ISESA Podcast

Nov 24 2024 31 ep. 33 mins 2

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Welcome to the podcast of the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association. The ISESA is the representative body for sport and exercise science students, practitioners and academics in Ireland. Our mission is to lead, represent, and advance the sport and exercise sciences community through advocacy, knowledge exchange, collaboration and accreditation. The ISESA podcast helps us to achieve that mission by shining a light on the amazing people and opportunities that exist in the Irish sport & exercise community. Please subscribe and leave us a review if you like our content!

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Pathways to Para Sport

Nov 24 2024 55 mins

In the latest episode of the ISESA Podcast I meet Cliona Horan, Network Manager with Paralympics Ireland. Cliona is passionate about getting people with disabilities into sport and has extensive experience working in various development and sports inclusion disability officer roles with multiple NGBs and sports partnerships around the country. This year, Cliona was responsibl

I Chose Sport and Exercise Science - Graduate Voices

Nov 15 2024 32 mins

To follow up on our previous episode, I chatted with 3 graduates who chose sport and exercise science courses and are now working in the health and sport sectors. Karen Peacock is a clinical exercise physiologist working with UPMC Sports Medicine in Waterford. Darragh Whelan and Jamie Blanchfield have both recently returned from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games where they worked wit

Why Choose Sport and Exercise Science?

Nov 10 2024 17 mins

Our vision at the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association is to enhance the health, well-being and performance of individuals through sport and exercise sciences. With that vision in mind and looking to the future, we thought it would be a good idea to put out an episode aimed at anyone who might want to know more about studying sport and exercise science - from current second

Graduate Studies in the USA

Oct 26 2024 74 mins

This episode is essential listening for any student considering postgraduate study. There are so many amazing, funded opportunities for potential Masters and PhD candidates in the USA - you just have to know how to find them! Ciaran Fairman is an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina. Having completed all of his 3rd level education in the State

Performance Psychology - Mastering the Mental Game

Oct 13 2024 45 mins

Season 02 kicks off with an amazing guest, Dr. Ciara Losty. Ciara is an accredited Sports Psychologist with the Sport Ireland Institute and has supported a huge variety of Irish athletes from London 2012 through to Paris 2024. Alongside this, Ciara also works closely with Horse Racing Ireland where she helps Irish jockey through practical hands work and with her ongoing academic re

Paralympics 2024: Spirit in Motion

Jun 23 2024 55 mins

The Paris 2024 Olympics will finish on the 11th August and will immediately be followed by the mammoth task of resetting and rebranding the city for the World's second largest sporting event - the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Organized and hosted in PARALELL to the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games allows athletes who belong to 6 different disability groups to achieve sporting ex

Paris 2024: The Final Countdown

Jun 09 2024 55 mins

In this episode we hear from Team Ireland's Paris 2024 Chef de Mission, Gavin Noble who fills us in on all of the work that goes in behind the scenes to get Irish athletes to the Olympic Games.As an Olympian himself, Gavin has an intimate understanding of what the Olympics is all about and is passionate about making the Olympic experience unforgettable for Team Ireland. With his ke

The ISESA Undergraduate Conference and the All Ireland Postgraduate Conference

May 26 2024 42 mins

We were back on the road this week with the 8th All Ireland Postgraduate Conference being held in ATU Galway, followed by the inaugural ISESA Undergraduate Poster Presentation Day in UL. I attended both with my trusty portable recorder and this episode aims to provide you with flavor of both events, bringing you the voices and sounds of those in attendance.There is also an intervie

ISESA Bitesize: CycleSync PhD in Female Health, Sport Science, Wearable Tech and AI

May 20 2024 8 mins

In this bitesize episode, Dr Sinead Holden from the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sport Science tells us about the exciting PhD studentship she has advertised - an interdisciplinary project involving female health, sport science, wearable tech and AI.Contact Sinead: [email protected] to advertisement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info

CHAMPS Program: Exercise and Adolescent Oncology

May 12 2024 34 mins

The ISESA podcast went on the road for this episode, travelling to Navan to meet Cillian Maguire, a teenager who is participating in a research trial investigating the efficacy of personalized exercise classes on cancer related fatigue. The trial is being run by PhD student Jenny Fitzpatrick from TUS Athlone who has worked with Cillian and his mum Tracy-Ann to bring the CHAMPS prog