Category: Living Well with a Health Condition

3 November 2025

Speaking to BBC News about obesity and weight stigma

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.

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27 October 2025

New cohort of research fellows joins the AWRC from Greece

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.

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1 October 2025

Physical activity as essential medicine in oncology nursing practice

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.

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Gareth Jones delivering his lunch and learn session

26 September 2025

Creating safe spaces for people with severe mental illness to be physically active

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.

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10 September 2025

Professional cyclists visit the AWRC en route to Westminster

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.

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1 August 2025

Challenging the last socially acceptable stigma

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.

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Katharine Hammond of SYMCA with AWRC Leadership

21 July 2025

New Chief Executive of SYMCA visits the AWRC

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.

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20 July 2025

Creating a tailored exercise pathway for people living with stroke

This week’s Lunch and Learn was delivered by Principal Research Fellow Dr Rachel Young of the School of Health and Social Care, who shared examples of how AWRC research and innovation are helping to improve access to physical activity for people living with stroke in Sheffield.

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Liam Humphrey delivering his lunch and learn session

10 July 2025

Shaping the future of cancer rehabilitation

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.

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8 July 2025

Transforming UK cancer care through community-based interventions

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.

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