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Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Ross Julian: Researching Performance in Women’s FootballDr Ross Julian: Researching Performance in Women’s Football (video version)Themes talked about: Reasons for initial interest in doing research on the effects (or perceived effects) ofmenstrual cycle on football performance. Three chapters in the Women’s Football book (Women’s Football: From Science to High Performance), with the lead one on menstrual cycle monitoring, application and implementation: How can stakeholders be convinced to invest in menstrual cycle monitoring, using key performance effects.Future utopia for physiological and physical profiling of women footballers, given optimal resources.More recent publication, ‘Sex differences in cognitive performance persist into your80s’...
2025-12-1927 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Ross Julian: Researching Performance in Women’s FootballDr Ross Julian: Researching Performance in Women’s FootballWe talked about:Reasons for initial interest in doing research on the effects (or perceived effects) of menstrual cycle on football performance. Three chapters in the Women’s Football book (Women’s Football: From Science to HighPerformance), with the lead one on menstrual cycle monitoring, application andimplementation: How can stakeholders be convinced to invest in menstrual cyclemonitoring, using key performance effects.Future utopia for physiological and physical profiling of women footballers, givenoptimal resources.More recent publication, ‘Sex differences in cognitive performance persist into your80s’. Overview of findings a...
2025-12-1927 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastProf Charlie Pedlar: Building a Career in Sports Science and Supporting Women through Research and PracticeCharlie is a Professor of Applied Sports and Exercise Science at St Mary's in the Faculty of Sport, Technology and Health Sciences. Charlie also has several consultancy roles outside of St Mary’s and is currently Chief Science Officer at Orreco, a sports bioanalytics compancy and creator of the FitrWoman app. He previously held positions at the British Olympic Association and the English Institute of Sport, and has worked with some of the best athletes in the world, often female. Charlie is an experienced research leader and has held the position of Academic Director of Research at St Mary’s Unive...
2025-12-0928 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Aoife Lane: Research in Ireland on Women in SportAoife is Head of Department of Sport and Health Sciences in Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Athlone, lead of the SHE Research Centre and co-founder of míde (an all island consortium for research on women in sport, exercise and physical activity). Aoife supervises PhD projects on sex and gender influences on sport and physical activity, many in the context of Gaelic games. Aoife is also a member of Sport Ireland’s Women in Sport Committee.Topics covered:Míde research: More about this consortium, e.g., how started, aims, mission, development, what next; advice for...
2025-11-0129 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastProfessor Elizabeth Pike: Exploring Global Gender and SportProfessor Elizabeth Pike has worked at the Universityof Hertfordshire since August 2017, where she is Professor and Head of the Institute of Sport, having previously worked at St Mary's University and the University of Chichester. Elizabeth’s work takes as its focus issues of equality, diversity and inclusion in and through sport. She has published widely on these topics and has been an invited speaker, researcherand advisor at many Universities and conferences across the globe, including numerous media appearances. Her expertise has been recognised in her election to the Presidency of the International Sociology ofSport Association (ISSA...
2025-09-1330 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Malika Felton: Pregnancy, breathing & cold water swimmingDr Malika Felton is a Senior Lecturer in Health and ExercisePhysiology within the Centre for Midwifery and Women’s Health at Bournemouth University. She completed herpost-doc at University of Exeter as part of the Moving Through Motherhood research group, running co-design workshops on supporting physical activity during and after pregnancy. This research won her the Early Career Researcher Award at the WiSEAN conference in 2023, and in 2024 she won the Best Oral Presentation for the SwimHer Research Network work on recommendations for cold water swimming and pregnancy. Malika also supports the
2025-08-2123 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastMelissa Lodge: REDs, fuelling and scientific communicationMelissa Lodge, MSMelissa Lodge is an Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD candidate and graduate assistant at the University of Rhode Island. Her research focusses on female athlete physiology, particularly under conditions of low energy availability (LEA), such as Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and its associated impact on health and performance across thelifespan. She has presented her work at several regional, national and international conferences featuring work in female athletes on LEA outcomes. Melissa is interested in exploring intervention-based models, such as education, to improve outcomes for female athletes and girls in sports in the future. S...
2025-08-1131 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastProf Stacey Pope: Women Football Fans and Safer SpacesStacey Pope is a professor based in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University, UK. Professor Pope leads research in the area of women, football andinequalities. She is a leading guru in the area of women football fans. She has developed a new programme of work examining men’s responses to the growing visibility of women in sport and issues of sexism and misogyny. She also leads research on media coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and fans of the England women’s team. Her research has led to her contributing as an invitedexpert for va...
