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Laura McManus

@LauraMcManus__

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PhD Researcher - Female Athlete Nutrition/Physiology @DCU | Performance Nutritionist

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined September 2022
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@IrishSESA
Irish Sport and Exercise Sciences Association
21 days
📝 New Blog: @LauraMcManus__ is a PhD student @DCU In this blog, she shares insights from her research, which focuses on understanding the carbohydrate-based fuelling demands of women’s soccer. Read it here: https://t.co/HsIHng4pdH
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
22 days
Calling all postgrad students in women’s sport, exercise, & PA🏃🏼‍♀️ Our next míde PGR webinar will take place this Wednesday at 10-11am. Guest speaker: Dr Brendan Egan Topic: Navigating publications, progression, and the post-PhD landscape https://t.co/3uNNNqWLKk
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
2 months
Recruiting 8 more female team sport players to take part in our study looking at carbohydrate intake and performance @dcu_shhp ⚡️Gain insight into your fitness levels ⚡️ Improve sport specific fitness ⚡️1-1 performance nutrition consultation Scan the QR or drop me an email
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
4 months
Calling all PGRs in women's sport, exercise, and PA across the island of Ireland! Our first live webinar will take place this Monday 30th at 10AM Guest speaker: Emma Cowley, PhD Topic: The power of social interaction and networking during a PhD. https://t.co/7Q4Nt8sIRA
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@IrishSESA
Irish Sport and Exercise Sciences Association
5 months
Some of our attendees starting the morning strong, with our group run before Day Two🏃
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@SiobhanOConnor3
Siobhán O Connor
5 months
🌟 Delighted to have organised our first official @dcu_shhp Research Conference - a fantastic day in our new @DCU Polaris building, showcasing our incredible applied research across the school. Grateful to our amazing team! 👏
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
6 months
New research📢 The current guidelines on carbohydrate-based fuelling strategies for soccer are NOT informed by an adequate evidence base when applied to female players⚽️ More high quality female-specific research in this area needed 🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️ https://t.co/28TdpPap2A
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@dcu_shhp
DCU School of Health and Human Performance
6 months
New research from @LauraMcManus__ and colleagues. “Less than 4% of participants in studies of carbohydrate-based fuelling strategies for soccer performance have been female: results from an audit of her representation”. https://t.co/F1LCbAeH4L @DCUFSH @DCU_Research
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Women’s soccer has increased markedly in popularity and professionalisation in recent years. Achieving adequate carbohydrate (CHO) availability before and during performance is often advised as a k...
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
8 months
Do interventions of increased red meat intake improve iron status? 🩸 Check out our new meta-analysis of intervention studies https://t.co/nY9t0BZbzZ Results from a recently completed clinical trial on this topic from our lab pending… @dcu_shhp
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@dcu_shhp
DCU School of Health and Human Performance
8 months
Here is a link to some research projects we are currently seeking participants for ⬇️⬇️ Project areas: - Pelvic floor health - Farming Mental Health - Carb intake in female soccer - Burnout in the fitness industry - Dehydration and ketones https://t.co/lWaevWZb8r
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
8 months
Delighted to attend and have the opportunity to present at the All-Island Research Conference on Women & Girls in Sport. Exciting times ahead 🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️
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Laura McManus
9 months
Female team sport players wanted for a new study @dcu_shhp We are investigating the impact of carbohydrate intake on physical & cognitive performance in female players Opportunity to improve sport specific fitness & learn about nutrition⚡️ Email me or scan the QR to sign up
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Laura McManus
10 months
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of presenting findings from our recent study about the representation of female participants in studies of carbohydrate-based fuelling strategies for soccer performance at the International Sport and Exercise Nutrition Conference!
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
1 year
Great few days spent at the @BiochemExercise conference in Limerick last week! Big thank you to @DrBPCarson and team for the work that went in to organising🙌🏻
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
1 year
👏👏 @MattMoran999
@DrKarenKeane4
Karen Keane
1 year
67% of GAA players suffer from poor sleep & this could have a huge impact on general health & diet behaviours (⬆️ risk in females) Excellent work from @MattMoran999, recent MSc graduate @ATU_GalwayCity @LisRyan_Nutri @theronandoherty @PrActivePhysio https://t.co/qOYvmcfKID
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@GraceLynch3
Grace Lynch
1 year
If you are female (18-35years) and currently active , DCU are currently looking for participants for this very important piece of research ! Details and sign up link below and in comments! @DcuPerformance @DCU @SimonDevenney
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@LauraMcManus__
Laura McManus
2 years
Great few days at the @ThePhySoc dietary manipulations for health meeting. Enjoyed sharing some preliminary findings from our ongoing study.
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@dcu_shhp
DCU School of Health and Human Performance
2 years
Dr. Brendan Egan is seeking someone to apply for SPHeRE PhD funding on this project investigating time-restricted eating for improving maternal-foetal outcome in Gestational Diabetes. Details below: https://t.co/Sea78rdusa
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@DrDavidNolan
Dr. David Nolan
2 years
We have had >400 responses to this survey already! We would love to get more responses from ladies Gaelic footballers to make sure we have an even split across Camogie and football! So please share with any club or county players you know! Link: https://t.co/vEtNKPC2De
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@DrDavidNolan
Dr. David Nolan
2 years
Please reshare. One of my students is investigating the prevalence of hormonal contraceptive use, side-effects & menstrual cycle related symptoms in female Gaelic football & camogie players. We want to hear from players at both club & county level. https://t.co/vEtNKPC2De
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