This section will keep you up-to-date with all the latest news from the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport.
At the end of May/start of June, Director of the PHC, Vicky Tolfrey and Research associate, Thomas Rietvald took a trip to Pittsburgh and Boston.
On Tuesday 21st May, The Peter Harrison Centre marked 100 days to Paris with a team-wide event orchestrated by PHC Doctoral Researcher Dan Angus and Research Associate Thomas Rietveld.
The Peter Harrison Centre team have been busy on the ‘Road to Paris’ with various networking and educational events in the lead up to the Paralympic Games in Paris this summer.
This project with TASS involves several of our PHC members from different research areas.
In January 2024, The Peter Harrison Centre welcomed Fransiska Bossuyt over from Switzerland who facilitated some key work with GB wheelchair rugby involving shoulder ultrasound assessments as well as delivering a presentation surrounding her work on shoulder health.
Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK Department of Health and Social Care has spoken of the potential impact of Peter Harrison Centre research following a recent visit to Loughborough University.
In a very busy and successful month for the PHC, we decided to catch up with our members who visited the Multidisciplinary Association for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Professionals (MASCIP) conference in Loughborough. The conference brought together a range of professionals in the SCI field, to discuss current research and practice. This year, it was the 25th annual conference, with a key focus on reflecting and planning for the future of SCI research and collaboration.
In this monthly update, we caught up with new doctoral researcher Hannah Johnston, as she attended the World Ability Sport Conference in October 2023.
In this monthly update, we caught up with six new members joining the PHC as placement students and doctoral researchers to find out more about their work and areas of expertise! Welcome to Will, Hannah, Ellie-May, Lara, Natasha and Ollie!
The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport (PHC) has developed a new video to help people with spinal cord injury (SCI) to better engage in meaningful physical activity and take ownership of their health.