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ISPAR Seminar Series 2022

The ISPAR seminar series ran successful for another year in 2021-22, coordinated by Dr Jeff Aldous, to enhance the PGR experience. We offered a mixture of on-campus and online seminars from external speakers across the country as well as internal staff. The 2021-2022 series included the following talks:

Learning to suffer: The impact of endurance training on pain tolerance, neuromuscular fatigue and aerobic fitness
Dr Martyn Morris, University of Bedfordshire

Network Physiology of Exercise: How organ systems interact. New Horizons in fitness and performance assessment
Dr Sergi Garcia Retortillo, Boston University

Having a research career with Impact
Dr Julie Bayley, University of Lincoln

Thinking shallow and thinking deep about concussion – what can we learn by getting punched in the face?
Dr Christopher Matthews, Nottingham Trent University

New insights and new interventions to limit sedentary behaviour and enhance health
Dr Daniel Bailey, Brunel University

Places, access and the future of informal outdoor sport and leisure
Professor Andrew Church, Dr Paul Gilchrist and Dr Katherine King, University of Bedfordshire

Active Games 4 Change
Jordan Wintle, University of Gloucestershire

Should we scale up? Using mixed methods to understand if, how, and why interventions work
Dr Marsha Brierley, Buckinghamshire County Council

Living with chronic pain: The influence of social support and pain management interventions on the psychosocial wellbeing of people with chronic pain.
Dr Katherine Findlay, Reading University

ISPAR Seminar Series 2021

ISPAR regularly invites experts in the field to speak as part of on an ongoing lecture series. Details of upcoming, and past, events are available below.

In addition to this, we also host the ISPAR Conference, which showcases the latest research from staff and students at the University.

Dr Fiona Gillison & Dr Elizabeth Grey

Developing evidence-based guidance for parents on talking to children about weight; reflections from a multiple study, co-creation approach.

  • Wednesday 23 June 2021
  • 3pm, live stream
  • University of Bath

Past events

ISPAR Seminar Series 2015 - 2020

  • Undergraduate Student Identities in Dance and Gymnastics Education - Dr Gavin Ward, University of Wolverhampton (May 15, 2019)
  • Testing physically active lessons to improve activity and educational outcomes in primary-school children - Dr Emma Norris University College London (April 3, 2019)
  • Are interventions implemented as intended? Assessing fidelity of interventions to increase physical activity - Dr Fabiana Lorencatto University College London (March 6, 2019)
  • Digital technology in (physical) education: what has been? Where are we now? What does the future hold? - Dr Julia Sargent The Open University February 20, 2019)
  • Beds Talks: Pathways to health and well-being through physical activity (January 23, 2019)
  • Postural control and stability in older adults: findings from the Active Ageing Research Group studies - Dr Theodoros Bampouras Lancaster University. (January 16, 2019)
  • Benefits of exercise for cancer - Professor Robert Thomas Consultant Oncologist Bedford & Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Trusts, Professor of Exercise & Biological Science Coventry University. (December 5, 2018)
  • Exercise in the fasted vs. fed state for metabolic health and body composition - Dr Javier Gonzalez University of Bath. (November 7, 2018)
  • The science behind breakfast - Dr James Betts, University of Bath. (May 2, 2018)
  • Tackling childhood obesity – what’s holding us back? - Dr Fiona Gillison, University of Bath. (April 4, 2018)
  • Maximising the output from pilot and feasibility studies: an example of an online intervention to reduce alcohol consumption. Dr Gillian Shorter, Teeside University (March 7, 2018)
  • The extra-time period of football: implications for physiology and performance. Dr Liam Harper, University of Huddersfield (February 7, 2018)
  • University sport and policy reform in China - Dr Shushu Chen, University of Birmingham. (January 10, 2018)
  • Appetite and energy balance responses to exercise, nutrition, and environmental interventions - Dr Kevin Deighton, Leeds Beckett University. (December 13, 2017)
  • Changing the Game by Changing the Players - A one day conference that considers the role of sport in achieving social outcome. The conference will explore best practice from projects delivered across Europe and is suitable for all those who are currently working in the industry or those studying sport, health and physical activity. (December 12, 2017)
  • From advanced injury treatments to gene doping: how advances in gene medicine will transform sports science - Dr Darren Nesbeth, University College London. (November 1, 2017)
  • Exercise - Appetite, Energy Intake and Energy Expenditure - Dr David Broom, Sheffield Hallam University (May 3, 2017)
  • ISPAR Psychology , Social Sciences, PE and Pedagogy Groups: past, present and future research - ISPAR Staff, University of Bedfordshire (April 5, 2017)
  • Body culture and stereotypes in photographs in Physical Education textbooks in Spain - Dr Alba Gonzalez Palomares, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (March 29, 2017)
  • Sedentary behaviour: An update of the experimental, epidemiological and intervention evidence - Dr Charlotte Edwardson, University of Leicester (March 1, 2017)
  • Beating the heat- strategies for maximising performance in hot environments - Dr. Chris Tyler, University of Roehampton (Feb 1, 2017)
  • Globalisation and student diversity: teaching and researching with Chinese students in Health and Physical Education - Dr Bonnie Pang, University of Western Sydney (Nov 2, 2016)
  • Postprandial lipaemia in young people - Dr Keith Tolfrey, Loughborough University
  • Linear mixed models for the analysis of repeated measures data - Professor Adrian Midgley, Edge Hill University
  • Exercise and immune function: factors influencing infection risk in athletes - Professor Mike Gleeson, Loughborough University
  • Examination of local vascular function: Implication for performance and physical function - Professor Michael Welsch, University of Bedfordshire
  • Breathing during exercise; how hard can it be? - Dr Peter Brown, English Institute of Sport
  • Exercise, Nutrition and Bone Metabolism - Professor Craig Sale, Nottingham Trent University
  • The applications of Synthetic Biology in health and disease - Dr Richard Kelwick, Imperial College London
  • Physical performance in elite youth football players - Mark Noon, Coventry University
  • Dehydration and exercise performance: What’s New? - Dr Lewis James, Loughborough University
  • The realities of high performance sport; implications for education, research and life - Dr Steve Ingham, English Institute of Sport
  • Exercise and appetite - Professor David Stensel, Loughborough University
  • Confronting age-old problems in old-age muscle through applied physiology and stem cell biology - Professor Steve Harridge, King's College London
  • Hedgehog in the allergic lung: a new role for morphogens in asthma? - Dr Anna Furmanski, University of Bedfordshire
  • Impact of dehydration on cerebral blood flow and metabolism during exhaustive exercise - Dr Steven Trangmar, Roehampton University
  • Parents views on healthy diet and weight for children & Active Luton GP referral schemes: how to increase engagement - Dr Erica Cook and Dr Faye Powell, University of Bedfordshire
  • Sympathetic activation and heat as governors of the inflammatory response: What is the practical use? - Dr Christof Leicht, Loughborough University

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