2025-07-2138 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Emma Cowley: Invisible SportswomenDr Emma Cowley is a postdoctoral researcher at the SHE Research Centre in TUS Athlone. She is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie alumna and earned her PhD from Liverpool John Moore’s University; her research focused on increasing adolescent girls' participation in physical activity. Emma leads the Invisible Sportswomen international research group which aims to address the gender data gap in sport and exercise science. Previously, she held a postdoc position at the Cardiometabolic laboratory at UNC Chapel Hill before moving to the UK where she was the lead for the DTA3/COFUND PhD Fellowship Programme.In...
2025-06-2125 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Stacey Emmonds. From Pitch to Policy: Navigating Research in Football and BeyondDr Stacey Emmonds is an Associate Professor in SportsPerformance in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. Dr Emmonds has extensive experience of working with professional sports teams, governing bodies and policy makers on consultancy and research projects. Shehas published over 50 research articles, book chapters andconference presentations in relation to sports performance and particularly women’s football. Alongside her research role, she works as a physical performance coach with the England women youth football teams as well as being an invited member of the UEFA Fitness for Football advisory board. We talk about...
2025-05-1730 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastHarry Meadley, Merging Art & Sport: Inclusive Skateboarding CulturesHarry Meadley is an artist, researcher and skateboarder based in Leeds, UK, who initiates projects that, through inclusion, participation and co-production, seek to reclaim and reappropriate civic space. From municipal art galleries, universities and city centres to remote locations, Meadley’s socially engaged artistic practice aims to question not just the structures of power within society but of artistic production itself. Recent projects include the Civic kateboarding festival for marginalised gender skateboarders as part of Leeds 2023 Year of Culture and Free-for-All at Touchstones, Rochdale, which saw the entire gallery given over to the people of Rochdale to use however th...
2025-04-3032 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastProfessor Margie Davenport: Preconception, pregnancy & postpartum/sport and physical activityDr Margie Davenport leads the Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, and has published more than 175 manuscripts related to physical activity and sport during preconception, pregnancy and the postpartum period. Over the last decade she has worked with a number of National/International organisations including FIFA, the World Health Organization, International Olympic Committee, Sport Canada, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and the American College of Sports Medicine, to support physical activity during and following pregnancy.Dr Davenport was the Chair of the 2019 Canadian Guidelinefor Physical Activity throughout Pregnancy, and the 2025 Canadian Guideline for PhysicalActivity, Sedentary Behaviour a...
2025-04-0831 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Alex Culvin. Professional Women's FootballDr Alex Culvin is the Director of Global Policy and StrategicRelations, Women’s Football at FIFPro, theglobal player union. Alex is also an academic at Leeds Beckett University at the Centre for Social Justice in Sport andSociety. She is a former professionalfootballer, who played in both Englandand Europe.Items discussedFormer footballer experience and own transition experience out of football. Barriers/opportunities as a former player.Research on work practices/professionalisation. Best practices in this area, globally.PhD work and interviews with; the current situation.Impact/how have policies been informed by research.FI...
2025-03-1034 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Ali Bowes: Professionalisation of women's sportDr Ali Bowes is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University. Ali primarily researches the sociocultural dimensions in elite women’s sport and is the co-editor of two books: The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport and Women’s Football in a Global, Professional Era. Ali has published 40 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, focusing mainly on qualitative methodologies from feminist perspectives, spanning topics including gender inequality in elite sport, equal pay debates, maternity rights, national identity, women’s sport fandom and media coverage. Ali has also discussed these issues extensively in popular spaces, featuring in a range...
2024-12-1230 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastProfessor Kerry McGawley, menstrual health literacyKerry McGawley is a professor in sports science at the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, part of Mid
Sweden University. She is
also the senior manager of the female athlete programme at Orreco (Fitrwoman). Kerry is passionate about
supporting and developing women in sport and much of her research is conducted
in collaboration with national and international sports organisations. In line
with her research focus, Kerry leads a M.Sc. programme in Sports Performance
and Athlete Health and she tutors on several high-performance sports coaching
programmes. Kerry has published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has written several book...
2024-10-3132 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Christy Greenleaf, psychosocial aspects of weight and body image in fitness/exercise settingsChristy Greenleaf, Ph.D. is a Professor of Kinesiology at Zilber College of Public Health, University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Dr Greenleaf’s research focuses on psychosocial aspects of weight, physical activity and body image. In particular, she is curious about the lived experiences of individuals with larger bodies in health and fitness contexts and how weight bias, or negative attitudes and stereotypes towards individuals who appear to be overweight, manifests itself within physical activity settings. Dr Greenleaf's research seeks to inform practices for creating and supporting size-inclusive physical activity environments. To date, she has focused on media re...
