Category: Media
Environmental Extremes Lab Support Nicky Chisholm Complete the Coolest Run on Earth!
A self-described ‘non-athlete, but adventurer to her core’, Nicky Chisholm (#pinknicky) approached the Environmental Extremes Lab to help prepare for her latest fundraising adventure – the Polar Circle Half Marathon – back in September 2022. Taking place in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland on the 30th October 2022 across seemingly endless ice and involving varying terrain, this race Read More…
Women Firefighters’ International Survey
A recently published paper written by Dr Emily Watkins in Women’s Health Issues has received significant media interest around the world. The study aimed to identify specific health and well-being concerns of women firefighters. The survey was developed in collaboration with firefighter networks, in the UK this was in conjunction with the Women in the Fire Read More…
Elderly people during heatwaves
The Problem The Met Office announced a level 3 heatwave warning earlier this week and today could be the hottest day on record. The EEL team discuss the increasing trend in hot summers here in the UK and provide readers with research informed advice on how to keep the elderly free of heat illness. The Read More…
EEL’s Research Student, Carl James, Engages with the Media!
Carl James showed us the way on how to use the media to share his research! New York Times BBC News Canada’s Globe & Mail The Times The Spectator Health The Cosmopolitan Hello Giggles Carl once again worked with the media as he was interviewed by an Irish radio station Read More…
Alan Richardson’s BBC 1 Deep Heat & Biofreeze Experiment
Dr Alan Richardson – with support from research students Drew Smith and Carl James featured in a BBC1 documentary ‘The truth about…your medicine cabinet’, where Alan was interviewed by Dr Chris Van Tulleken and carried out an experiment on him examining topical analgesics (Deep Heat and Biofreeze) and whether they do what they say they Read More…
Mount Everest Climber Visits University Laboratories
Bonita Norris, alongside Indus Films, visited the Sport and Exercise Science Consultancy Unit (SESCU) to film a promotional trailer for a new “Extreme Environments” documentary. The video was shot in the Welkin Laboratories as part of a pitch being made to Red Bull TV to commission the project. Bonita reached the summit of Mount Everest in Read More…