Grant Awards, Symposia and Conferences

Dr. Anna Campbell along with Dr. Helen Crank from Sheffield Hallam University and Dr. Clare Stevenson from Loughborough University have recently been awarded a grant from BASES, The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, to write the Expert Statement on Exercise and Cancer. We’ll have more information on this in our next CanRehab newsletter.

Anna has also been in demand over the last few months as both a keynote speaker and as a presenter at several symposia and conferences across the country. Some of the major events which she attended include:

British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences BASES held their annual conference in Glasgow this September, Dr. Anna Campbell was one of the key speakers presented a session on changing physical activity behaviour in clinical populations.

Primary Care 2010 Conference at NEC Birmingham earlier this year invited Dr. Anna Campbell to present a session on exercise and cancer survivorship

Consequences of Cancer Treatment Collaborative (CCaT) met at Warwick University in October and invited Dr. Anna Campbell to contribute to a session on the importance of self-management for cancer survivors. This group is co-sponsored by Macmillan and the Department of Health as part of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI). In brief, the CCaTgroup’s focus is improving care for people living with effects of cancer treatment.  The group aims to influence services, help bridge the gap between research and practice, and altogether make consequences of treatment a far more visible issue within the UK research and policy agendas.  The 12 members are or have been clinically active as nurses or allied health professionals. 

Pfizer UK Foundation held their annual symposium in Glasgow at Oran Mor on the 6th October. The Symposium is one of the ways in which the Foundation provides its community of organisations with a platform to talk about their activities, share their learnings and meet and network with similar organisations. Dr. Anna Campbell spoke about CanRehab and her work in promoting the area of exercise based cancer rehabilitation to both health and fitness professionals.
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The Pfizer UK Foundation was established by Pfizer Ltd in 2005 to support grassroots organisations tackling local health inequalities and unmet needs in the UK arising from social, economic, cultural and demographic factors. It is a grant scheme dedicated to providing short-term funding and support for modest and innovative projects seeking to improve health in deprived areas and marginalised communities. In Scotland, Pfizer have supported 31 healthcare organisations through £755k of investment. For more information follow the link below to the Pfizer Foundation website:
http://www.pfizer.co.uk/sites/PfizerCoUK/OurResponsibility/foundation/Pages/Foundationhome.aspx