Winner of the 2018/19 BJSM PhD Editors’ Pick Award: an interview with Sheree Bekker

  For the interview with Dimitris Vlachopoulos, our People’s Choice winner, click here. Interview with the Editors’ Pick winner: Sheree Bekker. Congratulations Sheree! How does it feel to be the Editors’ Pick? I am absolutely delighted and honoured! The BJSM PhD Academy Awards have very quickly become a prestigious award within our field, buoyed by the […]

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Announcing the winners of the 3rd BJSM PhD Awards

by Alan McCall  Welcome back to the 3rd BJSM PhD Academy Awards for 2018-19. Voting is now closed and the People and the BJSM Editors have chosen their winners! Congratulations goes to Dimitris Vlachopoulos, our People’s Choice Award winner and Sheree Bekker for the Editors’ Pick Award! We would like to thank all of the nominees for submitting their […]

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The 3rd BJSM PhD Academy Awards: Class of 2018-19

  By Alan McCall It’s that time of year again, when we celebrate the fantastic contributions that recently graduated PhD candidates have made to enhancing the knowledge of sports medicine and science. Time flies, and this is now our 3rd BJSM PhD Academy Awards! Our previous winners were James O’Brien, Amy Arundale (Editor’s Pick) and Ryan Timmins […]

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Practical application of cardiac research: the way forward, for BOTH general medicine and sports medicine

Cardiology is a hot topic in sports medicine at the moment and also remains of major interest in the general medical field. As an example, Jessica Orchard received the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) National Best General Practice Research Article in Australian Family Physician (AFP) Award, 2015. Together with co-authors from The University […]

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Official Announcement: JL Kemp and co-authors win 2012/13 BJSM Systematic Review Award

By Erin Macri, MPT, MSc, PhD Candidate Systematic reviews are the current gold standard method for synthesizing and critically appraising clinically-relevant literature. So among a collection of publications all employing a criterion methodology for reviewing the literature, how does one go about determining the ‘best’ systematic review? The criteria for BJSM’s systematic reviews are: Topic that […]

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Cast your Nomination for the BMJ Award for Sport and Exercise Team of the Year (February 28th Deadline!)

Are you aware of (or part of!) an outstanding team project or initiative in the UK that promotes physical activity and the improved care of athletes? We want to know about it. The 2012 BMJ Group Improving Health Awards has a new category geared at Sports Medicine Practitioners. The award for Sport and Exercise Team […]

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