What an experience! From June 3rd -10th Mary O’Sullivan, Ann McPhail, and I with Paul Conway (School of Education) and Rose Dolan (Maynooth) had the honour of learning from and with new colleagues in Israel. […]
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The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences is based part of the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences at the University of Limerick, Ireland. The department has a strong research focus with ever increasing metrics related to research. The department offers undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses in Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences, Sports Performance, Sports Exercise & Performance Psychology. In addition, we have a strong reputation for postgraduate research at both PhD and MSc level.
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YLS Symposium: Frontiers in Musculoskeletal Health, Ageing and Disease – Joseph Bass
Date: Saturday 25th November 2017 Location: University of Nottingham, School of Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby UK This year’s Young Life Scientists’ symposium will bring together members of the Biochemical, British Pharmacological and Physiological societies. […]
Professional Master of Education (Physical Education) – Melissa Parker
As September approaches we welcome the 3rd cohort of PME students while saying goodbye to the 2nd. At the same time we honour the 1st cohort of students who graduated in August 2016. The first […]
Shifting Focus Down the Severity Spectrum – Can we Intervene Earlier with Exercise? Matthew Herring
The available evidence, including much of my own previous work, supports that acute and chronic exercise results in small-to-moderate reductions in anxiety among otherwise healthy adults, adults with a diverse range of chronic illnesses, and […]
What’s causing the obesity epidemic in young people? Gráinne Hayes
Let me set the scene, it is 8.30am on Monday the 31st of August. I am sitting at my desk discussing all of the weekend’s adventures with my buddy Rachel Sheehan, I swing on my […]
Wellbeing a new focus in Irish Second Level Schools – Mary O’Sullivan
As part of the new Junior Cycle, students will be experiencing a new learning area called Wellbeing. This builds on the work schools are doing in supporting students’ wellbeing and is now a fundamental principle […]
From CO-OP Kid to Trainee Researcher – Jennifer Higgins
In January 2013 I was appointed as one of two research interns working with the Food Health Ireland (FHI) research team in PESS. Five years later I now have a desk, a grand total of […]
Publication: The Effects of Exercise Training on Anxiety in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Meta-analysis.
Research Impact: Physical inactivity and co-morbid anxiety symptoms are prevalent among people with Fibromyalgia. Exercise training is a potentially effective alternative therapy to reduce these symptoms. Our current paper synthesizes the most methodologically rigorous trials that […]
Post Doctoral Researcher in Physical Activity and Health
Applications are invited for the following position: Post Doctoral Researcher in Physical Activity and Health (The Dean’s Post Doctoral Fellowship Programme) Specific Purpose Contract Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences Faculty of Education & Health […]
Assessing Reactive Strength Measures in Jumping and Hopping Using the Optojump™ System – Robin Healy
Research Impact: The aim of this study was to assess the concurrent validity of the OptojumpTM system (Microgate, Bolzano, Italy) versus a force platform in the estimation of temporal and reactive strength measures. In two […]
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