18Jan
Dr Barbara Jefferis leads the UCL Physical Activity Research Group (PARG) which works very closely with the ISEH bringing together researchers from different disciplines across UCL with shared interest in physical activity work.
06Jan
On Friday 27 November 2015 Active Movement held a conference entitled “Innovation in combatting children’s inactivity and obesity” at the ISEH in London. Dr Farrah Jawad registrar in Sport and Exercise Medicine, gives an overview of the event.
30Nov
Last year's Sport Medicine, Exercise and Health MSc students had great success at the joint BASEM/ FSEM annual conference in Cardiff this month taking three of the five podium slots and with several others as posters.
On the 18 November Move Eat Treat held their annual summit in partnership with the ISEH called ‘‘Improving Education for Healthcare Professionals’.
Canoe Slalom first featured at the summer Olympics in 1972. Athletes compete to navigate a canoe or kayak through a 300m course of hanging gates in whitewater rapids, striving to achieve the quickest time possible. ISEH consultant Dr Rick Seah gives his insight into common musculoskeletal injuries among elite paddlers.
28Nov
A new study by the Centre for Oral Health and Performance, part of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute, has found that the oral health of professional footballers is poor and impacting on wellbeing and performance.
27Nov
Orla McCourt is a Research Physiotherapist working with the UCL Health Behaviour Research Centre on a study investigating the effects of lifestyle factors on cancer survivorship in patients with the haematological cancer Myeloma.
The new 2015/2016 cohort of doctors and physiotherapists has been welcomed by the Institute of Sport Exercises and Health for a second year.
03Nov
Staff from UCL Eastman’s Centre for Oral Health and Performance, were delighted to join members of Team Sky last week, as part of on-going research into the links between oral health and performance.
21Oct
New facilities at the Concord Sports Centre, the first National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) site in Sheffield were officially opened by former Sports Minster Richard Caborn.
Following England Hockey's heroic win at the recent Euro Hockey Championships we caught up with ISEH Sport Psychologist Andrea Furst who has been working with the England and Great Britain Women's Hockey team as their Senior Sport Psychologist since January.
20Oct
Diet, training and lifestyle can create challenges for athletes’ oral health and our studies have found common self-reported impacts on their training and performance.