2024-09-0134 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Marlize de Vivo, exercise in pregnancyDr Marlize De Vivo is a qualified Biokineticist, Sports Rehabilitator and Sport & Exercise Scientist with extensive experience spanning health and sports settings. During her PhD, she focused on understanding and predicting the physical activity behaviour of pregnant women, leading to the development of This Mum Moves, a national educational initiative to upskill workforces, supported by National Lottery and Sport England funding.
Since then, she has co-directed the Perinatal Physical Activity Research Group (PPARG) at Canterbury Christ Church University, generating insights into women’s engagement in sport and physical activity during their childbearing years. She has also been in...
2024-08-0933 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastJenny Burbage, breast health and bra requirements for active occupationsIn this podcast, I chat with Dr Jenny Burbage, who is a senior lecturer in biomechanics and
part of the Research
Group in Breast Health within the School of Sport, Health and Exercise
Science at the University of Portsmouth.
Her research
focuses on biomechanics, health and education related to the female breast, and
she is one of the few world experts in this area. She is passionate about
ensuring functional breast support and comfort for workers, especially when
additional equipment needs to be worn (e.g., body armour), and increasing
breast health education for all.
2024-05-2228 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastEmma O'Loughlin, ACL rehabilitation with menstrual cycle-phased trainingEmma completed her BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy from Trinity College Dublin. She completed rotations in Geriatrics, General Medicine, Neurology and Sports Medicine at Changi General Hospital in Singapore before travelling to the US, where she was the physiotherapist for the 3,000-mile bicycle race ‘Race Across America’ in 2015 and 2016. She then moved to Switzerland where she worked in musculoskeletal private practice with skiers in Verbier.
Emma moved to New Zealand in 2017, and currently works as a Health Partner with ACC and as a Musculoskeletal
Medicine Lecturer at The University of Otago, Wellington. She is also completing a PhD on the impact...
2023-05-0420 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Hanya Pielichaty, Critical Pedagogies in SportAbout Dr Hanya Pielichaty and Critical Pedagogies in Sport
When I retired from playing football in 2015, I had clocked up three decades of unwavering dedication to the sport. My experience of, and within, football shaped my childhood and adulthood in many personal and professional ways. My memories of football include wearing oversized shirts designed for the male form, playing on undulating pitches, paying my subs and of overwhelming joy. The joy football brings cannot be under-estimated; it stirs the grey matter in the brain, facilitates the smell of Sunday afternoon shin pads and most importantly brings you...
2023-03-2329 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastProfessor Győző Molnár, politics, gender & sportProfessor Győző Molnár joined the University of Worcester in September 2008. Győző is a critical sociologist with a research focus on identity politics, political populism, gender and empowering marginalised populations. His current research has focused on the migratory and gendered aspects of Fiji rugby, challenging dominant perspectives in Adapted Physical Activity research and unfolding connections between sport and populist politics in Hungary. He is co-editor of The Politics of The Olympics (2010, Routledge), Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise Research (2016, Routledge), Women, Sport and Exercise in the Asia-Pacific Region: Domination-Resistance-Accommodation (2018, Routledge), The Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and P...
2023-01-0328 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastGráinne Donnelly, physical activity postpartum and diastasis rectus abdominisGráinne Donnelly is an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner and clinical researcher from N. Ireland in the UK. She is incoming co-editor for the journal of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy and will sit on the Board of Trustees for the Pelvic Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy Association. She is on the specialist advisory board for the Active Pregnancy Foundation and is an associate member of the Perinatal Physical Activity Research Group at Canterbury Christ Church University. After 13 years in the NHS, she left the position as Team Lead for the pelvic health service to pursue private practice and research. She h...
2022-11-2827 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastEmma Brockwell: Pelvic health, returning to running postnatally, and research impactEmma Brockwell is a Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist. She treats women of all ages with all women’s health-related conditions. She is passionate about pre and postnatal rehabilitation and exercise. She specialises in supporting women back to exercise, particularly running and netball if they have any pelvic health dysfunction or are postnatal. She has co-authored the first ‘Returning to Running Postnatal Guidelines’ and has spoken about this subject at many medical and exercise conferences. Over the past two years she has co-authored further publications on this subject. Emma has written for many magazines including Women’s Running and Women’s Health m...
2022-10-2522 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Natalie Brown: Menstrual cycle and concussionDr Natalie Brown is a research associate based at Swansea University and Sport Wales, working with the Welsh Institute of Performance Science. Her specialist area is the menstrual cycle and sport, supporting all levels of performance, whether that is the Olympic Games or helping women and girls have an active lifestyle. Both her research and applied work focusses on understanding the menstrual cycle, increasing awareness and understanding, and promoting a proactive approach to menstrual-related symptoms and management.
