Muller’s masters theses, delivered to Oslo University College (advisor: Professor Thomas Clausen, SERAF) in the spring of 2014 and which received an A, was based on a research project examining the feasibility and effect of participation in exercise groups for residents of four substance use disorder treatment facilities in Oslo.
The study’s results showed that exercising participants reported improved quality of life, with clinical and statistical significance, compared to those who did not participate. These results support the provision of group-based physical activity as a part of treatment.
Before the end of the year, Muller had also published an article in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health using data from her project (link to article here). Her article was then covered in the monthly newsletter of the Recovery Research Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (hms.harvard.edu) in February 2015.
Congratulations to Ashley (”Ley”) Muller for her work and a well-earned prize for her masters thesis (2014) from Knowledge Oslo!
Ashley Muller is close to completing her first of three years as a PhD student at SERAF on the NorComt project.