The Global Alliance for Mental Health and Sport (GAMeS) is a home for innovative and world leading research, implementation, and knowledge translation initiatives to increase psychological safety, mental health and wellbeing in and through sport. We act as a global hub to connect sporting, research and government partners from around the world with each other, with practitioners, with world leading research, and with world’s best practice in mental health promotion in sport.
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Sports Mental Health Clinician & Consultant | Founder | Executive Director, Play Gap | MSSA, LISW-S
The program is packed full of incredible presentations! Can't wait. Where I go, you go Play Gap. 💚 #GAMeS2025 Global Alliance for Mental Health and Sport (GAMeS)
💡#GAMeS2025 presenter spotlight! See you next month in London.
Wellbeing & Executive Coach | National Athlete | Training & Consultancy | TEDx Speaker (PGCert, iOSH, ILM Level 7)
The GAMeS International Mental Health and Sport Conference programme has been released 🎉 Next month, I’ll be presenting the work I’m most proud of developing during my time at UK Sports Institute and UK Athletics - The impact of tailored performance lifestyle support throughout injury. My Achilles rupture and surgery led to a slight career pivot towards wellbeing, careers and executive coaching, and curiosity about how Performance Lifestyle coaching could better support world class programme athletes navigating injury. Particularly looking forward to hearing from the rest of our symposium collective speakers on injury and Mental Health in sport, Dr Göran Kenttä on safety and vulnerability in high-performance environments, and also Paul Gorczynski and Pete Olusoga, PhD. on EDI in Sport being under attack. I'll be there throughout the Global Alliance for Mental Health and Sport (GAMeS) Conference - Let me know if you’re planning to attend! Sam Cumming Dr Rachel Arnold Lauren Cleave MSc BSc (Hons) Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson Sporting Equals #GAMeS2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Careers, Wellbeing & Executive Coach ~ Training Provider ~ National Triple Jumper My business, Shanara Coaching, supports leaders and change-makers to achieve more than they believe they can while looking after their Wellbeing. #WellbeingCoaching #HighPerformance #Training #Speaker #Consultancy
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Doctoral Researcher in Elite Sport Health and Performance | Performance Nutritionist
🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀🚨 Only 6% of sport science research focuses on women. We want to change that — and we need your voice. 💡 Take part in our 𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 to help shape the future of sport science and sport medicine for women. ✅ For athletes aged 18+ ✅ Identify (& born) as a woman ✅ Compete at national, international, or world-class level 🌍 The survey is available in 7 languages: English | Español | Italiano | Português | Français | العربية | 日本語 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dHZQ_xpy 📩 For questions, contact: [email protected] 📣 This is your chance to make research more inclusive, accessible, and impactful for the next generation of female athletes. Sharing appreciated 🙏🏻
💡#GAMeS2025 presenter spotlight!
Psychologist; Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician; Sport and Exercise Psychologist
For my colleagues and connections who haven't yet registered for the Global Alliance for Mental Health and Sport (GAMeS) conference in London next month, the program has just been released and looks great! I have the wonderful privilege to be presenting again, but am more importantly looking forward to reconnecting with those also passionate about making meaningful change in promoting mental health at all levels of the sporting system. #GAMeS2025
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🚨 Thrilled to Announce: Esports Takes the Stage at #GAMeS2025 🚨 I’m incredibly excited to share that for the first time, the Global Alliance for Mental Health and Sport (GAMeS) International Mental Health & Sport Conference will feature dedicated esports research sessions. As the esports expert on both the scientific and organising committees, I’m proud to have helped bring this initiative to life with the support of incredible colleagues across Movember and our global network. A huge thank you to Movember for championing this work and helping us put esports mental health on the global stage. Below is a preview of the esports program you can look forward to in London this November: Session 1️⃣(Symposium): Understanding and Promoting Mental Health in Esports Chair: Jolan Kegelaers (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE) ⚫ The Mental Health Status of Esports Players: Jolan Kegelaers ⚫ The Mental Meta: Unpacking Reciprocal Interactions Between Mental Health and Esports: Lucas Van Ruysevelt ⚫ Well-Being and Basic Psychological Needs in Esports Coaches: A Mixed-Methods Investigation: Matthew Watson ⚫ Developing International Mental Health Guidelines for Esports: Dylan Poulus Session 2️⃣: