ISESA Podcast

Professor Ian Kenny and Dr. Brendan O'Keefe from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at the University of Limerick are recruiting a research assistant. The successful candidate will work within 2 research centers (Sport and Human Performance Research Centre (SHPRC) and Physical Education, Physical Activity and Youth Sport (PEPAYS) Ireland) gaining valuable experience in multiple...

Nuala Moore is a world-renowned extreme swimmer, adventurer, and advocate for cold-water swimming. Hailing from Dingle in Co Kerry, Nuala has achieved feats that most of us can barely imagine. In 2006 Nuala was part of a 6 person relay team who swam 1330km over 56 days to circumnavigate Ireland. In 2013 Nuala was part of another relay team, this time traversing the Bering Straits, swimming from Ru...

In the latest episode of the ISESA Podcast I meet Cliona Horan, Network Manager with Paralympics Ireland.  Cliona is passionate about getting people with disabilities into sport and has extensive experience working in various development and sports inclusion disability officer roles with multiple NGBs and sports partnerships around the country. This year, Cliona was responsible for delivering...

To follow up on our previous episode, I chatted with 3 graduates who chose sport and exercise science courses and are now working in the health and sport sectors. Karen Peacock is a clinical exercise physiologist working with UPMC Sports Medicine in Waterford. Darragh Whelan and Jamie Blanchfield have both recently returned from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games where they worked with the Irish Cycl...

Our vision at the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association is to enhance the health, well-being and performance of individuals through sport and exercise sciences. With that vision in mind and looking to the future, we thought it would be a good idea to put out an episode aimed at anyone who might want to know more about studying sport and exercise science - from current secondary students, to...

This episode is essential listening for any student considering postgraduate study. There are so many amazing, funded opportunities for potential Masters and PhD candidates in the USA - you just have to know how to find them! Ciaran Fairman is an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina. Having completed all of his 3rd level education in the States, he has an exc...

Season 02 kicks off with an amazing guest, Dr. Ciara Losty. Ciara is an accredited Sports Psychologist with the Sport Ireland Institute and has supported a huge variety of Irish athletes from London 2012 through to Paris 2024. Alongside this, Ciara also works closely with Horse Racing Ireland where she helps Irish jockey through practical hands work and with her ongoing academic research. Speaking...

The Paris 2024 Olympics will finish on the 11th August and will immediately be followed by the mammoth task of resetting and rebranding the city for the World's second largest sporting event - the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Organized and hosted in PARALELL to the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games allows athletes who belong to 6 different disability groups to achieve sporting excellence and to...

In this episode we hear from Team Ireland's Paris 2024 Chef de Mission, Gavin Noble who fills us in on all of the work that goes in behind the scenes to get Irish athletes to the Olympic Games. As an Olympian himself, Gavin has an intimate understanding of what the Olympics is all about and is passionate about making the Olympic experience unforgettable for Team Ireland. With his keen performance...

We were back on the road this week with the 8th All Ireland Postgraduate Conference being held in ATU Galway, followed by the inaugural ISESA Undergraduate Poster Presentation Day in UL. I attended both with my trusty portable recorder and this episode aims to provide you with flavor of both events, bringing you the voices and sounds of those in attendance. There is also an interview with Kieran O...

In this bitesize episode, Dr Sinead Holden from the UCD School of  Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sport Science tells us about the exciting PhD studentship she has advertised - an interdisciplinary project involving female health, sport science, wearable tech and AI. Contact Sinead: sinead.holden@ucd.ie Link to advertisement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The ISESA podcast went on the road for this episode, travelling to Navan to meet Cillian Maguire, a teenager who is participating in a research trial investigating the efficacy of personalized exercise classes on cancer related fatigue. The trial is being run by PhD student Jenny Fitzpatrick from TUS Athlone who has worked with Cillian and his mum Tracy-Ann to bring the CHAMPS program from idea to...

The Irish Women's Team Pursuit Squad have just made history by securing a first ever Olympic Qualification slot for Paris 2024. Mia Griffin has been a member of this squad from the very beginning after finding her way from intercounty camogie to cycling via a talent transfer program. In 7 short years, Mia has gone from learning to ride a track bike at the velodrome to being on the cusp of selectio...

ATU are recruiting multiple candidates for fully funded PhD opportunities here in  Atlantic Technological University  via the Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) program. This program offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Each project will include an enterprise placement of minimum 12 weeks d...

In this live, in person episode I get to sit down and chat with Sinéad Brannigan and Ben Hunt who are both Physical Activity for Health Officers, employed by the Waterford and Wexford Sports Partnerships. Six Physical Activity for Health Officers roles were created around the country as part of a pilot scheme aimed at helping people living in the community with a chronic health condition who want...

Job Opportunity: Post Doctoral Researcher with the All Island Research Centre for Women in Sport  Full application details: shorturl.at/hmJTV . Contact Aoife: Aoife. Lane@tus.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I enjoy a really wide ranging chat with Professor Brian Devitt, consultant orthopedic surgeon at the Sport Surgery Clinic in Santry and Chair of Orthopedics and Surgical Biomechanics at DCU. We start by discussing his work with patients needing joint replacement and the impact this can have on their health and quality of life. Next we move onto his work with athletes and the journe...

In this episode I get to catch up with Dr Aoife Lane, Head of Department of Sport and Health Sciences in TUS Midlands Midwest  and Cliodhna O’Connor, Lead Athlete Development Coach with Irish Women’s Hockey. We discuss the gender gap in sport and in sport, health and exercise research before moving on to hear about the phase 2 of the Female Coach Mentorship Program which has just been la...

Link to PhD advertisement: CLICK HERE Contact Prof. Ian Kenny: ian.kenny@ul.ie Closing date for applications is 17:00 (GMT) on the 28th March 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Marion Geary and Dr Amy Maguire share the details of their new PhD studentship investigating the the impact of multiple object tracking on attentional control in Ukrainian high performance athletes. Link to PhD advertisement: CLICK HERE Contact Dr. Marion Geary: marion.geary@tus.ie Closing date for applications: 17:00 (GMT) on the 29th March 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

In our latest episode, Ireland's 400m hurdles record holder and double Olympian Thomas Barr talks about his athletic career, building his own house, drifting in his BMW and that time he met a very famous athlete. You can find us all online Tom: @tombarr247 Bruce: @b_wardrop ISESA: @irishSESA Visit isesa.ie and be sure to sign up to our "stay in the loop" form to be kept up to date with all the lat...

In our latest episode I get to chat with not one, but two eminent professors of public health research. Together Niamh Murphy and Marie Murphy have decades of experience, are leaders in their field and are also great fun! Throughout this engaging and entertaining chat, they discuss how meaningful public health research with real world impact stems from social connection and the community. We also...

In this bitesize episode Dr Mark Hutson from Ulster University discusses their PhD study investigating the effects of exercise timing and intensity on energy compensation and weight loss in over weight and obesity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our latest episode Professor Donal O'Shea and Aoife Hearne discuss how our understanding of obesity has changed in recent years. No longer considered a lifestyle illness, current evidence classifies obesity as a chronic disease and has influenced our approach to treatment and prevention. We were also joined later in the day by leading experts in the field of obesity research and treatment - you...

Giles Warrington is a Professor of Human Performance and Innovation in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick. In his recent inaugural Professorial lecture Giles charted his career over 30 years working as a Performance Physiologist and Sports Scientist in high performance sport, including 6 Olympic Games and his his transition into academia. In this...