AWRC theme lead Dr Cath Homer of the School of Sport and Physical Activity has delivered a webinar for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) PPI in Action series: Integrating the Lived Experience of Children and Young People in Weight Management.
Mahmud Nawaz, Chair of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust visited the AWRC on Wednesday to meet the team delivering Active Together, our flagship cancer prehabilitation programme.
We’re delighted that that AWRC visiting researcher Professor Susan Hampshaw has been appointed Associate Dean of Infrastructure and Capacity Building in the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Academy.
The AWRC was pleased to submit evidence to the inquiry, and we support the conclusion that - if the Government is to deliver on its prevention ambitions - physical activity can no longer seen as an optional extra.
Movement is beneficial for both physical and mental health, yet only 1 in 4 women meet national physical activity guidelines during pregnancy and first year after childbirth.
AWRC-based National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) partnership will deliver a £1.7m programme of work to strengthen community-led activity, embed physical activity within health and care pathways, and build the workforce, leadership and infrastructure needed to sustain change.
AWRC theme lead, Dr Cath Homer, is co-leading the 11th UK Congress on Obesity (UKCO) which will come to Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield on 17–18 September 2026, with a focus on 'obesity through different life stages.'
Researchers co-locating at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre have formalised a strategic research partnership with South Korea's Jeju National University, marking a significant milestone in international digital healthcare research collaboration.
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.
