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As Editor-in-Chief of Sports, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Sports 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Mr. Gustavo Oliveira da Silva, a PhD student at Nove de Julho University, Brazil. He will be awarded CHF 800 to attend the 28th Annual ECSS Congress (4-7/07/2023), to be held in France. The award also goes to Dr. Sara Samadzadeh, a postdoctoral researcher at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf (Uniklinikum Düsseldorf), Germany. He will also be awarded CHF 800 to attend the World Congress of Neurology (15-19/10/2023), Canada.
As the awardees, they will each receive an honorarium of CHF 800, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2023 in Sports after peer review, and an electronic certificate.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Eling Douwe De Bruin, on behalf of the Sports 2023 Travel Award Evaluation Committee.
Sports Travel Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Sara Oliveira
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Gioi Spinello
University of Padova, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Guy Gregory Haff
Chairperson
Editgh Cowan University
Dr. Dale Wilson Chapman
School of Allied Health, Curtin University
Dr. Thomas Kaminski
University of Delaware
Dr. Clayton L. Camic, Ph.D.
Northern Illinois University
Winner
Titta Kuorelahti
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Stefano Di Paolo
IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Richard Kreider
Chairperson
Dr. Clayton L. Camic, Ph.D.
Northern Illinois University
Dr. Dale Wilson Chapman
School of Allied Health, Curtin University
Dr. Thomas Kaminski
University of Delaware
Winner
Behnam Liaghat
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Shane Ryan
South East Technological University, Ireland
Award Committee
Prof. Eling de Bruin
Chairperson
IBWS, ETHZ
Dr. David Bentley
None
Prof. François Billaut
University Laval
Prof. Dr. Silvio Rene Lorenzetti
School of Engineering, ZHAW
Prof. Tom L Broderick
Midwestern University, College of Graduate Studies, Department of Physiology
Winner
Sara Samadzadeh
University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Gustavo Oliveira da Silva
Nove de Julho University, Brazil
Award Committee
Ms. Sports Editorial Office
Chairperson
Sports Editorial Office
Dr. Andrew Hatchett
Health Sciences Program Coordinator
Dr. Antonio Tessitore
University of Rome "Foro Italico"
Dr. Diane E. Mack
Brock University
Prof. Professor Michael Kingsley
La Trobe University and University of Auckland
Winner
Ben Kirk
University of Melbourne
Pénélope Paradis-Deschênes
University of Laval
Winner
Paul Collings
Bradford Institute for Health Research, UK
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