S1 Episode 4: Talking STEM with Physiotherapist Julie Sparrow

In this fourth episode I’m interviewing Physiotherapist Julie Sparrow. Listen to hear Julie’s fascinating stories about how she got into STEM, her experience working with Paralympians and much more!

If you’d like to find out more about the topics Julie talked about, here are some useful links:

· Teesside university, the university that Julie was a senior lecturer at: https://www.tees.ac.uk

· A short introduction to running prosthetics for Paralympians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42mI6kDvPeE&vl=ru

· A great ted talk about new advances in prosthetics: https://www.ted.com/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance?language=en

· Julie would love to see a way of restoring the spinal cord. You can learn more about the crucial role this part of the body has to play with this fantastic introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY9NTVh-Awo

· Brian Cox, the physicist, broadcaster and TV presenter Julie would have her long conversation with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)

Thanks for listening and please share with everyone you think would enjoy the podcast!

You can find out more about greenlight for girls, the organisation inspiring girls into STEM which I am an ambassador for here: http://www.greenlightforgirls.org

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