Good to get our work developing Physical Employment Standards for the Ministry of Defence Police out there!

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Great job Ali Booker 💙! Excellent programme which will have real impact on how we support our people!

Physical Employment Standards following systematic steps to improve their specificity to the occupational role, scientific rigour & transparency. This makes them a better tool for assessing occupational fitness.

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Both components of the new PES-JRFT are performed while wearing a 20kg weighted vest to replicate operational PPE.

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These infographics provide a breakdown of the new standard, which was implemented following a 3yr study into the national role profile for AFO-CT officers.

ROLE RELATED FITNESS | If you are an AFO in the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) or considering joining as a recruit or transferee, you must pass the new Physical Employment Standard (PES).

This replaces the 15m bleep test (MSFT) of Level 7:6.

#PoliceFitness 🧵

Last day to apply for our joint physiology #phd #studenships at Coventry University with Doug Thake and Deakin University with Luana Main & Sean Notley - start the application today, submit by 01/11/23 to be eligible.

Coventry link: pgrplus.coventry.ac.uk/studentships/h…

Deakin link: deakin.edu.au/study/fees-and…

Calling all fire service personnel (current or retired, UK or abroad!

Please help Emily Watkins, Hugh Fullagar, and I establish the prevalence (& associated risk factors) of health conditions within the service by completing our survey.

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Very excited to see our opinion piece on Regular physical activity across the lifespan to build resilience against rising global temperatures in eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science. Part of The Lancet Discovery Science.
UCRISE Environmental Physiology Research Laboratory The Gagnon Lab at Centre EPIC
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Exciting new PhD position with Luana Main Sean Notley Doug Thake and myself, investigating physiological, cognitive and biochemical responses to repeated daily heat exposures. Candidates will be based Coventry University, spending some time in 🇦🇺 Deakin University

coventry.ac.uk/research/resea…

We have received many recent media enquiries asking how a #heatwave impacts the human body. Here is a short animation from Heat and Health Research Incubator that explains the physiological impacts based on our 2021 paper The Lancet: thelancet.com/journals/lance…
University of Sydney
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Only 2-weeks left to apply for our fully funded 3.5 year PhD studentship exploring the physiological and behavioural determinants of musculoskeletal health in military personnel. Come and study with me Prof James Bilzon Javier Gonzalez and Max Western

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We were proud to host the inaugural #BleepKind expo.

Opened by @HantsRajKohli, the expo is the first of its kind in policing to bring together colleagues from across the UK's police forces, and experts in fitness, health and wellbeing.

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Current evidence DOES NOT support widespread recommendations for menstrual cycle phase based training…

Need I say more?

Huge thanks to Stuart Phillips (he/him) Lauren Colenso-Semple Alysha D’Souza (she/her) for including me in this research.

Title: PhD Studentship: Royal Navy Musculoskeletal Injury Mitigation Programme: epidemiology of injury

Place: ⁦University of Southampton⁩ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

💰Salary: £18,154

📅Deadline: 21/4/23

ℹ For more details👇 student-selfservice.soton.ac.uk/BNNRPROD/bzsks…

This week we are proud to launch the latest edition of #MDPfit - a dedicated fitness, health & wellbeing resource for colleagues in the Ministry of Defence Police 💙

Fantastic to meet officers from Scotland & the North of England, providing an overview of the support available👮

#PoliceFitness

Had a really enjoyable time sharing our Ministry of Defence Police Physical Employment Standards research Bond University for IPES23.

Two posts available University of Chichester as technician/PhD. Open call for applications across exercise physiology, nutrition and physiotherapy. Contact me if you are interested in studying for a PhD related to heath and performance in physically demanding occupations. jobs.ac.uk/job/CWU192/phy…

⭐ JOB OPPORTUNITY ⭐
An exciting FT research position with the Army Recruit Health and Performance Research team. ARITC Hlth & Perf Research

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A good first week of data collection - four to go!