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.
In the first of the new AWRC Voices series, Claire Woodward, the AWRC's Programmes and Planning Manager discusses the benefits and challenges of dedicated project management support for research projects.
Our Training and Education co-lead, Emily Newton, recently visited the University of Technology in Mauritius to deliver a bespoke training course which helped students to develop the skills needed to increase physical activity levels to help prevent and manage non-communicable disease in inactive patients
Olusogo’s doctoral research is focused on the development of an authorisation framework based on the concept of privacy by design (default). It has a specific focus on secure/authorised data acquisition, storage, monitoring, and the benefits of data transparency to the data owner, publisher, and consumer in a smart home setting.
In July we were delighted to be invited to work with some incredible year 12 students from the University Technical College (UTC) at Olympic Legacy Park whilst they took part in Big Entrepreneurial Challenge
Angel investors are a key source of funding in the health and wellbeing sector, but in this crowded and noisy landscape it can be difficult for angel investors to differentiate between high potential businesses and ‘just another idea’ as they lack the research resources of large venture capital firms.
Liz's PhD research is called the FINCH Study. It is focused on exploring how faith communities and health and wellbeing advocates work together to improve their communities.
We are recruiting for an AWRC project aimed at developing a new device designed to improve balance. We need volunteers aged 60-85 to attend two sessions at the AWRC.
Sheffield Hallam University is currently advertising for a number of roles relating to the recently announced EPSRC-funded Digital Health Hub, to be based at the AWRC.
Lorna Dowrick recently joined the AWRC team as an embedded researcher on the NIHR-funded Doncaster Health Determinants Research collaboration. The project aims to develop research skills, processes and capacity within Doncaster Council to ensure policy decisions relating to health inequalities are informed, fair and evidence-based.
We are recruiting to an AWRC project to examine the repeated sit to stand test as a measure of fitness. We need volunteers aged 55-80 who can walk 100 metres or more. Participation will require one visit to the AWRC which will take approximately 90 mins. We will reimburse travel costs and offer a £10 retail voucher as a thank you.