In this podcast, I chat with Dr Natalie Brown, who is a research associate based at Swansea University working with...
2022-10-0417 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Lori Gano-Overway, the WSPAJ and caring environments in coachingDr Lori Gano-Overway is the director of and instructor in the coaching education minor program at James Madison University. She has been involved in coaching education for over 20 years teaching coaching courses and workshops, collaborating with coaches on creating environments that foster positive experiences and performance enhancement outcomes for athletes as an Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)-certified mental performance consultant, assisting with programme development and evaluation, and conducting research on ways the social psychological climate and coaching practices foster positive youth development (1, 2, 3). Lori serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, the...
2022-06-0735 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Georgie Bruinvels, menstrual cycle, Orreco and FitrwomanDr Georgie Bruinvels is a Research Scientist and the Female Athlete lead at Orreco. Georgie is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at University College London. Both her applied and research focus is on better understanding female physiology and in particular focusing on how the hormonal fluctuations throughout the menstrual cycle impact physiological, physical and psychological readiness. At Orreco, Georgie works across a wide range of both team and individual sports including both National and WSL teams. Within her applied practice, she has four different aims: Improving education, increasing participation; helping to support performance; and ultimately driving research in t...
2022-03-2223 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastLorna Mackay: Percussive therapy, pregnancy, football & qualitative researchLorna Mackay runs her own business as a personal trainer and Zumba instructor. Her specialist interest lies in the management of chronic pain through the participation in exercise. She is a strong believer in both the physiological and psychological benefits of exercise. Lorna holds an MSc in Applied Sport an Exercise Science; her research considered the effect of Zumba® and ZumbaGold® on non-specific, pre-existing musculoskeletal pain. Lorna is currently a PhD student and is building on her previous research by investigating the effect of integrating percussive therapy into warm ups of strength and conditioning programmes, to improve experiences of ch...
2022-03-0713 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Philippa Velija on gender equity in sportDr Philippa Velija is Head of School for Social Sciences, Psychology and Education and Associate Professor in the Sociology of Sport at Solent University, Southampton. She is author of Women’s Cricket and Global Processes which explores the development and emergence of the global game in relation to broader changes in gender relations. She has also co-edited Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and previously co-edited Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health. Her research, which has been published in the Sociology of Sport Journal and International Review for Sociology of Sport and Leisure Studies, has focused on a so...
2022-01-2823 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Naomi Datson on women's football - career and researchDr Naomi Datsonis a Reader within the Institute of Sport, Nursing and Allied Health at the University of Chichester. Naomi is an experienced practitioner and has provided sport science support to elite female soccer players for over 15 years. Previously, Naomi was employed as Head of Sport Science (women’s) for the English FA. In this role, Naomi worked with the England women’s senior and youth teams at numerous international tournaments as well as Team GB for the London 2012 Olympics. Naomi continues to work in elite sport and currently provides consultancy services to club teams and National associations. Naomi has...
2022-01-0924 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Maurizio Valenti on women's footballDr Maurizio Valenti is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University and member of the Faculty’s Sports Policy Unit. He is the leader of the BSc (Hons) Sport Business and BSc (Hons) Sport Marketing undergraduate programmes that are offered at Manchester Met. His principal research interests reside around the development of women’s football. He has received support from UEFA to conduct a project on the organisation and management of European women’s football clubs and explore the integration between men’s and women’s football teams. He has also published on the app...
2021-10-2630 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Emma Ross on work at the English Institute of Sport and her Well HQ companyDr Emma Ross was, until recently, the Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport (EIS), supporting practitioners working across Olympic and Paralympic sports and leading the EIS Female Athlete Programme. This programme aimed to empower coaches, athletes and sports practitioners to better understand the exercising female, and how to capitalise and cope with her physiology and psychology in the context of sport. Emma recently co-founded The Well HQ, to continue this mission to tackle the taboos, educate and empower people in sport and beyond, about topics such as periods and the menstrual cycle, breast health, pelvic floor...
2021-09-2027 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Marie-Stephanie Abouna and Mme Balkis Lefebvre on the European Women in Sport (E-WinS) Erasmus projectIn this podcast I talk to Marie-Stéphanie Abouna and Balkis Lefebvre. We talked about the 3-year, Erasmus+-funded project, E-WinS, but I also asked Marie-Stephanie about her research and future goals, and from Balkis, I asked about her tips on how to have success in applying for grants for large, multi-partner projects, from funding sources such as Erasmus+.
