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Dr Nikki Simpson

Senior Lecturer In Sport And Psychology

I joined UoG after working in higher education and clinical practice. As a Senior Lecturer, I contribute to teaching across sport and psychology with a focus on guiding students to develop their employability skills, graduate attributes, personal skills and experiences for post-graduate employment.

Biography

I completed a PhD in Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry in 2019. My research looked at the impact of exercise and supplementation on ageing skeletal muscle health. I previously worked in clinical settings as a physiologist, nutritionist, and orthopaedic educator.

I have previously worked in a sporting setting with the English Institute of Sport, UK Athletics, and Loughborough University Sports Development Team. I have experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in both professional sports and clinical settings across multiple countries. I have a passion for teaching in human nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, and employability.

My research interests are around the impact of nutrition on lifelong health and wellbeing, on a whole body and a cellular level.

Qualifications

  • PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Worcester, 2023
  • PhD Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Hull, 2019
  • PGCert Research Training and Skills, University of Hull, 2015
  • MSc Exercise Physiology and Performance Nutrition, Loughborough University, 2010
  • BSc (Hons) Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, 2008

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Teaching & Research

Teaching

My teaching is primarily focused on employability, physiology and research areas of sport and psychology courses at the University. I teach across two key campuses delivering a range on content in collaboration with the Student Futures team.

Research

I have a keen interest on the physiological developments involved in the ageing process, with a specific interest in the impact of redox balance across the lifespan. Within my PhD I focused on the impact of antioxidant supplementation on the exercise-induced oxidative stress response in human skeletal muscle and blood. I also developed a model of ageing and mode of biochemical exercise simulation in cell culture and analysed the potential use of the transferrable data between cell culture and human experimental protocols.

External responsibilities

Subject for media interview

Healthy ageing, skeletal muscle health, nutritional supplementation, oxidative stress and antioxidants, exercise and activity in later life, and physiology for health professionals.
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