The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) is working with Pfizer to support people with advanced breast cancer to help manage their condition and cancer progression effectively. Our researchers are looking for UK based healthcare professionals and people with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) to participate in the research by completing a survey.
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.
Evaluation findings demonstrating the value of the NHS’s Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) clinics were presented this week at the European Congress on Obesity, reinforcing the importance of including these clinics in the NHS 10-Year Plan.
Dr Gareth Jones, co-lead of the Mental Health and Wellbeing special interest group for ISBNPA (International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity), recently hosted a webinar focused on how lifestyle factors such as exercise and diet can play a crucial role in mental well-being across different age groups.
Phil Daoust of The Guardian visited PAWPH researchers Alex Bugg and Anouska Carter at the AWRC to learn more about lung capacity, efficiency and power, and to experience first-hand how we test lung health in the lab, including spirometry and VO2 max testing.
We were delighted to welcome Gill Furniss, MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough to the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) last week, to find out more about our flagship Active Together programme.
Based on our research in physical activity and cancer, we identify prevention as the most effective long-term approach to improving health outcomes. We argue that equitable, community-led preventative measures are essential to reducing deaths from cancer, which remains one of the UK’s leading causes of mortality.
Prof. Tim Chico and the team from the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub - which is based at the AWRC - have contributed to the UK Parliament’s latest POSTnote on consumer wearable devices and disease prevention.
In February 2025, the Training and Education pillar at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre hosted students from nine schools across Sheffield as part of the Better Learners, Better Workers Programme, supported by Sheffield Hallam University. Work experience student Michelle Hicken - who helped to organise the event as part of her AWRC placement - writes about the day for this month's AWRC Voices.
As research hub of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM), the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) as part of Sheffield Hallam University was proud to sponsor the Educational Champion of the Year at this year's inaugural Move More awards.
The AWRC-led Physical Activity Clinical Champion (PACC) programme has been promoted in NHS England's new position statement on physical activity - Harnessing the Benefits of Physical Activity Across the NHS in England.