After working in various intercultural environments, Balkis Lefebvre has been working at CY Cergy Paris University European Affairs as a project officer in charge of managing and submitting European projects of the Erasmus+ Programme, in collaboration with her c...
2021-04-1328 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastKelly McNulty on menstrual cycle/oral contraception effects on performance and 'the period of the period'Kelly McNulty is a PhD student at Northumbria University in the UK, investigating the effects of the menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive use on performance, recovery, and adaptation in sportswomen. She has recently launched a project and podcast (*coming soon*) – the period of the period – which aims to promote awareness and increase evidence-based education on the topics surrounding women's health and performance in sport and exercise.
In this podcast, Kelly, gave some insights and advice for researchers and practitioners based on the results of her systematic review and meta-analysis on menstrual cycle and its effects on performance and...
2021-02-0127 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr John Dickinson on respiratory issues related to COVID-19 and femalesDr John W. Dickinson, PhD is Reader within the School of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Kent, UK. He has over 17 years’ experience of helping athletes optimise their airway health. Over this time, he has seen in excess of 2000 athletes. His work has influenced policy on the management of athlete respiratory health, helping practitioners differentiate between various respiratory problems experienced by athletes. He has worked with elite organisations including the British Olympic Association, the English Institute of Sport, the Football Associationand UK Anti-Doping. He has also featured in multiple media stories explaining respiratory issues faced by at...
2020-05-1718 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastRebecca Myers talks about journalism in women's sport & COVID-19-related issuesRebecca Myers is a journalist for The Times and Sunday Times and the lead reporter for the prestigious Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year awards. She has covered major sporting events such as the Commonwealth Games, the World Athletics Championships, and the FIFA Women's World Cup, and her work focuses on women's sport. She was shortlisted for the Society of Editors’ Young Journalist of the Year award 2018.
In this podcast, I asked Rebecca about the female athletes she has reported on and interviewed during the COVID-19 lockdown – how they have been able to keep up with their trai...
2020-05-1420 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Glen Davison on COVID-19 risk, females, exercise & nutritionDr Glen Davison is Reader and Director of Research in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kent, where he also co-ordinates the Endurance Research Group. Glen’s research interests include: Nutrition and exercise immunology; interval training; and strategies to maintain optimal health and performance in athletes. Glen is a BASES-Accredited sport and exercise scientist (Physiology) and a Chartered Scientist (CSci). He has worked with amateur, elite and professional athletes from a range of sports, including football, rugby, hockey, athletics, triathlon and cycling.
This podcast has been recorded during the COVID-19 outbreak, so I...
2020-04-2631 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Nicky Keay: energy availability questionnaires, amenorrhoea treatment, and RED-SDr Nicola Keay BA, MB (Cantab), MB, BChir, MRCP, studied medicine at Cambridge University, with clinical attachments including sports medicine clinics in Australia and University of Geneva. After gaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, Nicky trained in endocrinology. As a Research Fellow at St Thomas’ Hospital, she was part of the international medical team which developed an anti-doping test for growth hormone. With sport medicine grants, Nicky researched and published on the training effects on the endocrine system. More recent publications include those on competitive male cyclists and relative energy deficiency in sports (RED-S). Currently, Nicky is an...
2020-04-0628 min
A Darker Wave#259 A Darker Wave 01-02-2020 with guest mix 2nd hr by CopaseticA Darker Wave, the best in underground techno, tech house, deep house and anything else we like enough to play in the show, presented by Jacki-E and P-Mac.
The guest mix in the second hour is from Corey Morgan-Forsyth aka Copasetic who is from Liverpool. He gained an interest in music from the sound system owned and run by his father. Having learned to DJ in 2018 his own sound is tech house & techno, focusing around trippy sounding, bass orientated grooves.
He recently became a resident DJ for the Mono Event Series in Liverpool and is currently collaborating with Atlas Boda...
2020-02-022h 00
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastÁine Brislane on vascular function in postmenopause and pregnancyÁine Brislane is a lecturer in exercise physiology at York St. John University (YSJU) within the School of Sport, where she is responsible for delivering teaching in exercise physiology and supervising dissertation projects at undergraduate level. Áine is particularly interested in how physical activity, sedentary behaviour and exercise affect various aspects of vascular health during the lifespan. She is a member of the newly established Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health (PAtCH) research group at YSJU, where she, along with colleagues, is currently setting up a research laboratory. Here, she intends to continue her research in the area of women’s ca...
