Dr Diane Cooper was awarded a contract with PRODEX and the European Space Agency to conduct metabolic research on a bed rest study which took place in the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Cologne, Germany.
View Details‘MenoWell’: A pilot 6-week novel, online, multimodal exercise and health education programme for women in all stages of menopause living in Laois, Ireland
View DetailsDr Diane Cooper completed her PhD in Dublin City University (DCU) in 2014 with Dr Donal O’Gorman. There are a number of research papers that have been published and are currently in progress from this work. More recently, we have worked with Dr Siobhán O’Connor to publish three research papers. Please read below for more information.
View DetailsWe have conducted two research studies with Sláintecare, Government of Ireland on our ‘Prime Time of Life’ programme.
View DetailsDr Diane was invited and funded to travel to St Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, for four weeks to collaborate with Dr Adam McDonnell and Professor Igor Mekjavic. The research team investigated the ability of different types of compression socks to mitigate exercise-induced pain, particularly following a heavy eccentric training load.
View DetailsWe have conducted five research studies with Laois Sports Partnership to date. All studies are focused on community based, multimodal physical activity and health interventions.
View DetailsWe currently have three research papers in progress from three different research studies with the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS).
View DetailsThis page briefly outlines the three research studies that we have conducted in partnership with Atlantic Technological University Sligo (previously known as the Institute of Technology Sligo).
View DetailsDr Diane was successful in her application to the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) to fund her PhD work with Dr Donal O’Gorman in Dublin City University (DCU).
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