Dr Emma Cowley is a postdoctoral researcher at the SHE Research Centre in TUS Athlone. She is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie alumna and earned her PhD from Liverpool John Moore’s University; her research focused on increasing adolescent girls' participation in physical activity. Emma leads the Invisible Sportswomen international research group which aims to address the gender data gap in sport and exercise science. Previously, she held a postdoc position at the Cardiometabolic laboratory at UNC Chapel Hill before moving to the UK where she was the lead for the DTA3/COFUND PhD Fellowship Programme.In this episode, we talk about the following: Emma's identity/positionalityWomen’s experiences in academia: Findings, recommendations. Invisible Sportswomen paper and other related papers. What more can be done.Use of social media as a PhD student/as a postdoc student and other advice and opinionpieces – advice. Specific latest research on resistance training.Future research plans/goals.

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