Congrats to Danielle Debruin, PhD Alan Hayes & Team for their new JCSM Comm paper 'Combined orchiectomy & limb immobilization recapitulate early age-related changes to skeletal muscle in mice' that included the CMR's Craig A. Goodman
Institute for Health and Sport, VU AIMSS
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Funded PhD project in Institute for Health and Sport, VU mid-year scholarship round.

Come research 'Sport, Art, Healing & Communal Justice' with me & Christopher Sonn

VU researchers are fundraising for the Great MND Relay 2024!

Join us as we walk/run to support those with MND or donate to help raise vital funds essential for care of those with MND & their loved ones. shorturl.at/sPU48

#MND #ALS #NeverGiveUp #FightMND #MND Victoria

A new study, led by VU's Dr Kara Dadswell confirms a bias among children towards linking men as being coaches and officials, rather than women.
Story: shorturl.at/fFJV7
ChangeOurGame Institute for Health and Sport, VU #womeninsport

New research opportunity:

I'm looking for a PhD student to join our group at Institute for Health and Sport, VU. Broadly, this project aims to investigate how the design of spaces leftover can solicit opportunities for exploratory, varied and adaptive movement.

Please reach out if interested.

🧑‍🔬 PhD scholarship available in my lab to investigate:
'Mitochondrial Adaptations to Exercise' 🚴‍♂️
🗓️ Applications Close: 5 May 2024
✅ Open to Australian or New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents
Please contact me for more information.

🥳 DO A PhD WITH ME! 🥳
2 Fully funded PhD scholarships for Australian or New Zealand students Victoria University
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See Performance Failure studies in the Health, Sport & Wellness section of this website
vu.edu.au/study-at-vu/fe…
Apps due May 5 for an August 2024 start!

🚨New Article🚨
How do you value a Draft Pick?
The compounding endowment effects when trading draft picks in the Australian Football League
Research by PhD student Jemuel Chandrakumaran
Sam Robertson Sam McIntosh
Institute for Health and Sport, VU Football VU AFL
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📣 NEW: A deep dive into Coach Education in Australian Football (soccer) 🇦🇺⚽️

doi.org/10.1080/135733…

We (Carl Woods & I) propose a 'situated approach' to coach education, prioritising real-world coaching experiences to transform how coaches learn.

We are busily recruiting resistance-trained participants for our study at Victoria University, but still need a few more! Please share with your sports club, gym or friends in Melbourne 🙂

For more details or to express interest, go to ➡ latrobe.questionpro.com/comptights

Our PhD student Jodie Sheehy sharing her work on how GPs can recommend physical activity to patients to improve mental health

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Just hanging at the Maurie Plant Meet at the Victoria University tent. Great to be at this event given the new partnership with Athletics Australia 🏃🏻‍♀️

Representing our safety and well-being in sport research team from Institute for Health and Sport, VU

Wonderful work Mary Woessner!

Seeking participants with #type2diabetes in Melbourne!

RECRUITING: We're inviting people living w/ MND to take part in a study, in collaboration w/ Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, aimed at understanding the potential benefits of exercise in MND

#MND #ALS #NeverGiveUp #FightMND

For more info vu.edu.au/institute-for-…

Seeking participants!

2024 is a huge year for the Olympics. Richard Baka (Victoria University) writes that it’s not just about the Paris games. theconversation.com/2024-is-a-huge…

Great gifts for great work Rhiannon Healy Mary Woessner!

🚨📰Very proud to see this work published! Huge thanks to the participants, my coauthors and collaborators, and all involved in this along the way.
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Jon Bartlett David J Bishop (He/Him) Stuart Phillips (he/him) Nick Saner Nikeisha Caruana Sara Oikawa Tanner Stokes, Ph.D. Jonathan Mcleod

How late is too late for game, set, match? VU's Nick Saner in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand on how sleep disruption impacts players.
Full story: shorturl.at/BEOTW
#AustralianOpen #vureseach