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- 📢 Beyond the Research: Connecting with the Communities We ServeWe spend our days thinking about how children grow, how we measure that growth, and how we can improve health research for future generations. Much of that work takes place …
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- đź“ť A Doctor’s Measurement: From Clinic to Child Health ResearchWelcome to Saumya, our new Research Fellow on REACH, my UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship! She’s already making a brilliant contribution to our work on measuring children’s bodies for better health! …
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- 📢REACH: Making Every Measurement CountAn invitation to shape REACH My team and I will start measuring 400 Sheffield children from September 2027, returning every year as they grow from age 3 to 10. These …
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- 📢 Expressions of Interest Open: Helping Shape the Future of UK Anthropometric DataAccurate anthropometric data is fundamental to designing products, workplaces, vehicles, healthcare services and public environments that safely and effectively meet the needs of the people who use them. However, much …
- 📢Launching REACH: Little Bodies, Big VoicesAbout REACH Doctors and researchers often use BMI (a measure of weight for height) to check whether children are a healthy size, but BMI gets this wrong for many children. …
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- đź“ť Anthropometrist’s Reflections: Alice Bullas – from Hallam to Hawai’i – Back Home This summer (August 2026) I (Alice Bullas) am undertaking an international research secondment at the John A. Shepherd Research Laboratory within the University of HawaiĘ»i Cancer Center. Supported by my …
- đź“ť Anthropometrist’s Reflections: Alice Bullas – from Hallam to Hawai’i – Week 4This summer (August 2026) I (Alice Bullas) am undertaking an international research secondment at the John A. Shepherd Research Laboratory within the University of HawaiĘ»i Cancer Center. Supported by my …
- đź“ť Anthropometrist’s Reflections: Alice Bullas – from Hallam to Hawai’i – Week 3This summer (August 2026) I (Alice Bullas) am undertaking an international research secondment at the John A. Shepherd Research Laboratory within the University of HawaiĘ»i Cancer Center. Supported by my …
- đź“ť Anthropometrist’s Reflections: Alice Bullas – from Hallam to Hawai’i – Week 2This summer (August 2026) I (Alice Bullas) am undertaking an international research secondment at the John A. Shepherd Research Laboratory within the University of HawaiĘ»i Cancer Center. Supported by my …
- đź“ť Anthropometrist’s Reflections: Alice Bullas – from Hallam to Hawai’i – Week 1This summer (August 2026) I (Alice Bullas) am undertaking an international research secondment at the John A. Shepherd Research Laboratory within the University of HawaiĘ»i Cancer Center. Supported by my …