ISESA Podcast
Episodes
Decoding the Tackle: Machine Learning for Injury Prevention
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the ISESA Podcast, Bruce Wardrop sits down with Irish international rugby player and sport science researcher, Will Connors.Widely ...
Everest: The Journey Begins
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association (ISESA) podcast, Bruce speaks with Adam Sweeney, a 22-year-old adventurer from Wat...
From SETU to the States
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bruce sits down with Jonny McKenna, a recent South East Technological University (SETU) graduate who crossed the Atlantic to complete...
2026 Conference Update
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Preparations for the 2026 ISESA conference are well underway and today, Ciara Sinnott-O'Connor, e chair of this year's conference team brings us an up...
The Exercise Effect: Closing the 20-Year Mortality Gap in Mental Health
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
People with severe mental illness face a staggering 15–20 year life expectancy gap compared to the general population. This is a scandal of inequali...
12hrs. 37mins. 100miles
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us would struggle to drive a car for 12.5 hours without losing concentration. Caitriona Jennings ran for that long—averaging a blistering 7:...
Beyond 20/20: Why "Perfect" Vision isn't Enough in Elite Sport
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We spend hours training the heart and the muscles, but what about the primary sensor that drives every decision an athlete makes? In this episode, Bru...
Sport Science 3.0: The Return of Heart Rate
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the 2025 season approaching, Bruce chats with Dr. Shane Malone (TU Dublin) about all things pre-season for the team sports. We discuss Shane’s ...
More Than Just a Kickabout: Transforming Men's Health via Social Football
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the powerful intersection of social enterprise, sport and exercise science and health promotion. Steve O'Connell, founder ...
Science Week 2025: Why Choose Sport and Exercise Science?
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a re-release from last year to coincide with Science Week 2025. Our vision at the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association is to e...
Standing in the Hall of Fame
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lynne Cantwell is inductee number 174 in to the World Rugby Hall of Fame. With 86 appearances in green, Lynne is still Ireland's most-capped women's r...
Racing Ahead: My Career Fast Track
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Niamh O’Brien is the Lead Performance Analyst for the Irish Para Swimming Team. She has just returned from working at the World Para Swimming Champi...
Getting Marathon Ready with DCU
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, expert from DCU's School of Health and Human Performance present their take on how best to prepare for the Dublin Marathon. Dr. Brend...
Elite Athlete Panel
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode, we bring you our elite athlete discussion panel from the 2025 ISESA Conference, held in SETU Waterford. Tiarnán O'Donnell (Par...
Bitesize: The ISESA Conference Update
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Past, Present and Future of Sport & Exercise Sciences Research and Applied Practice in Ireland.Pillars of the conference programme content:Emp...
Athletic Therapy in Ireland
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode we bring you a double feature into the world of Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy in Ireland (ARTI). First, we have a chat with th...
Jenny Coe: The Athlete's Alchemist
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I catch up with Jenny Coe who is the Performance and Well-Being Lead for the women’s professional football leagues in the UK. This i...
Stop feeling S.H.I.T.
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Bitesize - Rugby Injury Surveillance PhD
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Digital Health and Hockey: The Dual Careers of Alison Keogh
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Keogh is an Assistant Professor in Digital HealthCare Innovation at Trinity College Dublin where she is enjoying a very successful and producti...
Míde and the Women in Sport and Exercise Conference
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we bring you with us to the Inaugural Women in Sport and Exercise Science Conference that was held in Glasson Lakehouse in Athlone at ...
Bitesize: The ISESA Conference
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tune into this bitesize episode to hear the exciting news about the inaugural Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association Annual Conference. Bringing...
A Knockout Decision: How Quitting Rugby Led To A Boxing Comeback
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At just 25 years of age, Judy Bobbett has a phenomenal sporting CV; junior and senior county football for Meath, rugby for Leinster and Ireland and no...
Bitesize: Research Assistant
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ian Kenny and Dr. Brendan O'Keefe from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at the University of Limerick are recruiting a...
In Too Deep: Swimming in Extremes
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nuala Moore is a world-renowned extreme swimmer, adventurer, and advocate for cold-water swimming. Hailing from Dingle in Co Kerry, Nuala has achieved...
Pathways to Para Sport
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the ISESA Podcast I meet Cliona Horan, Network Manager with Paralympics Ireland. Cliona is passionate about getting peo...
I Chose Sport and Exercise Science - Graduate Voices
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 sp...
Why Choose Sport and Exercise Science?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our vision at the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association is to enhance the health, well-being and performance of individuals through sport and e...
