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Dr. Emma Cowley
PhD, MA CML Postdoctoral Fellow Dept. Exercise and Sport Science University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-8700 Curriculum Vitae |
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Contact Me If...
- Student or postdoc: interested in joining the CML team, or if you are an international and want some info on making the move to America.
- Journalist: would like some scientific input on a story.
- Keywords: women’s health, adolescence, gender gap in sport, changing behaviors, physical activity
- Scientist: possible collaboration, arrange a talk/lecture, grab a drink if you’re in town!
- Clinician/practitioner: developing programmes/information to improve adolescent physical activity/ mental health.
- Anyone: always happy to chat!
About Me
Education
Example Honors
Research Interests
I’m interested in the development of movement behavior interventions that are based in real-world settings which focus on improving individuals’ behaviors and attitudes towards health. I am particularly interested in understanding the wider societal and contextual factors that influence people’s health behaviors through mixed-methods research. My research is predominantly focused on women’s participation in exercise.
Career Goals
To develop real-world interventions that help girls from socially deprived and underrepresented areas find physical activities that they enjoy (and thus like to take part in!).
Personal Facts
- Current: Postdoc, Cardiometabolic Lab (CML), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2022: Postdoc, Healthy Campus and Health Literacy research group, Dublin City University, Ireland
- 2022: PhD, Physical Activity and Behavior Change, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
- 2019: M.Sc. (distinction), Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK
- 2017: B.Sc. (hons, 1st class), Physical Education and Biology, Dublin City University, Ireland
Example Honors
- University Alliance, DTA Alumni Award, 2022.
- DTA3/ COFUND Marie Curie Fellow, 3-year funded PhD, 2019, UK
- University of Glasgow, MSc Class prize in, 2018, UK
- DCU, Contribution to University award, 2017, Ireland
- Trinity College, Academic Excellence award, 2013, Ireland
Research Interests
I’m interested in the development of movement behavior interventions that are based in real-world settings which focus on improving individuals’ behaviors and attitudes towards health. I am particularly interested in understanding the wider societal and contextual factors that influence people’s health behaviors through mixed-methods research. My research is predominantly focused on women’s participation in exercise.
Career Goals
To develop real-world interventions that help girls from socially deprived and underrepresented areas find physical activities that they enjoy (and thus like to take part in!).
Personal Facts
- I will do almost anything for good coffee and Irish chocolate.
- You can find my most evenings watching The Office with my husband Colin.
- I am always open to a good book recommendation (“A Little Life” is my jam).
- I’m a kid of two patisserie chefs – a first generation college student who can’t bake to save her life.
Research Outputs
Example Publications
Example Funding
Example Presentations
Podcasts
- Cowley E.S., Watson P.M., Foweather L., Belton S., Thompson A., Thijssen D. & Wagenmakers A. (2022) What happened in ‘The HERizon Project’ – A process evaluation of a home-based physical activity intervention for adolescent girls. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19,966, https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph19020966.
- Cowley E.S., Olenick A.A., McNulty K. & Ross E.Z, (2021) ‘Invisible Sportswomen’: The gender data gap in sport and exercise science research, Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal (preprint), https://doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.2021-0028.
- Cowley E.S., Watson P.M., Foweather L., Belton S., Mansfield C., Whitcomb-Khan G., Cacciatore I., Thompson A., Thijssen D. & Wagenmakers A. (2021) Formative evaluation of a home-based physical activity intervention for adolescent girls – The HERizon Project: A randomised controlled trial, Children, 8 (2), https://dx.doi.org/10.3390%2Fchildren8020076.
- Cowley E.S., Watson P.M., Foweather L., Belton S., Thompson A., Thijssen D. & Wagenmakers A. (2021) “Girls aren’t meant to exercise”: Perceived influence on physical activity among adolescent girls – The HERizon Project, Children, 8 (1), https://doi.org/10.3390/children8010031.
- Parra-Soto S., Cowley E.S., Rezende L., Ferreccio C., Mathers J., Pell J., Ho F. & Celies-Morales C. (2021) Associations of six adiposity-related markers with incidence and mortality from 24 cancers – findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study, BMC Medicine, 19 (7), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01848-8.
- Strauss J., Ranasinghe C., Cowley E.S., Garner P. (2020) High-intensity interval training for reducing cardiometabolic syndrome in healthy but sedentary populations, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013617.
- Woods, H., McIntosh, A., Simpson, A. & Cowley, E.S. (2022) ‘The Reflective Practitioner’ in Practice: Critical Perspectives, Pedagogy, and Applied Case Studies in the Sport and Exercise Science.
Example Funding
- R01HL162805A (PI: Stoner, Role Postdoc). Cardiometabolic disease prevention in college-based young adults: mapping a contextual sedentary behavior intervention. 06/2022-05/2026
- Royal Society Partnership Grant (PI: Dr. Sprung), Partnership with local secondary school to train young girls to use their own data to investigate why fewer girls take part in PE and sport, 2020-21, UK.
- LJMU Global Scholar Fund, 2021, UK. Funded travel to Texas A&M to conduct study investigating the trajectories of movement behaviors from adolescence to adulthood and its impact on health outcomes.
- LJMU Postgraduate Conference Travel Fund, 2020, UK.
- UKSBM Travel Bursary Award 2020, UK, £500.
Example Presentations
- The Athletic Female, (May 2022) Where are the women? Practical strategies to better serve our female athletes. Remote webinar.
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (March, 2022), Is the recruitment process excluding women in sport science research? Guest talk.
- The University of Bolton (Dec, 2021) An Introduction to Self-Determination Theory: How to put theory to practice. Guest lecture.
- “Female Athlete Monthly Meet”, Women in Sport and Exercise Academic Network, (Nov 2021) Guest talk discussing the Invisible Women publication & its impact on women’s health and sport participation: link
Podcasts
Example Service
- Communications Officer, Participatory Research Significant Interest Group (SIG), ISPAH (present).
- The Girls Network Mentor (2019 – 2022) - This charity partners young girls from socially deprived areas of the UK with female professionals.
- “Women in Sport & Exercise panel Q&A” (March 2021) online – Led by LJMU and The HERizon project in celebration of International Women’s Day 2021.
