In today’s blog, @kearneype.bsky.social discusses S.M.A.R.T – a mnemonic for evaluating the results of published papers to help students to think critically and to avoid being misled by flashy but flawed results.
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#ULResearch #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland #Publications
In today's blog Giles Warrington provides an overview of the International Conference for the Health, Safety and Welfare of Jockeys which he recently attended in Hong Kong on 11–12 December 2025.
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#SHPRC #ULResearch #PESSUL #Ireland #StayCurious #ResearchImpact
New Publication by Jen Rice & colleagues titled 'Why the mental health benefits of resistance exercise training are more than just a placebo'.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Exercise #Training #Resistance #PESSUL #ULResearch #Ireland #StayCurious
@ehsfacultyatul.bsky.social
In today’s blog, PESS research assistant Kathleen McNally reflects on her experience at the launch of the Active School Post-Primary programme.
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#PhysicalActivity #ActiveSchool #RA #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL
@kevinlimerick.bsky.social
PESS team member Catherine Norton was recently featured in an article exploring how winter daylight impacts our body clocks—and why eating dinner earlier can boost recovery, energy, and sleep.
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#Nutrition #Health #ULResearch #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
Recent Publication by John Kiely & colleagues titled 'Decisions, decisions, decisions. A qualitative exploration of decision-making in performance support leaders'.
DOI:10.3389/fspor.2025.1664191
#Performance #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
@gileswarrington.bsky.social
In today’s blog PhD researcher Jen Rice talks about turning research into practice at UL Science Week workshop, proving how beneficial resistance exercise training can be.
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#Resistance #Exercise #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland #Training
Recent Publication by Mairead Grogan & Colleagues titled 'A content map analysis of the national policy landscape in physical education, physical activity and youth sport in Ireland'.
doi.org/10.1080/1357...
#PhysicalEducation #Youth #Sport #Ireland #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESS
Sport Psychology graduate Tajda Svetek discusses her experience of completing a PESS research internship titled “Embodiment in VR for Motor Learning of a Novel Knot Tying Task”.
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pess.blog/2025/11/20/e...
#Internship #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
Recent Publication by Matthew P. Herring & Colleagues titled 'Adolescents’ perspectives on and experiences with post-primary school-based suicide prevention as end-users, co-creators and peer helpers – a systematic review meta-ethnography.'
doi:10.1111/camh.70043
#ULResearch #StayCurious #Ireland
Recent Publication by Carmen Barquero Ruiz titled 'Addressing contemporary concerns in models-based practice: insights from Ireland’s national physical education curriculum'
shorturl.at/BRCPl
#PhysicalEducation #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
@unioflimerick.bsky.social
Recent Publication by Carmen Barquero Ruiz & colleagues titled 'Collaging the (Dis)illusio of Being International Early Career Women in Physical Education and Sport Sciences/Kinesiology.'
shorturl.at/EVpb7
#PhysicalEducation #SportSciences #Kinesiology #ULResearch #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
BSc Sports and Exercise Science graduate Adam Duggan discusses his experience of completing a PESS internship titled “Exercise Training-Induced Modulation of NAD⁺ Metabolic Pathways”.
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#ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland #Internship
In today's blog @kevinlimerick.bsky.social reflects on the HEPA2025 Conference in Lithuania.
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pess.blog/2025/10/22/e...
#ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland #Conference
@ulresearch.bsky.social
🎓Highlights from the FSEM 21st Annual Scientific Conference at RCPI & RCSI!
Great talks across sport & exercise sciences — including invited presentations from PESS faculty John Noone, Tom Comyns, and Brian Carson.
Read more: pess.blog/2025/10/09/p...
#Sport #ExerciseScience #ULResearch #PESSUL
Recent publication by Kilian Bibby & colleagues titled 'Before and after – the development and assessment of an education intervention about female breast health in rugby union'.
doi.org/10.1108/HE-0...
#Rugby #Female #Health #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
New Publication by @johnnoone.bsky.social & colleagues titled 'Exercise Leaves a Molecular Imprint on Insulin Sensitivity in Human Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells'.
doi:10.14814/phy2.70600.
#Exercise #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
@ehsfacultyatul.bsky.social
New Sport Pedagogy Publication by Dr Antonio Calderón & Colleagues titled 'The influence of gamification on the type of student motivation in physical education'.
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#SportPedagogy #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
New Publication by Dr Mark Lyons & colleagues titled 'The Road to designing integrated neuromuscular training programs for children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis'.
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000005186.
#ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
New Publication by Matthew P. Herring, PhD, FACSM and colleagues titled 'The effect of exercise training on anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials'.
DOI: 10.1111/sms.70137
#ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
Inspired by Kate O’Connor’s silver at the World Athletics Championships @kearneype.bsky.social explores research on multi-event participation in youth sport—and what it means for young athletes.
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shorturl.at/iwAgA
#Coaching #Athletes #Sport #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious
Recent Sport Pedagogy Publication by Antonio Calderón and colleagues titled 'Developing guiding principles for the Socially-Just Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility(SJ-TPSR) approach: lessons learned from a collaborative self-study'
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#SportPedagogy #ULResearch #StayCurious
New publication by Matthew P. Herring, PhD, FACSM & team:
“RESIST Trial” – a protocol for a randomized controlled study exploring resistance training as a treatment for major depression via cerebrovascular mechanisms.
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-09025-z
#Resistance #Exercise #Training #ULResearch
New Publication by Jen Rice & colleagues titled 'Associations between expectations and psychological responses to acute resistance exercise'.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Resistance #Exercise #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
@ulresearch.bsky.social
New Publication by @johnnoone.bsky.social titled 'Respiratory Resilience as Form Fades: Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Adaptation in Aging'.
shorturl.at/FKXOI
#ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Aging #RespiratoryResilience #SkeletalMuscle
@gileswarrington.bsky.social
In today's blog Dr Brendan O'Keeffe discusses a PhD Opportunity: RT4Teens Ireland: Resistance Training Intervention in Schools.
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pess.blog/2025/08/28/p...
#PhD #Ireland #ResistanceTraining #PhysicalEducation #Adolescents #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL
In today’s blog, PESS researcher Karol Dillon discusses how timing, squad turnover, and new managers are just as important as talent for Kerry U20s breaking into senior football.
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#KerryGAA #Football #Timing #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
🎓 In today’s blog, PESS UL postgrad Karol Dillon questions whether minor success truly predicts senior intercounty potential — and unpacks the tough transition young players face.
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#GAA #PESSResearch #YouthSport #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
In today's blog William Hughes discusses 'Reflections on the PEPAYS Ireland Forum, 2025'.
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pess.blog/2025/07/25/r...
#PEPAYS #Ireland #ULResearch #ResearchImpact #StayCurious #PESSUL #Ireland
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@brendan-okeeffe.bsky.social
New SHPRC Publication by Dr Emmet McDermott & colleagues titled 'Muscle Growth Is Very Strongly Correlated with Strength Gains after Lower Body Resistance Training: New Insight from Within-Participant Associations'
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#ResistanceTraining #Strength #ULResearch #StayCurious #PESS
