PESS staff member Dr Caoimhe Tiernan recently had an article published on RTÉ Brainstorm: Can your saliva show if you’re at risk of catching a cold?
Caoimhe discussed:
- How common colds are one of the most frequent illnesses reported in Ireland and amongst sportspeople.
- Does exercise increase the risk of catching a cold?
- Markers which indicated when sportspeople were more susceptible to getting sick.
You can read Caoimhe’s article here.
RTÉ Brainstorm is an unique partnership between RTÉ and Irish third level institutions helping the public to reflect on what’s happening in the world around us and communicate fresh thinking on a broad range of issues.
You can see more contributions from UL academics to RTÉ Brainstorm here.
Dr Caoimhe Tiernan, Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Science in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science. Her research interests are recovery, monitoring markers of recovery (e.g. blood, saliva, subjective and objective markers, sleep variables), exploring associations between training load (subjective or objective), markers of recovery, injury, and illness, with the aim to optimising performance.
Contact: caoimhe.tiernan@ul.ie. Follow on twitter: @caoimhetiernan
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