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Dr Turner completed her MSc (2007) and PhD (2010) at the Indiana University, USA. Her PhD thesis investigated the effect of inspiratory muscle training on the oxygen cost of breathing and respiratory and limb locomotor muscle oxygenation. She then completed 2 years of post-doctoral training focusing on understanding the integrated physiological and cognitive responses to exercise and the influence of dietary strategies on this response.
Dr Turner has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in the UK and abroad. She joined the University of Gloucestershire in 2020.
Dr Turner leads and teaches modules across both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She has experience of developing and validating course curricula, and leadership of courses in Sport and Exercise Science, Physical Activity and Health, Nutrition. She has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2014 and has served as an external examiner for taught course provisions. In addition, she supervises undergraduate dissertations, research by master’s and PhD students.
Dr Turner’s research is aligned to understanding the interactions between the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in health and disease and the implications on performance, exercise tolerance, physical activity behaviours and wellbeing.
This research includes a number of research interests including:
1) respiratory muscle and circulatory mechanics and the functional consequences of increased respiratory demand and/or pulmonary limitations
2) interventional studies focusing on the respiratory health and performance including: inspiratory muscle training, exercise training and dietary supplementation
3) mechanistic understanding of the role of exercise on cardiopulmonary health, novel activity and exercise interventions in chronic disease, and understanding activity and sedentary behaviour profiles in a range of populations across the lifespan including children, pregnancy and older adults.
Dr Turner’s research contributes to the Cardiometabolic Laboratory in the School of Education and Science at the University of Gloucestershire.
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