{"id":92,"date":"2021-06-11T18:41:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/?p=92"},"modified":"2021-06-11T18:41:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:41:12","slug":"meet-greet-the-team-nicola-sewry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/2021\/06\/11\/meet-greet-the-team-nicola-sewry\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET &amp; GREET THE TEAM &#8230; NICOLA SEWRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m South African, working at the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/files\/2021\/06\/Nicola-Sewry-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/files\/2021\/06\/Nicola-Sewry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/files\/2021\/06\/Nicola-Sewry-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/files\/2021\/06\/Nicola-Sewry-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/files\/2021\/06\/Nicola-Sewry.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@NSewry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is your main area of research \/ clinical expertise?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Injury and illness prevention, athlete health, rugby research, mass community-based endurance sports events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is your motivation to be a member of the BOSEM team?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>BOSEM produces a substantial amount of research each year, yet it is still relatively unknown. My motivation was to improve visibility and to up the standard of work published in each issue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What<\/strong><strong> i<\/strong><strong>s a work-related accomplishment that you\u2019re really proud of?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Being involved in the current IOC consensus statement on Acute Respiratory Illness in Athletes is a real highlight of my work career so far.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Who has influenced you most when it comes to how you approach your work?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>My father has been a constant influence on my work. He is an accomplished academic who has illustrated an unmatched work ethic throughout my life and taught me a lot about the academic world from day 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What\u2019s your favourite way to unwind after a busy day?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>A relaxing run, followed by dinner with my best friend\/husband!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m South African, working at the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/2021\/06\/11\/meet-greet-the-team-nicola-sewry\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meet-the-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopensem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}