2020-01-0827 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastJane Dowling from Meno & Me, on exercise in the menopauseJane Dowling is a clinical exercise specialist and has over 20 years’ experience in the health and fitness arena. She is a public speaker and blogger, as well as running a successful fitness 1-2-1 personal training studio in London Bridge. Inspired by her own menopause experiences, she founded MENO&ME, which offers evidence-based exercise, diet and lifestyle advice to women on how to find their fabulous again through menopause and beyond! Jane has extensive experience in dealing with a variety of clients, including older adults suffering from heart disease and osteoporosis. This ignited a passion to help educate younger wo...
2019-12-1921 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastEmily Pappas talks about Relentless Athletics and issues around strength & conditioning for femalesEmily Pappas has a strong background in the physiological sciences, holding a bachelor’s degree in biology with a concentration in biochemistry, and a master’s in exercise physiology. She is an adjunct instructor at Temple University and the founder of Relentless Athletics. Relentless is a company driven by science that focuses on the development of female athletes through strength training, sports nutrition, and sports injury rehabilitation. For more information on Emily, you can listen to her podcasts: Travis on Barbell Life; Deshawn on SportsMastery . Stronger Experts Roundtable, Kati Galli’s Keep Moving Forward, The Speed, and Complete Football Health...
2019-12-1924 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastPodcast with Julie Harrington, Chief Executive of British CyclingJulie Harrington was announced as British Cycling’s new chief executive in March 2017.
Before her current role, Julie amassed almost 15 years’ experience in senior leadership roles in a sports environment. In her former role as group operations’ director at the Football Association, Julie was responsible for running both Wembley Stadiumand St George's Park, in addition to women's and development team games away from Wembley. Julie joined the FA in 2011 as managing director of St George's Park, tasked with the final stage of construction and launch of a £100-million elite training centre, home to the 24 England teams. She was als...
2019-11-2030 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastPodcast with Professor Nanette Mutrie MBEProfessor Nanette Mutrie is the Chair of Physical Activity for Health at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and directs the Physical Activity for Health Research Centrethere. She has extensive experience of conducting interventions aimed at increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary time. She has contributed to policy, for example, ‘Let’s make Scotland more active’ and has published on psychological and public health aspects of physical activity for health with over 200 publications. Nanette received an MBE from the Queen in 2015 for services in Physical Activity for Health in Scotland. Her own activity involves dog walking, walking the golf course and co...
2019-10-0123 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastProfessor Wolfgang Kemmler on osteoporosis and whole-body electromyostimulation Dr Wolfgang Kemmler is a professor and research director at the Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nürnberg. He is a leading expert on the effects of exercise on osteoporosis and sarcopenia, carrying out extensive research within these areas. Exercise interventions, as part of the research carried out by Professor Kemmler's research group, have included resistance training as well as whole-body electromyostimulation. This podcast came about as a result of staff mobility funding from Erasmus+ and features the research that Professor Kemmler and his team have carried out on osteoporotic fracture in postmenopausal women and on whole-body electromyostimulation
2019-08-1524 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Jenny Burbage and Miss Brogan Horler on breast health, bra fitting and breast support for the exercising femaleDr Jenny Burbage completed a BSc (Hons) Sports Science degree in 2006 at the University of Portsmouth and an MSc Sport & Exercise Biomechanics degree in 2007 at the University of Chichester. She completed a part-time PhD in July 2013, which focused on the breast support implications for female recreational athletes. Jenny is currently a Senior Lecturer in biomechanics and the Recruitment & External Promotions Lead for the Department of Sport & Exercise Science at the University of Portsmouth. She continues to carry out research and innovation activities as part of the Research Group in Breast Health, focusing on functional breast support, bra fit and...
2019-07-1235 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastJoan Eckerson and nutrition and supplements for the female athleteJoan Eckerson, PhD, FNSCA, FACSM, CSCS, CEP is Professor and Chair in the Department of Exercise Science and Pre-Health Professions at Creighton University. Dr Eckerson joined the Exercise Science faculty in the Autumn of 1995. She has over 55 publications in the area of body composition and dietary supplementation and has received a number of awards acknowledging her accomplishments in teaching and research. She is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Exercise Physiologist. She is past President of the...
2019-07-1227 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Lucy Piggott on gender equity in sport governanceDr Lucy Piggott is a Research Fellow at the University of Chichester. Both her research and applied activities are focused around women and sport. She has recently completed a doctorate looking at gender equity within English sport governance and used a multi-method approach of semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and an analysis of supporting documents to understand the workings of dominant gender power relations within two large English national governing bodies of sport: England Golf and the Lawn Tennis Association. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of practice as a theoretical framework, she found evidence of simultaneous conservation and resistance of pr...
2019-07-0821 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Donna Duffy and head injuries among female athletesIn this podcast, I talk with Dr Donna Duffy about the issue of head injuries being unreported in women’s sport, her work as part of the Female BRAIN Project, and future research needs in the area of concussion among female athletes.
