AWRC

23 September 2026

AWRC Voices: Why are we still blaming parents? What online comments reveal about childhood obesity stigma

When stories about childhood obesity appear in the news, the public response can often be just as revealing as the story itself. In this edition of AWRC Voices, Claire Woodward - Project Manager for ENHANCE discusses research undertaken to map how childhood obesity stigma plays out online.

AWRC Voices Healthy and Active 100 Living Well with a Health Condition

10 July 2025

Why we must take a bold, compassionate, evidence-based approach to obesity

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.

Healthy and Active 100

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.

Health Innovation Healthy and Active 100 Living Well with a Health Condition

3 July 2025

AWRC responds to the NHS 10-year plan

The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre welcomes the publication of the Government's NHS 10-year plan and its commitment to transforming healthcare for future generations.

2 July 2025

Cancer prehabilitation clinical and implementation guidelines pre-launch hosted at AWRC

The pre-launch of the clinical and implementation guidelines for prehabilitation in people with cancer was hosted at the AWRC yesterday.

Healthy and Active 100 Living Well with a Health Condition

26 June 2025

AWRC responds to SYMCA Health is Wealth report

The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre fully supports the publication of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s (SYMCA) Health Equity Panel report Health is Wealth, which outlines Mayor Oliver Coppard’s plan to make South Yorkshire the healthiest region in the country.

20 June 2025

Improving wellbeing outcomes for children and young people through research

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.

Healthy and Active 100 Training and Education Transforming Places

Elysa Ioannau delivering the lunch and learn session

20 June 2025

Meaningfully and effectively engaging patients and the public in research

This week's AWRC Lunch and Learn session sparked some great discussion on how to meaningfully and effectively engage patients and the public in research.

Healthy and Active 100 Lunch and Learn

19 June 2025

Delivering Olympic legacy across Sheffield: Move More annual highlight report 2024

We are delighted to see the publication of the 2024 Move More Annual Highlight Report from the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) in Sheffield. The report highlights the significant achievements of the NCSEM over the past year, as it continues to deliver an Olympic legacy across Sheffield through Move More.

Health Innovation Healthy and Active 100 Transforming Places

11 June 2025

The challenges of integrating humanoid robots in stroke rehabilitation

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.

AWRC Seminar Series Health Innovation Lunch and Learn Neurological Rehabilitation Technological and Digital Innovations

11 June 2025

AWRC to host inaugural children and young people physical activity and sport knowledge exchange event

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.

Healthy and Active 100 Training and Education Transforming Places