Professor - Interested in understanding & optimising human performance and behaviour - Impact in sports, health & rehabilitation - Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined May 2015
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Come work with us! academictransfer.com/en/jobs…
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The editorial reflecting on the '50 Shades of APA' symposium, held by three well-known #EUFAPA researchers @FJHettinga
@kwokwng @aijapro at the European College of Sports Sciences Congress in Glasgow, is now published in #EUJAPA #DiamondOA
Read it here: doi.org/10.5507/euj.2024.017
Come work with us! We are looking for a researcher interested in how climate change impacts on human functioning: werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/on…
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Ackah et al. identified that breast cancer participants adhered to prescribed exercise programs 63% during treatment and 68% after treatment.
📖- sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@FJHettinga
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We recently published an Exercise Oncology (#ExOnc) Special Issue in @jsams_plus. We are very excited to share the Editorial & the following 9 articles
Editorial📖- sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@ProfRobNewton @SandlerCarolina @ErikaReesPunia @jessicajorchard @DaffodilCentre
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This study explores how PA barriers for adults with physical disabilities or chronic diseases relate to PA behaviour and provides considerations for optimizing PA promotion strategies during and after rehabilitation.
New publication in #EUJAPA #DiamondOA doi.org/10.5507/euj.2024.008
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BREAKING NEWS: @northumbriauni named Modern University of the Year by @thetimes
The announcement in the Good University Guide 2025 marks an impressive and sustained run of national recognition for Northumbria in recent years.
bit.ly/47zDB3X
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To close day 1 @AineMacNamara_ talks about Talent development and youth coaching in female athletes
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Kicking us off at the 9th European Endurance Conference @pippawoolven @leedsbeckett
The Silent Saboteur: Recognising and preventing REDs.
@Carnegie_Sport @EuroAthletics
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Day 2 at the European Endurance Conference @EuroAthletics @Carnegie_Sport
Yann Kai, @andidrake @Henders78
Biomechanics of female distance runners - Working with technical feedback
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@FJHettinga talk on Racing, pacing, and competition in endurance events: A focus on the female athlete
Also asking the room who is the GOAT middle/long distance athlete ?!
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Vacancy Alert! @WeideGuido has a position open for a PostDoc researcher in Musculoskeletal imaging. Check out the vacancy here: werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/po…
Higher education and research are important for advancing society. But how much do they contribute? What value do universities add? A new report answers this question: every £1 of public money invested in the higher education sector across the UK, £14 is put back into the economy
Our new report with London Economics shows that UK higher education and research contributes a massive £265 BILLION to the economy.🌟
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Are you a researcher committed to advancing the field of Adapted Physical Activity, Paralympic and Disability Sport and Exercise? Do you value enhancing evidence-based approaches, impact and knowledge exchange, making scientific content freely available to all? Deadline Sept 16th
EoI to join EUJAPA editorial board. This is a Diamond-Open Access Journal, which means truly open, equitable access for all without costs. Looking for experts in adapted physical activity who value academic rigour and impact to help our journal grow.
bit.ly/EUJAPA-EB

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Excited to share that my latest PhD research has just been published🙌
Open Access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@FJHettinga @PSSresearcher @TracyLFinch @DtpNine @DisabilityRehab
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"Friendships between students become friendships between countries. That's what education is all about”
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Great to hear this support for our international student community from the new Secretary of State for @educationgovuk and the UK Government
#WeAreInternational
On september 8th, I will be running the Great North Run (!), the world’s biggest half marathon, with the team of SRUK, to help raise awareness for this charity (sruk.co.uk). They could really use the money, so donations are very welcome.
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👏 Congratulations #ECSS2024Competition winners! 🥇 Selin Aktitiz's Instagram post buff.ly/4dJUD1j wins the ECSS Rimini 2025 registration while🥈 Becky Ramsden wins the 2025 ECSS membership, for her X post buff.ly/3WZv4nj
#WeAreSportScience #ECSS2024
