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
Me:
Twitter/Instagram: @ciaranfairman
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
Twitter: @DavidRHooperPhD
Me:
Instagram/Twitter: @ciaranfairman
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/
Z: https://www.instagram.com/zionna/
Me:
Twitter/Instagram: @ciaranfairman
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
Keep up with me:
Twitter: @ciaranfairman
Web: www.ciaranfairman.com
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
Keep up with Me:
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.
Dr. Carla Prado, PhD, RD is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, a Campus Alberta Innovates (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health, and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator. She is the Director of the Human Nutrition Research Unit, a state-of-the-art research and training facility. Her laboratory is dedicated to the study of nutrient intake, energy metabolism and skeletal muscle and adipose tissue dynamics and its effect on health.
Professor Robert Newton, is and Associate Dean at Medical and Exercise Sciences and Research Professor, Exercise Medicine Research Institute at Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia.
We chat about the history of exercise oncology, Rob's research line and how he built his institute and what he feels are important areas moving forward.
ECU exercise oncology courses: https://www.ecu.edu.au/degrees/courses/master-of-exercise-medicine-oncology
Follow rob on twitter @ProfRobNewton
Kikkan Randall is an American, Olympic champion cross-country skier. Kikkan won a gold medal in the winter olypmics in 2018. A few months later, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
In this episode, we chat about her experiences as an olympian, along with her cancer diagnosis and how she moved through treatment.
Kerri is a Professor with the OHSU School of Nursing and is Co-Director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnership Program and Co-Leader of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute's Cancer Prevention and Control Program.
In this episode, we chat about her previous research research aimed at delivering exercise interventions targeted at bone health. We also chat about some of her work investigation couples exercising together.
Keep up with Kerri on twitter @winters_stone
Alex Ireland is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Healthcare Science at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). His main research interest is in bone mechanoadaptation and the influence of muscular forces on bone loading, assessed using imaging techniques and measurement of neuromuscular function and biomechanics.
In this episode, we chat about all things bone physiology and stimulus for adaptation.
Dr. Eric Rawson is a professor and department chair at Messiah College in PA and is a world-renowned expert in the area of nutrition, exercise and supplementation. In this episode, we chat about creatine supplementation, the mechanisms, safety and effects on muscle strength, hypertrophy and other broad ranging health benefits.
Keep up with Eric on twitter @EricRawsonPhD
Dr. James Steele is an Associate Professor of Sports and Exercise Science at Southampton Solent University and Principal Investigator at ukactive Research Institute.
In this episode, we chat about the minimum dose approach to resistance exercise, measuring effort during exercise and discuss the latest physical activity guidelines.
Catch James on twitter @JamesSteeleII
EP 53 | Dr. James Steele: Minimal dose approach to resistance training. Can we actually measure effort?
Jennifer McQuade is an Assistant Professor and Physician Scientist in Melanoma Medical Oncology.
In this episode, we chat about all things body composition, gut microbiome and cancer. We talk about how weight may be linked to survival in Melanoma.
In addition, Jen gives a masterclass in the gut microbiome and how it may enhance the therapeutic effect of certain cancer therapies.
Find Jen on twitter @mcquadeMDLAc or email jmcquade@mdanderson.org
Morten Quist is a physiotherapist clinician-researcher with expertise in exercise for patients with cancer. Besides his research he has co-founded and co-created two exercise communities in Denmark (Proof of Life and PACT) for both cancer survivors and patients with cancer.
In this episode, we chat about his research investigating exercise in lung cancer, how this resulted in individuals with cancer undergoing chemotherapy getting access to exercise, and some of the community programs he has set up in Denmark.
Follow Morten on twitter @QuistMorten.
Jessica Scott is a principal investigator out of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she investigates the effects of aerobic exercise in various types of cancers.
In this episode, we chat about the mechanisms of cardiotoxicity in cancer and how aerobic exercise can have a protective effect. We also talk about a recent study from their lab investigating aerobic exercise in individuals with metastatic breast cancer.