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.'
Last week we were joined by Dr Hamed Pourfannan, Research Fellow in Cognitive Robotics, for a fascinating lunch and learn session which explored how robots might support stroke rehabilitation in the future.
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.
Drawing on our IMACTIVE collaboration, Dr Daniele Magistro has written for The Conversation UK about how socially assistive robots can support older people at home to maintain their independence, relieving pressures on healthcare and social workers, and the importance of co-designing technologies with the populations they are intended to support.
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre was pleased to sponsor the people category at the Active Pregnancy Foundation awards on Friday. The APF awards celebrated the people and organisations who support pregnant and postnatal women to become or stay active, as well as excellence in leadership, good practice, innovation, and research.
This week, our cancer prehabilitation programme Active Together marks supporting 2,000 people across Yorkshire. As we reflect on this achievement, new findings from a major international trial add further weight to the growing evidence behind this approach. The study, led by Queen’s University in Canada, found that exercise may be as effective as drug treatments in preventing cancer from returning.
Our flagship cancer prehabiltation programme, Active Together was successful in winning the "The #RightToRehab award for innovation" category in the Advancing Healthcare Awards last week. Dr Carol Keen, Consultant Physiotherapist, writes about how true collaborative working underpinned the achievement.
This month we welcomed two researchers to the AWRC as part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation fellowship exchange programme led by Yorkshire Cancer Research. Vasiliki Xanthopoulou and Konstantina Karnarou will spend three months at Sheffield Hallam University working primarily alongside Active Together and learning about the wider work of the Centre while sharing their own expertise in sport and exercise science.
Deputy Director Jason Brannan represented the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre at this year’s UKREiiF conference, speaking about how the built environment can be a powerful catalyst for better health outcomes as well as economic regeneration.
Our Director Prof Rob Copeland was one of 18 researchers, volunteers and supporters who returned to the library of the University of Leeds' Old Medical School to recreate the founding of Yorkshire Cancer Research 100 years ago
Dr John Kelley of the Sports Engineering Research Group (SERG) delivered the first AWRC Lunch and Learn session this week, giving us a fascinating insight into how research and innovation are shaping the future of sport, from bespoke long distance running shoes to injury recovery apps and lots more.
