Introduction
The UCD Institute for Sport and Health has been established under the direction of Professor Colin Boreham, and is currently based in the Newstead Building at UCD. The Institute is part of a comprehensive and far-reaching initiative to provide a world class sporting environment at UCD. The overall aims of the Institute are to promote exercise for health on the one hand, and sporting excellence on the other, for the people of Ireland. It will accomplish these aims through a range of activities, including teaching, research and service provision. These activities will be characterised by quality outputs, strategic collaboration and practical outcomes. The Institute has close links both with UCD Sport, under Brian Mullins, and is part of the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, within the College of Life Sciences. It also draws upon expertise from throughout the academic and clinical disciplines available at UCD and beyond. Its core resources are a staffing complement of internationally recognised researchers and practitioners, and a world class human performance laboratory incorporating the latest technological advances in the field.
