Visiting scholar from Tasmania

Brayford campus at night

HART is delighted to welcome Dr Meredith Nash from the School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, as a visiting scholar later in the year. Meredith is an interdisciplinary qualitative researcher in the fields of feminist sociology of the body, health Continue reading Visiting scholar from Tasmania

Exercise Referral Research by Hannah Henderson

HART member, Hannah Henderson, was recently invited to present her work at a symposium hosted by Durham University’s Physical Activity Special Interest Group (PASIG), which is co-funded by the Wolfson Research Institute of Health and Wellbeing. The symposium explored “Exercise Continue reading Exercise Referral Research by Hannah Henderson

Research on Health Trainers

HART is undertaking a research project on Health Trainers (HTs), funded by the University’s Research Infrastructure Fund. The research commenced in 2014, with an interdisciplinary team comprising: Mr Geoff Middleton (project coordinator), Ms. Rachel Williams (PhD student), Prof Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson (PI), Dr Lee Continue reading Research on Health Trainers

‘Race’, gender, marijuana & sport

Dr Nik Dickerson, HART researcher and Lecturer in Sport Sociology in the School of Sport & Exercise Science, presented his research on mediated representations of ‘race’, gender, marijuana use, and sport, at the recent European Association for American Studies (EAAS) Continue reading ‘Race’, gender, marijuana & sport

BSA conference presentation on MND

Director of HART, Prof Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, and HART Associate, Dr Amanda Pavey, Senior Regional Advisor for the Motor Neuron Disease Association of Queensland, presented research on the lived experience of Motor Neurone Disease (MND), also known as ALS, at this Continue reading BSA conference presentation on MND