Mental Health in Esports Chair: Dylan Poulus ⚫ The State of Mental Health Research in Esports: Benjamin T. Sharpe, PhD ⚫ Stress and Coping in Elite Esports: A Diary Study of Stress, Coping and Coping Effectiveness: Mason Drew ⚫ Press B to Belong: Early Intervention in Men's Health through Structured National School Esports Competition: Daniel Aivaliotis-Martinez ⚫ What Is Missing? Mental Health Needs in Esports: The Players’ Perspective: Dr Mitchell Nicholson ⚫ Embedding Prosocial Design in Gaming: Equimundo’s Approach to Safer and Healthier Player Communities: Caroline Hayes / Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice ⚫ Female Representation in Esports Psychology Research: Implications for Mental Wellbeing, Psychological Safety, and Performance Optimisation: Riley Dunn ⚫ Role of a 10-Week Exercise Intervention on Cerebral Hemoglobin Saturation, Cognitive Function and Heart Rate Variability within Elite Esports Players: A Pilot Study: Mitchell Nicholson ⚫ Building Better VR Mental Health Interventions: Evidence-Based Design Principles in Sport (and Beyond): Emmanuel Obine ⚫ Affect, Wellbeing, and Ill-Health in Esports: The CEPAV Multimodal Dataset for Mental-Health Research: Maciej Behnke These sessions bring together some of the world’s leading esports researchers to examine stress, well-being, the integration of physical and mental health, and the development of international guidelines. See you in London! Southern Cross University / Esports Research Network
🎓 The full #GAMeS2025 Scientific Program is now available! 🗓 19–21 November 2025 | London Stadium, Olympic Park Dive into three days of cutting-edge international research, powerful keynotes, and inspiring conversations at the intersection of mental health and sport. From empirical studies to policy discourse and beyond, there’s something for every change-maker in our community. 🔎 Browse the full program and start planning your schedule here: https://lnkd.in/gRHZMVnw We can’t wait to gather thought leaders, practitioners, athletes, and advocates under one (large) roof to push forward the mental health agenda in sport. 👉 Register before the 21st October deadline: https://lnkd.in/g_wsrYEu #GAMeS2025 #MentalHealth #SportScience #Conference #Wellbeing #Research #Innovation
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PhD/Honours Opportunity 🚨 We’re looking for a motivated PhD student (or Honours student as a pathway to PhD) to lead a new project exploring men’s experiences of injury, recovery, and mental health in recreational combat sports. In collaboration with Dr Paul Sharp & Dr Mitchell Gibbs, this interdisciplinary research will examine how men experience, interpret, and adapt to injury, and explore the gendered dimensions of pain, identity, and belonging within jiu-jitsu communities. The ideal candidate will hold a degree in sport and exercise science, public health, or applied psychology, and demonstrate a strong interest in community-based mental health promotion, masculinities, and men’s health. Please email [email protected] and [email protected] with expression of interest including a CV outlining relevant background and motivation for undertaking this project. Currently open to Australian permanent residents/citizens only. EOI closes: October 31, 2025
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Mary Woessner (PhD) is leading really important research and is interested in speaking to young men. Know someone who might be interested in the below?
Another #GAMeS2025 Presenter highlight 💡 Don't forget to register for the conference before the 31st October deadline 👉 https://lnkd.in/g_wsrYEu
Sports Mental Health Clinician & Consultant | Founder | Executive Director, Play Gap | MSSA, LISW-S
Thanks to the Global Alliance for Mental Health and Sport (GAMeS) Organizing Committee for offering late submissions and accepting, "Play Gap®: Bridging Gaps and Creating Connection and Opportunity in Sports for Adult Women" for presentation next month. If you are attending, please find me to say hello. 👋🏽 www.thegamesconference.com
#GAMeS2025 Presenter highlight 💡 Don't forget to register for the conference before the 31st October deadline 👉 https://lnkd.in/g_wsrYEu
Attending the Global Alliance for Mental Health and Sport (GAMeS) International Mental Health and Sport Conference on Thursday the 20th of November? See you there! 😍 Grateful to the GAMeS scientific organizing committee for the exciting opportunity and to have had a late-breaking abstract accepted for an oral presentation, taking place at the London Olympic stadium 😲 It has been a joy to be involved in ongoing work on sport and flourishing with Richard Cowden, Constantine Psimopoulos, Matthew J. Moore, PhD, CMPC, and many others! We have high hopes for flourishing scholarship and, in particular, how it can improve (and be improved by) understanding in sport contexts💡 Are you keen to hear more on our work and wish to connect in London? Get in touch with me via DM or e-mail me at [email protected] 📧 Leeds Trinity University Leeds Trinity University - School of Psychology The Human Flourishing Program Utah State University - Kinesiology and Health Science Department