What was your role during the internship? (Key responsibilities and tasks…) Under the supervision of Prof Brian Carson, my role involved investigating the relevant genes and proteins involved in the NAD+ synthesis pathways, which was […]
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Interest in Working in Academia is Confirmed! – PESS intern jing hue ng.
My name is Jing and I am a recent postgraduate. I was looking for a job in academia but was unsure. I feel honoured and lucky to have met Professor Campbell and he is the […]
My Experience as a PESS Intern – Blood Glucose Monitoring for Athletes – Aisling McElligott.
My internship revolved around evaluating the uses of continuous glucose monitors (CGM’s) for athletes. Currently, CGM’s are widely used in the diabetic population for monitoring glucose levels. They are small devices that are […]
My PESS Internship – Session Sequencing in Gaelic Football – Conor McNally.
During my research internship with PESS, I examined how Gaelic Football coaches were structuring their training sessions and analysed how these sessions fitted in with various themes such as a Games Based Approach (GBA), Simple […]
My PESS Internship – School Uniform as a Barrier to Physical Activity – Leah Moffitt.
During my research internship, I examined students’ views on the extent to which uniforms are a barrier to physical activity (PA) and physical education (PE) participation in secondary schools, under the supervision of Dr Brendan […]
My Internship Experience: Investigating Ischemic Pre-Conditioning as a Recovery Tool for Athletes – seamus coleman.
Following the completion of my sports science degree in PESS, I secured an internship working with Dr Lorcan Daly and Dr Alexander Gamble. My key role during this internship was to assist in answering […]
The INTERACT+ Project and my impact as a PESS Research Intern – Nathan Bolger.
The PESS Internship is an opportunity for UL students to spend up to eight weeks in the Physical Education and Sports Science Department gaining experience in one of a number of research areas. The internship […]
Data-Driven Insights: My Summer as a PESS Research Intern – Patrick Caulfield.
Introduction Embarking on my journey as a PESS research intern was both daunting and invigorating. It was an opportunity to step away from the classroom theoretics and into the real world of scientific inquiry. Over […]
My PESS Internship Journey: A Sense of Purpose – Darragh Collins.
As part of my role as a PESS intern, I was tasked with assisting “Project REACH”, with a focus on data analysis from a survey designed and disseminated last year. As a student coming out […]
PESS Internship: An Invaluable Experience – niamh o’loughlin.
The PESS Internship programme has been promoted as an opportunity for undergraduate students to spend 8-weeks gaining experience in one of the four PESS research areas, (1) Food for Health, (2) Physical Activity and Health, […]
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