Council, and host Katharine Hammond of SYMCA on a panel exploring the importance of prevention and early diagnosis in health policy.
Last year, our operations, technical, domestic and security teams worked together to achieve an outstanding 98% in our annual NHS infection prevention and control (IPC) inspection. We’re delighted to announce that this year we’ve raised the bar even higher, achieving 98.11%
AWRC co-locator Dr Elysa Ioannou of the School of Sport and Physical Activity spoke to BBC Look North yesterday in their feature on programmes tackling obesity in South Yorkshire.
This month, the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre welcomed its third cohort of research fellows via the Stavros Niarchos Foundation fellowship exchange programme led by Yorkshire Cancer Research
We sat down with Pelagia Mavraki and Marialena Kaframani to learn about the expertise they bring and what they're hoping to achieve over the next three months.
Yesterday we showcased the research and innovation that takes place at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre at the opening ceremony of Sheffield Hallam University’s new campus buildings - Langsett, Strines and Redmires.
Dr Harriet Wingfield, Research Fellow based at the AWRC, shares her reflections on attending the Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) Europe conference in Kaunas, Lithuania, in this latest piece for AWRC Voices.
Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University, based at the AWRC, used data from nearly 80,000 parkrun participants to create a new model of life satisfaction that can be used to evaluate initiatives that seek to improve quality of life in the population.
In a new article for the British Journal of Nursing's September oncology supplement, AWRC Director Prof. Rob Copeland explores how integrating movement into cancer care can improve survival, reduce recurrence, and increase wellbeing.
This week, Dr Gareth Jones shared insights from two NIHR-funded projects focused on enabling people with severe mental illness (SMI) to lead more physically active lives.
On Monday 22nd September, the AWRC welcomed youth leaders and practitioners from across the city for the inaugural gathering of the Sheffield Youth Alliance.
