HART welcomes new members

We are delighted to welcome two new members of staff to HART this academic year.  Dr Nikolas Dickerson has joined the School of Sport & Exercise as Lecturer in the Sociology  of Sport, and has a range of research interests, Continue reading HART welcomes new members

HART research on asthma

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P1060038HART researchers, Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Helen Owton (Open University), together with Prof Niro Siriwardena of the Community and Health Research Unit at Lincoln University, have recently published an article in Chest journal (the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians). The article, entitled: ‘Using a narrative approach in clinical practice to facilitate change in asthma patients’, investigates a framework for clinicians to listen to patients’ narratives, developed from a qualitative research project on the lived experience of asthma. The article explores how this approach can enhance communication, improve patient-clinician relationship, and foster better patient self-care. A link to the article can be found here
http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=2210009

HART research student takes up key post at Golf Foundation

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Stacey Mitchell, one of our HART postgraduate research students, recently completed her Master’s by Research under the supervision of Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Adam Evans.  Stacey’s research investigated gender inequalities in golf, and examined in-depth the perceptions and embodied Continue reading HART research student takes up key post at Golf Foundation

New video abstract on women’s distance running & boxing

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  HART team members, Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Helen Owton (The Open University) were recently invited to produce a video abstract for their Body & Society article on ‘intense embodiment’ and the lived experience of heat in women’s distance running and Continue reading New video abstract on women’s distance running & boxing

European recognition for HART team member

HART team member, Dr. Adam Evans, was recently awarded an honourable mention for his paper submitted to this year’s European Association for the Sociology of Sport Young Researcher award. The paper, which focuses upon the embodied experiences of aquatic physical Continue reading European recognition for HART team member