Dr Donna Duffy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and the Director of the Program for the Advancement of Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Dr Duffy completed her PhD at UNCG in 2007 and completed her MEd (1999) and her BSc (1996) at Bo...
2019-07-0835 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Nancy Williams on energy availabilityDr Nancy Williams is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Kinesiology at Penn State University. She earned her doctorate in anatomy and physiology from Boston University in 1992 and then completed postdoctoral work in Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and of the National Academy of Kinesiology. She is currently the President of the American Kinesiology Association (AKA). With over 200 departmental members, the AKA promotes the academic discipline of Kinesiology through advocacy, leadership development, and outreach.
The focus of Dr Williams’ research is to im...
2019-07-0426 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Amber Mosewich and Dr Leah Ferguson on self-compassion for the female athleteDr Amber Mosewich is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta. A key directive of her work is to understand the psychological skills and resources necessary to promote adaptive responses to stress and emotion and how best to foster their development. She is passionate about ensuring athletes have the resources to effectively manage demands to facilitate successful sport experiences that are also positive and healthy.
Dr Leah Ferguson, Métis, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her sport psychology research e...
2019-06-1931 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Mimi Zumwalt MD and prevention of injuryIn this podcast, I talk to Dr Mini Zumwalt about her work as an orthopaedic surgeon. We talk about factors that are thought to increase injury incidence in the female athlete and also about the applied work that she does on injury prevention through exercise.
Dr Mini Zumwalt is a professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of sports medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. She earned an undergraduate degree (Magna Cum Laude) in biology from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and went on to complete her medical studies from University o...
2019-06-1818 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastDr Leanne Norman on gender equality in sports coachingDr Leanne Norman is a Reader in Sports Coaching within the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. She is an internationally leading researcher for her research and writing within the area of gender equality and issues of diversity related to sports coaching, sports leadership, and organisations. Her work is driven towards improving the participation, performance, and leadership pathways for diverse social groups, principally, different groups of women. Leanne has written for academic and practitioner textbooks, written educational resources for coaches, and has published widely in academic journals related to sport and social issues. She has led national...
2019-06-1321 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastRobin Pickering on exercise in pregnancy and social media/self-efficacyIn the podcast, I talk to Robin Pickering about a number of issues concerning the exercising female, from exercise in pregnancy to the impact of social media on self-efficacy and motivation to exercise.
Robin Pickering is programme director of Women and Gender Studies at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. She is also an Associate Professor of Health Sciences specialising in Community Health and a personal development consultant. Her research interests include women’s health issues, exercise self-efficacy, and the impact of social media on health risk behaviours. She currently serves as a member of the Women and Gen...
2019-06-0923 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastThe immune system with Dr Judith Allgrove & Dr Glen DavisonIn this podcast I speak to Dr Glen Davison (@GlenD800) and Dr Judith Allgrove about their research and activities associated with the immune system. We talk about differences in immune function between men and women and how the immune system is affected by exercise and by the menstrual cycle. We also talk about immune-related risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, as well as various lifestyle strategies to enhance our immune function for when we exercise.
Dr Judith Allgrove (@JudithAllgrove) completed her first degree in physiology at the University of Bristol. She then went onto study f...
2019-06-0625 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastLindsay Woodford on the adolescent female athlete & The Sporting MindsetLindsay Woodford is a chartered sport and exercise psychologist at The Sporting Mindset and co-programme lead for the masters degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She has worked in private practice for over 10 years supporting athletes, coaches and parents to enhance athletic performance and mental well being. She is passionate about women in sport and exercise and her current applied practice work has a strong focus on supporting adolescent female athletes.
In this episode, Lindsay talks about the adolescent female athlete, The Sporting Mindset, Patient Voices, and her l...
2019-06-0321 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastMolly Hurford talks about increasing visibility of girls in cycling and more...In this episode, I chat with Molly Hurford, who is a coach & journalist in love with all things cycling, running, yoga, and nutrition. When not outside, she’s writing on TheOutdoorEdit.com, interviewing world-class athletes and scientists for The Consummate Athlete Podcast, or writing articles for Outside, Bicycling and TrueSport, among others. She’s a USA Cycling & PMBI-certified cycling coach and a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. Molly is obsessed with getting more women psyched on adventure and wellness, and hosts talks and coaches’ clinics and camps for cyclists. She’s also the author of multiple books on cycli...
