@Gary88MCD

Behaviour Change Researcher Ulster Uni. Current studies: My Diabetes & Me, & PETAL

 Ireland
Joined July 2011
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Very interesting project on Type 2 Diabetes education for adults with learning disabilities run by Ulster University, please share this with all your contacts xitter.cf/NativveResearch/status…
nativve Research
@NativveResearch4 Mar 2024
The My Diabetes and Me Study is looking for adults with a learning disability who have type 2 diabetes to take part in new research.

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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Congratulations Prof @MarieHMurphy, Dr @AngelaCarlin7, @Gary88MCD & collaborators on their recent publication in @IJBNPA 👏👏 Some valuable #PhysicalActivity intervention lessons learned 👇
WISH Study@WishStudy20 Feb 2024
🎉 New paper from the #WISHStudy published in @IJBNPA Main findings: ↗️ Scaling-up #PhysicalActivity interventions is challenging 🏫 In this context, #PhysicalActivity didn’t change 💭 Need to consider a context-specific approach? 📄 Read more here: rdcu.be/dy4UL
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2 weeks left to apply for the fully funded PhD looking at supporting community cycling for individuals with learning disabilities!
School of Sport & Exercise Science@UlsterSchSport13 Feb 2024
Why do a PhD at @UlsterUni? Because the facts speak for themselves👇👇 #WeDoExcellentResearch We have 10 FULLY FUNDED PhD project advertisements 🤩 This is your 2️⃣ week countdown to submit an application: ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege… #WeAreUU #PhD #Phdlife
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A great experience completing my PhD within @UlsterSchSport thank you to everyone who helped and supported me along the way, especially my first class supervision team @BenLeeFitzy1 @noelbrickie @SShannon978 @laurencetaggart
School of Sport & Exercise Science@UlsterSchSport25 Jan 2024
⭐️PHD VIVA SUCCESS⭐️ Many congrats @Gary88MCD who successfully defended his thesis 'A co-produced HIIT intervention for adolescents with intellectual disabilities underpinned by the 6SQuID framework & COM-B model of behaviour’ Enjoy the celebrations Dr McD & supervisory team🥳
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CNID@UUCNID18 Dec 2023
Fully funded PhD: Creating Research Cultures in Learning Disability Settings. Join @petermulhall @laurencetaggart and @likahassiotis on this exciting project within @UlsterUniSoNP. Applications open now and close Monday 5th February. Link: ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege…
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⭐️Exciting PhD with myself @laurencetaggart and @KWilmut exploring support for individuals with intellectual disabilities to cycle in the community 🚲 Please share and message with any questions you may have! ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege…
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If you are interested in reading more about The WISH Study headline results published in @TheLancet, please visit: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
ISRCTN: the UK's Clinical Study Registry@ISRCTN28 Nov 2023
A peer-led walking intervention for adolescent girls Read the @WISHStudy results in @TheLancet @MarieHMurphy @AMGallagher_UU @AngelaCarlin7 @MariaOKane29 @Maria_Faulkner @Russ_Jago @IMLahart @CHITINProject @UlsterUni #ISRCTN: isrctn.com/ISRCTN12847782 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3799…
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1/5 🎉 Our latest #WISHStudy paper was published in Health Expectations @WileyHealth : 'Including us, talking to us and creating a safe environment' - Youth patient and public involvement & the WISH Study: Lessons learned onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Lots for the team to celebrate and reflect upon as the #WISHStudy comes to an end 🥳 What a journey we have been on for the last 4 years, 6 WISH babies, 2 COVID lockdowns and too many actigraphs to count! It’s been a blast 💫
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Are you a parent/carer of a 4-5 year old child with speech sound disorder in Northern Ireland? Please consider taking part in our research study – see poster below and scan QR code for more information! If you would like more info or to take part, please get in contact 📩
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Pretty awesome video this taking a look at different concepts of redeveloping Old Trafford including expansion, renovation and a new rebuild. Seeing it visually really helps bring the concepts to life. Shoutout to Bondibot on YouTube for the animation.
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All set for the #WISHStudy Youth Advisory Group Meeting @UlsterUni - great buzz in the room and looking forward to lots of feedback on the programme 🥳 #PhysicalActivity #Intervention #PPI
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An opportunity to come work with our Physical Activity and Health research group @UlsterSchSport on this @nichstweet funded project in collaboration with @sjbelton @DCU Application deadline- 20th December Please RT – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Dr Angela Carlin@AngelaCarlin77 Dec 2022
🚨 Job opportunity @UlsterSchSport🚨 🤸🏽‍♀️Research Assistant - The Youth Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) project ⛹️🏽 📌Fulltime, Fixed term post until 31 Dec '24 🗓️Closing date 20th Dec '22 This research is funded by @nichstweet Further info 👉🏽my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…
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Sharing details of the #WISHStudy protocol today @Walk21Ireland & as the Trial is nearing completion the next step will be disseminating our findings #WatchThisSpace #Research #Walking #Girls @CHITINProject
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🚨 RESEARCH FINDINGS 🚨 🔹< 20% of children with disabilities getting daily exercise (F grade) 🔸PA for children & adolescents on the island of Ireland is a C grade Congrats colleagues @AngelaCarlin7 @sineadconnolly @MarieHMurphy contributing to this important research
RTÉ News
@rtenews26 Aug 2022
Less than a fifth of children and teenagers with disabilities on the island of Ireland are getting their recommended daily exercise, a report has found rte.ie/news/2022/0826/131886…

Many children with disabilities missing daily exercise

Less than a fifth of children and teenagers with disabilities on the island of Ireland are getting their recommended daily exercise, a report has found.

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📢Are you a postdoc interested in behaviour change research? 🥳 Our @HRUK cardiac rehab funded post @UlsterHealthSci is now open to applicants🙌 👉Follow the link to apply: eur03.safelinks.protection.o…
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On 10 August 2012 the Glazers listed Man Utd on New York Stock Exchange, with opening share price of $14. If you had invested £1,000 in #MUFC shares that day on 10th anniversary they're worth £814. Same amount invested in Juventus is worth £2,000, F1 £2,564, Atlanta Braves £1,585
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Congratulations PhD Researcher’s @erinmcevoy3 @Connor_Penfold & @Gary88MCD on completing their Final Assessments!👏👏 Superb & very interesting presentations ! 🙌 Kudos to you all & your supervisory teams to adjust methodological approaches during the pandemic 👍
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🚨Youth Athletes required for online survey examining parental support in youth sport 🚨 ✅Male and female youth athletes aged 12-18 years. ✅All sports welcome. ✅All sporting abilities welcome. Parental Consent Form: ulster.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/p… Info below. RTs appreciated!
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Delighted to have my first publication, as first author accepted within @_JARID_ Thanks to my supervisors and co-authors for their support to get this over the line. @laurencetaggart @noelbrickie @SShannon978 and Ben Fitzpatrick. #adolescent #physicalactivity #learningdisability
JARID@_JARID_1 Mar 2022
Barriers and facilitators of physical activity in adolescents with intellectual disabilities: An analysis informed by the COM‐B model dlvr.it/SKrpvr

Barriers and facilitators of physical activity in adolescents with intellectual disabilities: An...

Background Adolescents with intellectual disabilities are insufficiently physically active. Where interventions have been developed and delivered, these have had limited effectiveness, and often...

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