Professor Lettie Bishop

Professor of Exercise Immunology

Lettie’s research interests span the effects of exercise on immunity, inflammation and infection in the general population and those with specific long-term conditions, to the impacts of exercise on immune cell function and infection risk in elite athletes.

Dr Tom Clifford

Lecturer in Physiology and Nutrition

Tom is an accredited practitioner with the SENR. He has a wide range of research interests, including how nutrition can expedite recovery following exercise; the effect of nutritional supplements on immune function; and the health and wellbeing of elite soccer players.

Prof Jonathan Folland

Professor of Neuromuscular Performance

Jonathan's teaching, research and consultancy work is focused on Neuromuscular Performance and the underlying physiology and biomechanics. This topic has applications to athletic performance, sports injury and human health.

Dr Lewis James

Senior Lecturer in Nutrition

Lewis is interested in how nutrition and exercise interact to influence human performance and health, using a variety of physiological, metabolic and behavioural methods to study questions in an integrative manner.

Dr Stephen Mears

Senior Lecturer in Sports & Exercise Nutrition

Stephen’s research focuses on nutritional interventions for health and performance in endurance exercise. He has specific interests in hydration and carbohydrate metabolism including investigating these in different environmental conditions.

Emma O'Donnell

Lecturer, Exercise Physiology

A member of The American Physiological Society, Emma’s research focuses on the effects of estrogen deficiency and exercise training on cardiovascular function and health in women, with emphasis on investigations in young premenopausal amenorrheic athletes and middle-aged postmenopausal women.

Dr Mark Burnley

Senior Lecturer

Mark’s academic interest is in the physiology of endurance exercise. He is a world authority on the kinetics of pulmonary oxygen uptake and the related concepts of exercise intensity domains and the power-duration relationship. Projects have focused on exercise testing, neuromuscular fatigue and mus