2019-05-2324 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastMark De Ste Croix on injury management and robustness training for young female athletesIn this podcast, I chat with Professor Mark De Ste Croix about: injury management and robustness training for young females who take part in sport; his latest ventures and research, such as the risk project, which is a grass-root coach education programme aiming to support the health and well-being of young people; and his advice on being successful in gaining research grants. Mark is an invited speaker at our WISEAN conference on 11th/12th June 2019, 'Pushing the Boundaries', being held at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London...Mark gives us a flavour of what he will be talking about!
2019-05-2322 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastNicole Sapstead from UK Anti-DopingNicole Sapstead, Chief Executive of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), talks about her career as a woman, her challenges, her role models and her advice for other women pursuing a career in sport and exercise. She also talks about some of the emerging and current issues among females in terms of doping in sport. We have delighted to have Nicole speaking at our WISEAN conference this year on 11th/12th June 2019 at St Mary's University, Twickenham.
Nicole Sapstead was appointed as interim Chief Executive of UKAD in January 2015 and was appointed to the position permanently in March 2015.
Pr...
2019-05-1427 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastClaire-Marie Roberts and career terminationClaire-Marie talks about her latest research and insights on athlete career termination, specifically for female athletes, and how she applies her research to her work in the premier league. She will also be presenting her research at this year's Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network conference 2019.
2019-05-0927 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastRachael Bullingham on Homophobia in SportIn this episode, I am chatting to Dr Rachael Bullingham, who is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Education at the University of Worcester. Rachael’s research is all about homophobia in sport. In her PhD, for instance, she analysed the experiences of openly lesbian athletes participating in team sports. She has published ‘Out in Sport’, as well as book chapters and various articles on the portrayal and perception of lesbian athletes in the media. At the moment she is exploring the experiences of gay and lesbian teachers and female commentators. A further activity of Rachel’s is being part of the S...
2019-05-0725 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastKate Nicholson and Tanya Martin from Women in SportIn this episode, I chat with Kate Nicholson and Tanya Martin, both of whom are from Women in Sport. Kate is Head of Insight and Innovation and Tanya is Insight Officer. Women in Sport is a leading organisation that researches sport purely from the perspective of women and girls. The charity has been using their insight and research to drive change through campaigns and partnerships. Kate Nicholson joined Women in Sport in 2017, bringing over 25 years of experience in research, behaviour change and strategy development to the charity. She is also an enthusiastic netball player and coach. Tanya Martin also...
2019-05-0325 min
Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network PodcastHanya Pielichaty on female footballer identitiesIn this podcast, I chat with Hanya about her research in which she used critical ethnographic exploration to identify and describe player identities among female footballers.
The following links are to Hanya's papers and a blog for The Football Collective:
https://footballcollective.org.uk/2018/04/09/an-introduction-from-dr-hanya-pielichaty/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14660970.2014.882822?scroll=top&needAccess=true&
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2159676X.2018.1549094
2019-05-0126 min
The Pelvic Health PodcastHormones, exercise and bone health with Dr Jacky ForsythAssociated Professor of exercise physiology at Staffordshire University, UK, Dr. Jacky Forsyth, is a prominent researcher and speaker in the area of women’s exercise and health. Her research is centred on the interactive effect of ovarian hormones, exercise, and bone - which is what we discuss today on this episode.
One of her research priorities is to promote, raise awareness, and advance understanding of the key influences that impact the exercising female. She is vice chair of the Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network (WISEAN), the aim of which is ‘To grow, strengthen, and promote resea...
2019-02-1553 min
BJSMResearch imbalance: Sport and Exercise in Women versus Men. Episode #341In this podcast Katie Marino speaks to Jack Forsyth.
Jacky Forsyth (@JackyForsyth) is a senior lecturer at Staffordshire University. She is a lead organiser of the Women in Sport and Exercise Conference. In this podcast Katie Marino (@krmarino1) speaks to Jacky about the difference in the amount of research done on exercise in women compared to exercise in men, and why we need to correct this imbalance. The research community needs to strengthen and promote research on women in sport and exercise, with the goal of optimising women’s athletic success and increase their participation rates.
The Women in Sport an...
2018-07-2009 min
BJSM PodcastResearch imbalance: Sport and Exercise in Women versus Men. Episode #341In this podcast Katie Marino speaks to Jack Forsyth.
Jacky Forsyth (@JackyForsyth) is a senior lecturer at Staffordshire University. She is a lead organiser of the Women in Sport and Exercise Conference. In this podcast Katie Marino (@krmarino1) speaks to Jacky about the difference in the amount of research done on exercise in women compared to exercise in men, and why we need to correct this imbalance. The research community needs to strengthen and promote research on women in sport and exercise, with the goal of optimising women’s athletic success and increase their participation rates.
The Women in Sport an...
2018-07-2009 min