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Plenary Session for the Eleventh International Conference on Sport & Society: Veronica Varela Mato

"Does Health and Wellbeing of Key Workers Matter?"

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Dr. Veronica Varela Mato is a research associate and a project manager of 3-year cluster randomised control trial at Loughborough University (UK). She received her PhD in physical activity and cardiovascular health in 2016 from Loughborough University. Since then, she has worked as post-doctoral researcher at Loughborough University in the Department of Exercise Metabolism (2016-2017) and the Department of Physical Activity and Public Health (2017-ongoing). Dr. Varela Mato has a strong record of working with industry and research partners. For the seven years, her research has been focused on exploring the links between occupational environments, lifestyle, and health in order to reduce disease risk amongst those most at need. Dr. Varela Mato has also been involved in several grant applications with national recognition in the UK. Her research has international recognition and has been shortlisted for a number of international awards including Early Career Researcher award at ISBNPA (2018).

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