DCU School of Health and Human Performance
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Ireland's leading academic & research Institute in Sport Science and Health, Athletic Therapy and Training and Physical Education Training | @DCU
Colm O'Donaghue @c_donnchadh97, PhD researcher @dcucomputing @dcu_shhp, spoke with @Barrscealta1 @RTERnaG, about the importance of physical literacy and physical activity during the summer months for children. Listen here: launch.dcu.ie/4nYVOzK
New research from @SiobhanOConnor3 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @DCUFSH
🚜 Our new research: Irish farmers are facing work–family conflict. Especially those with: 👶 Young kids 🕒 Long hours 🌾 Farm stress 🧠 Poor mental health & social support 📉 Young farmers 📢 We need better support for farming families. 🔗 Read: mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/1…
John Noone (@dcu_shhp ) et al. examined the impact of 60 days of -6° head down tilt #bedrest on mitochondrial content, #respiration and regulators of mitochondrial dynamics in this recent study 🛌 🫁 📜 Read the #Research here: buff.ly/KH99Jpf
Interested in learning the science & practice of dietary supplements in Sport, Exercise & Health? Led by Dr. Brendan Egan this microcredential will equip you with the knowledge the navigate this area of nutrition often full of misinformation. Details: dcu.ie/snpch/science-…
Colm O'Donaghue @c_donnchadh97, PhD researcher @dcucomputing @dcu_shhp, spoke with @Barrscealta1 @RTERnaG, about the importance of physical literacy and physical activity during the summer months for children. Listen here: launch.dcu.ie/4nYVOzK
Congratulations Jack 👏🏻 DCU Athletic Therapy and Training student Jack Kearney receives prestigious bursary to support him as an International Weightlifter. dcu.ie/shhp/news/2025…
The unedited version of the paper can be found here: preprints.jmir.org/preprint/72938… @ml_labs_irl @dcu_shhp @Researchirel
In addition to this, significant discrepancies were identified in the year 2020 due to covid-19 related disruptions to routine GDM screening. In essence, there was a large reduction in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes.
The analysis identified discrepancies, with 564 false negatives (1.5% of the total cohort) & 771 false positives (2.0%) present in the EHR data from 2018-2022. These discrepancies did not impact the model training much, however, noise in the test set reduced evaluation metrics.
Happy to have one of my PhD chapters published in @jmirpub Medical Informatics. The main research question we tried to answer was: To what extent are the data contained in the EHRs accurate, and if there is label noise, to what extent could this impact ML modelling of GDM?
How do we reconcile the tension that athletes need to make mistakes in order to learn, but compete in environments where errors have consequences? (1/6)
🚨New paper🚨 Performance safety: conceptualising psychological safety when errors have consequences @LiamSweeneyEP and Thomas Gretton Open access below: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Very best of luck to Caoimhe MacCormack @dcu_shhp on your start v France @IrishRugby @DCUSport ☘️
Here's the Ireland Women's U20 side to play France in the @SixNationsU20 Summer Series. #FutureIsGreen
The road to #Wimbledon: can parents help to shape tennis success? Piece by Dr Áine MacNamara @AineMacNamara_ and Garry Cahill @CahillGarry, @dcu_shhp, for @RTEBrainstorm. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4l7jSP0 #RTEBrainstorm
Excited to share our new paper exploring the views of adolescent @LadiesFootball players towards injury prevention (IP)! Open access here: doi.org/10.1080/078538… Players aged 14-17 were interviewed & discussed: -what prevents IP strategy adoption -what helps -what they need
A blog from our very own Dr. Meabh Corr for the @IrishSESA
Dr. Méabh Corr is an Assistant Professor in Sport Pedagogy @DCU. In her blog she discusses her decision to return to @atu_ie to complete an MSc. in Sports Performance Practice 5 years after completing her PhD. 🖱️ Read the full blog here: isesa.ie/blogs/mabh-corr
The road to #Wimbledon: can parents help to shape tennis success? Piece by Dr Áine MacNamara @AineMacNamara_ and Garry Cahill @CahillGarry, @dcu_shhp, for @RTEBrainstorm. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/4l7jSP0 #RTEBrainstorm
New research from @eddiemc44 & colleagues. Great to see @openscience principles being applied here too.
New paper published online in @Human_Kinetics "Assessing Maximum Sprinting Speed in Female Team Sport: The Role of Sprint Distance and Timing-Gate Configuration" 🏃♀️ Data and analysis code (R) openly available doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.… @DSH_TUS @dcu_shhp Thread (1/7) 👇
🎉Huge congrats to the wonderful Dr. @PostawaAnna for passing her viva @DCU today! Her Prof Doc on concussion care self-efficacy is a major contribution to Irish clinician education👏Myself & @EndaWhyte were so proud & thanks to the wonderful examiners.
🚨 We're Hiring at @dcu_shhp ! 🚨 2 Teaching Assistant roles now open: 📌 Athletic Therapy (Ref 003030) 📌 Sport & Exercise Sciences (Ref 003031) 1-year FT, based in our Polaris building. 🗓️ Apply by: July 18, 2025 🔗 dcu.ie/people/jobs @DCU #TeachingOpportunity #AT
We are recruiting 2x teaching assistants (1x athletic therapy, 1x sports science). If you want to join our school and support our teaching, please consider applying: my.corehr.com/pls/dcurecruit…
