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East London and the Olympic legacy

Using peas and beans to make a map Living Map: a High Street 2012 project

Ali Campbell is working with our local community to celebrate the Mile End Road and Whitechapel High Street

Ruptured Achilles tendon Improving the repair of Achilles tendon injuries in athletes

Professor Nicola Maffulli is refining the methods used to surgically repair Achilles tendon injury

Taking the measure of the Olympic impact on London

Professor Steven Cummins is leading an evaluation of Olympic regeneration activity 

Dramatic engagement with our local community  

Phakama, resident arts organisation at Queen Mary, is organising pop up festival Velela! There will be performances by, and for, our local community 

Using smart sensors to understand athletic prowess

Professor Pankaj Vadgama is looking at ways to improve athletic performance

Rivoli Cinema, Whitechapel Walk with me: remembering how things were and making new memories

Mile End Films is exploring the cinematic heritage of the East End

Olympic stadium A series of lectures exploring the Olympic phenomenon

Watch fascinating lectures exploring the history of the Olympics: cultural, political and ideological

Our location – just two miles from the main site of the Olympic and Paralympic Games – has placed the Games squarely in Queen Mary’s consciousness. We have drawn on our academic expertise to query and explore how this world-class event is shaping life in Britain. A fascinating series of public lectures on the Olympics has been running since 2009.

The ORiEL project led by Professor Steven Cummins is investigating the impact of regeneration in the Olympic host boroughs, while Professor Kam Bhui is looking into how physical activity affects our mood and mental health.

Queen Mary is also actively involved in the Games – volunteering as gamesmakers and working in the Olympic Polyclinic – a state-of-the-art healthcare facility that will be open to the public after the Games finish. Professor Nicola Maffulli, lead for the Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, has worked with repairing Achilles tendon injury injury in elite athletes, while Professor Pankaj Vadgama has developed ‘smart sensors’ to learn more about how athletes bodies work.