REACH - Research in Exercise And Cancer Health

Dr. Parr is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Exercise and Nutrition Research Program at The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research. We chat about her research into exercise, intermittent fasting, protein metabolism and body composition.

Keep up with Evelyn: Twitter @ev_parr

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Dave is an Assistant Professor at Jacksonville University, specialising in exercise endocrinology. We chat about the hypogonadal condition in male athletes and how this relates to those with cancer.

Keep up with Dave

JU Profile: https://www.ju.edu/directory/david-hooper.php

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Z is the brains behind Barbells for Boobs, a company aimed at providing support for women with breast cancer. I chat to her about the highs and lows of growing her company.

BFB: https://www.barbellsforboobs.org/

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Keep up with Karen: https://www.mapletreecanceralliance.org/

Follow me: https://twitter.com/CiaranFairman

I chat to Dr. Emer Guinan about her research in exercise and oesophagogastric cancer

Keep up with Emer: https://twitter.com/emguinank

Find out more about the work at Trinity: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiotherapy/research/exercise-oncology.php

Check out their masters course in Cancer Survivorship: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiotherapy/postgraduate/msc-cancer-survivorship/

Dr. Elizabeth Muenks is a clinical psychologist in Kansas Cancer Center. In this episode, we cover a broad area of topics including the psychology of cancer in those diagnosed and their caregivers, how psychology fits in cancer care, and minority issues and multicultural competency.

Keep up with Liz: http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/psychiatry-and-behavioral-sciences/diversity-committee.html

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Dr. Kristen Ness is a researcher at St. Judes Childrens Hospital in Memphis Tenessee. In this episode, we chat about unique aspects of childhood cancer, some of the long term side effects of treatment, and what Dr. Ness' team is doing to manage this.

Keep up with Dr. Ness:

https://www.stjude.org/directory/n/kirsten-ness.html

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Twitter: @ciaranfairman

Jesper is a researcher in Exercise Oncology at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark.

In this Episode, we chat about the strength of evidence in exercise oncology and the importance of designing strong research projects.

Keep up with Jesper

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesper_Frank_Christensen

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jfc_science

Jesper is a researcher in Exercise Oncology at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. In this Episode, we chat about prehabilitation in cancer and Jespers trial looking at rehabilitation in individuals undergoing resection for gastro-esophageal (GE)-cancer.

Keep up with Jesper

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesper_Frank_Christensen

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jfc_science

Dr Camille Short is a behavioural scientist  based at the University of Melbourne where she holds a joint appointment between the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences and Melbourne School of Health Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding health behaviours from a psychological and public health perspective and building scalable technology based interventions to support healthy lifestyle changes to prevent and manage chronic diseases.