11 June 2012

Olympic torch honour for Anna and Jill

Dr Anna Campbell, a lecturer at the University's Institute of Sport and Exercise, and Dr Jill Roche, a recent graduate of the School of Medicine, will be helping to relay the Olympic torch on its way through Scotland this week.

Dr Campbell, Clinical Exercise Science Lecturer and a leading expert on the role of exercise and cancer survivorship, will carry the flame through Meigle in Perthshire tomorrow (12 June) while Dr Roche, now working in Ninewells Hospital, will carry it through Dundee later the same day.

Dr Campbell has spent more than 10 years researching the effects of exercise on cancer survivorship and has established the first city wide cancer rehabilitation programmes in Glasgow and Dundee for women with breast cancer. A keen runner, she leads the Clinical Exercise Science component of the Sports Biomedicine Degree Programme at the University.

Dr Jill Roche (25) graduated with a 1st class degree in medicine in 2011. A former elite gymnast she also ran at national level during her school years and played volleyball for Scotland, captaining the University team and playing in the Scottish Universities National team. As well as her studies and sporting activities Dr Roche is also an active fundraiser for charity and has carried out a considerable amount of voluntary work over the years.

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