AWRC Director Prof. Rob Copeland has written for the Integrated Care Journal on how the NHS 10-year plan presents significant opportunities to drive a prevention legacy in England.
At this week’s lunch and learn session, we heard from Dr Charlotte Benkowitz about her work with parkrun survey data - one of the largest datasets of its kind.
Dr Cath Homer from the School of Sport and Physical Activity, together with colleagues, has written to The Lancet in response to recent media coverage and public reaction surrounding the evaluation of the NHS’s Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) clinics.
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.