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.
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.
The Tanfield brothers' 250-mile ride was part of our long-term collaborator Yorkshire Cancer Research’s campaign to reduce regional inequalities in cancer care and improve cancer care in Yorkshire.
At our most recent Lunch and Learn session, Dr Liam Humphreys of the School of Sport and Physical Activity shared a fascinating overview of how Hallam researchers at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre are shaping the future of cancer rehabilitation.
AWRC Director Prof Rob Copeland has written for the Hospital Times about how physical activity is an essential, cost-effective intervention to to transform cancer care in the UK.
We are delighted to see the publication of the 2024 Move More Annual Highlight Report from the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) in Sheffield. The report highlights the significant achievements of the NCSEM over the past year, as it continues to deliver an Olympic legacy across Sheffield through Move More.
Last week we were joined by Dr Hamed Pourfannan, Research Fellow in Cognitive Robotics, for a fascinating lunch and learn session which explored how robots might support stroke rehabilitation in the future.
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre was pleased to sponsor the people category at the Active Pregnancy Foundation awards on Friday. The APF awards celebrated the people and organisations who support pregnant and postnatal women to become or stay active, as well as excellence in leadership, good practice, innovation, and research.
This week, our cancer prehabilitation programme Active Together marks supporting 2,000 people across Yorkshire. As we reflect on this achievement, new findings from a major international trial add further weight to the growing evidence behind this approach. The study, led by Queen’s University in Canada, found that exercise may be as effective as drug treatments in preventing cancer from returning.
Our flagship cancer prehabiltation programme, Active Together was successful in winning the "The #RightToRehab award for innovation" category in the Advancing Healthcare Awards last week. Dr Carol Keen, Consultant Physiotherapist, writes about how true collaborative working underpinned the achievement.
