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The Active Brain is a Research Group based @ University of Canberra within UCRISE and UC Faculty of Health Researching into #PhysicalActivity and the #brain in #health and #sport 🧠
A strong Active Brain presence at the ESSA Activate Conference this year 👏🏻 Keep an eye out for info on the posters and presentations and congrats to those involved! 🙌🏼
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💻 Data from: Report on gender data for grant opportunities, December 2024
It's #InternationalWomensDay! 💜 In the spirit of research, we want to highlight this outstanding achievement of women in research in recent years! 🤩 In ActiveBrain, we're excited to keep the ball rolling!
#IWD #BalanceTheScales #MRFF #ActiveBrainUC #UniCBR #UCRISE #AcademicSky
✍️ Muzeau, M., Flood, A., Tam, N., Abel, B., Saunders, P., Staiano, W., & Rattray, B. (2026). Feeling the trail: physiological and affective responses to a prolonged trail run with advanced footwear technology foam. Footwear Science, 1–12. buff.ly/H099iaT
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Congratulations to Melissa for her second PhD publication investigating footwear foams on running economy and affective responses in trail runners 🏃
Read it here: buff.ly/FaZrzGf
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Kristy is back on deck for the #Anatomy and #Physiology units and she has been busy! Not only is she convening these units, but she has also co-authored a chapter in the newest edition of the recommended text for these units! 👏
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✍️ Lawlis NH, Cherbuin N, Ambikairajah A, et al. Objective physical activity in people with young onset dementia, late onset dementia, and without dementia: A UK Biobank study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2025;0(0). buff.ly/yNdhsJN
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Congratulations Nic on your first PhD publication investigating #PhysicalActivity behaviours in those with young and late-onset #Dementia!
🔗Read it here: buff.ly/3j9qUzC
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Congratulations Alanah for your recent Exercise and Rehabilitation Implementation Fellowship appointment with @ Clinical Oncology Society of Australia 🎉
We are looking forward to seeing what comes of this work with the Solomon Islands 👀🏝️
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We are back for 2026 and looking forward to another year of exciting #research opportunities, collaborations and impactful work! 🎉
Keep an eye out on our socials showcasing all things #ActiveBrainUC 🧠
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#ActiveBrainUC represent 👏🏻
From across the pond to our own backyard, several of our current (and former) Active Brain students and staff have recently presented at conferences 🌎
Congrats to all those involved! 🙌🏼
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📣 #StayTuned - Annaleise is delivering two presentations at the @aspactivity.bsky.social Annual Conference, as well as both Ben and Melissa at the @asocpsy.bsky.social Annual Meeting early next month! Keep an eye out for more details! 👀
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We would like to formally welcome Dr Kristy Martin back from maternity leave 🤰
We hope you enjoyed all the special snuggles 🫶🏻 Kristy teaches into the #Anatomy and #Physiology units at UC
Great to have you back on board! 🙌🏼
#ActiveBrainUC #UniCBR #AcademicSky
✍️ Muzeau, M., Flood, A., Tam, N., Abel, B., Saunders, P., Staiano, W., & Rattray, B. (2025). Influence of trail running footwear foam on running economy and perceptual metrics. European Journal of Sport Science, 25(10), e70059. buff.ly/Q9TnOFV
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📢 #PublicationAlert ! 📢
Melissa's first PhD paper shows that across different gradients, athletes wearing shoes with advanced foam technology used ~1.2% less oxygen & felt less exertion compared to traditional foam🏃
#TrailRunning #ActiveBrainUC #UniCBR #AcademicSky
#Farewell Dr Hollie Speer 👋 You have been such an integral part of Active Brain and you will be sorely missed. Best of luck with your future endeavours - any team would be lucky to have such a superstar ✨
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Excited to share Annaleise's new discussion paper! 🎉
This discussion paper offers new perspectives on physical literacy within Masters athletes, highlighting its relevance for lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity 💪
🔗 buff.ly/a0RsPiI
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#Farewell Jelle! It was pleasure having you on board with #ActiveBrainUC throughout September - #ThankYou for everything you taught us in the #MentalFatigue and #SportScience 🧠 space and we hope you enjoyed your Aussie stay! Come back soon 🤗
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✍️Lewis, A., Rattray, B., & Flood, A. (2025). Optimising transcranial direct current stimulation application for the enhancement of exercise performance: a review. Frontiers in Physiology, 16, 1672603. buff.ly/AfWEjaL
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🔔#PublicationAlert🔔 Former #ActiveBrainUC student Aidan, has published a review investigating #TranscranialDirectCurrentStimulation in an exercise context. Check it out here: buff.ly/b0NF20p
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Shoutout to our awesome speakers who came and discussed their research and experience as #ExercisePhysiologists in cancer populations 💪
#ExercisePhysiology #AcademicSky
What a success 🙌 Last week Active Brain hosted a #Cancer #ResearchSymposium to share research about physical activity and health in cancer populations
Special thank you #WorldCancerResearchFund and #CancerAustralia for supporting the event 🙏
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#MeetOurTeam Jelle, our visiting PhD student from Belgium, researches #MentalFatigue, exercise & the brain 🧠 Outside the lab, you’ll find Jelle being active in many ways- even playing underwater hockey! 🤽♂️
We’re thrilled to have Jelle's global perspective in our research team!
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📣 Check out our speakers below!
#ActiveBrainUC #UniCBR #AcademicSky #ProstateCancer #Research #Symposium
📣Looking forward to the exciting results being shared from all the speakers at the upcoming #ProstateCancer #Research #Symposium hosted by Active Brain on Monday! Exciting things brewing! ☕
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#MeetOurTeam: Meet Alex - our #SportEnthusiast 🏈, beach-loving masterchef! From #ClinicalPsychology to #CommunitySport, his research focuses on investigating #Resilience and #Mental Health in diverse populations 🧠
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#ThrowBackThursday - Prof Ben Rattray spoke at the UCRISE #HDR Winter Research Workshop not long ago about #ThesisSubmission 📜- something all AB students have on their radar for the future! 📡
📸Photos taken by UC Media
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👈#ThrowbackThursday: Andrew, one of our AB staff researchers, presented the #Endometriosis, #Pain and #PhysicalActivity study at the UCRISE Winter Research Showcase a month ago ❄️ For more information about the study, contact apsresearch@canberra.edu.au 📥
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From bike 🚴 to bench top 🔬 Hollie & Joe have been busy finishing up the #CerebralBloodFlow + #BDNF study which involved setting up a new space for biochem analyses with help from our incredible technical services colleagues 🙏 Excited to share results soon! 🙌
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📣 #ActiveBrainUC is hosting a #ResearchSymposium to disseminate the results from a #ClinicalTrial investigating concurrent cognitive and physical training on #Cognition & #Fatigue in those with #ProstateCancer and you're invited! 🫵
Interested? Register here to attend: buff.ly/Xm68rFt
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