FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SCIENCES

HEART: Research themes

Exercise and health

  • Focuses on the health and well-being aspects of research within the group, including health-related quality of life, physiotherapy interventions and translational research of direct relevance to the NHS.
  • Contact: Dr Iain Beith, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences

Exercise and inflammation

  • Focuses on the immunological and inflammatory responses to exercise and disease at the cellular and molecular level.
  • Contact: Professor Andy Jewell, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences

Sport and exercise physiology

  • Focuses on the physiological response to exercise and on optimising exercise programmes for specific needs.
  • Contact: Professor Andy Jewell, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences

Psychological aspects of exercise and health

  • Focuses on the influence of exercise on psychological health.
  • Contact: Professor Philip TerryOpens new window Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University

Exercise and management of long term conditions

  • Focuses on exercise as a way to improve or maintain function, reduce co-morbidities and promote health and wellbeing in people with chronic long term conditions.
  • Contact: Dr Gita Ramdharry, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences