Throughout July, the AWRC played host to Dr Carlos F. Lahoz-Palacio, an architect and Professor at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. The month-long visit was organised to deepen collaboration between the AWRC and the Rey Juan Carlos University’s Centre for Sport Research (CIDE).
It was a pleasure to welcome Katharine Hammond, the new Chief Executive of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) and Joseph Quinn, Director of Growth and Sector Development, to the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) today as part of a wider visit to the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park (SOLP) hosted by its Chair, Dr Sherry Kothari.
A team from the Health Determinants Research Collaboration Doncaster (HDRC) have written to Public Health in Practice to reflect on the ethical and governance challenges and opportunities of doing research within local authorities.
Lead of our Healthy and Active 100 research theme Dr Cath Homer, of the School of Sport and Physical Activity, has written for the Conversation about how obesity is multifactoral and obesogenic environments don’t affect everyone equally.
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.
The Sheffield Hallam University Children and Young People Physical Activity and Sport research group (CYPAS) held their inaugural knowledge exchange event at the AWRC on Wednesday. Maxine Gregory of the School of Sport and Physical Activity and one of the organising team, has written about the day and some of the key takeaways.
This week's AWRC Lunch and Learn session sparked some great discussion on how to meaningfully and effectively engage patients and the public in research.
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.
The CYPAS knowledge exchange event has been designed to support researchers and those in practice to connect, and to improve the dissemination of research to those who can make best use of it. Research will be presented from physical activity and sport in education, community and health settings.