Graduate Studies in the USA
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is essential listening for any student considering postgraduate study. There are so many amazing, funded opportunities for potential Mast...
Performance Psychology - Mastering the Mental Game
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season 02 kicks off with an amazing guest, Dr. Ciara Losty. Ciara is an accredited Sports Psychologist with the Sport Ireland Institute and has suppor...
Paralympics 2024: Spirit in Motion
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Paris 2024: The Final Countdown
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The ISESA Undergraduate Conference and the All Ireland Postgraduate Conference
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Undergra...
ISESA Bitesize: CycleSync PhD in Female Health, Sport Science, Wearable Tech and AI
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode, Dr Sinead Holden from the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sport Science tells us about the exciting PhD...
CHAMPS Program: Exercise and Adolescent Oncology
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
In Pursuit of the Olympic Dream
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish Women's Team Pursuit Squad have just made history by securing a first ever Olympic Qualification slot for Paris 2024. Mia Griffin has been a...
ISESA Bitesize: 12 PhDs on the THRIVE Program
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
ATU are recruiting multiple candidates for fully funded PhD opportunities here in Atlantic Technological University via the Translational&nb...
Physical Activity for Health Officers
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this live, in person episode I get to sit down and chat with Sinéad Brannigan and Ben Hunt who are both Physical Activity for Health Officers, emp...
ISESA Bitesize: Post Doc Researcher
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Job Opportunity: Post Doctoral Researcher with the All Island Research Centre for Women in Sport Full application details: shorturl.at/hmJTV.Cont...
Joint Ventures in Orthopedics: Surgical Dream Team
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I enjoy a really wide ranging chat with Professor Brian Devitt, consultant orthopedic surgeon at the Sport Surgery Clinic in Santry an...
Bridging the Gender GAAp
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I get to catch up with Dr Aoife Lane, Head of Department of Sport and Health Sciences in TUS Midlands Midwest and Cliodhna O’C...
ISESA Bitesize: PhD in Biomechanics of Super Sprint Spikes
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Link to PhD advertisement: CLICK HEREContact Prof. Ian Kenny: [email protected] date for applications is 17:00 (GMT) on the 28th March 2024 Hoste...
ISESA Bitesize: PhD in Attentional Control in Ukrainian Athletes
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Marion Geary and Dr Amy Maguire share the details of their new PhD studentship investigating the the impact of multiple object tracking on attentio...
Sprinting, Building and Drifting
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode, Ireland's 400m hurdles record holder and double Olympian Thomas Barr talks about his athletic career, building his own house, d...
Public Health: People Before Projects
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode I get to chat with not one, but two eminent professors of public health research. Together Niamh Murphy and Marie Murphy have de...
ISESA Bitesize: Funded PhD in Exercise Physiology & Weightloss
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode Dr Mark Hutson from Ulster University discusses their PhD study investigating the effects of exercise timing and intensity on...
Rethinking Obesity: New Approaches to Treatment and Prevention
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode Professor Donal O'Shea and Aoife Hearne discuss how our understanding of obesity has changed in recent years. No longer consider...
Professor Giles Warrington: The PracAdemic
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Giles Warrington is a Professor of Human Performance and Innovation in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Li...
ISESA Bitesize: MSc in Nutrition & Sport Science
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bitesize episode I have quick chat with Dr Lisa Ryan and Dr Ed Daly about their exciting Masters research project investigating the potential ...
Sport Science in International Rugby
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to speak with Munster, Ireland and Lions legend Paul O'Connell. In this episode Paul discusses how sport ...
ISESA Bitesize: Funded PhD in Sport Science
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Kate Pumpa (UCD) and Dr. Alison O'Riordan (Paralympics Ireland) tells us about the amazing PhD studentship they has on offer in the area of ...
Exercise as Medicine: Marie's stroke and subsequent recovery
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Annalouise Muldoon (Lecturer in exercise science; SETU Waterford) and Marie O'Connor (client) discuss their experiences running and t...
ISESA Bitesize: Exercise Science (Oncology) PhD
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Patricia Sheehan from SETU Waterford tells us about the fantastic PhD studentship she has available in the area of exercise oncology.Closing date f...
Prepping for Paris 2024
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I am excited to catch up with Ciara Sinnott-O'Connor and Ellen Keane. Ciara is the Head of Performance Physiology at the Sport Ireland...
ISESA Launch Event
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first full episode of the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association Podcast. In this episode Tom Comyns and Sarahjane Cullen, Chair ...
ISESA Promo
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the podcast of the Irish Sport and Exercise Science Association. We look forward to bringing you great new content following our official l...