• Experimental Medicine, Metabolic and Nutritional Physiology        Research Group

       

    Welcome to the Experimental Medicine, Metabolic and Nutritional Physiology Research Group at the University of Nottingham. 

    The Experimental Medicine, Metabolic and Nutritional Physiology research group at University of Nottingham (UoN) is part of the Division of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience within the School of Life Sciences. Research efforts are focussed on the study of metabolic and nutritional physiology in the context of health and disease, using outstanding human volunteer research facilities housed in the  David Greenfield Human Physiology Unit, which enable integrative physiology and exprimental medicine approaches to be delivered by specialist clinical and research staff. We also deliver excellent multidisciplinary post-graduate research training activity to meet current UK skills gaps, for instance crossing boundaries of medicine, physics and human biology.

    Our research straddles UoN Schools and institutional research centres of excellence, producing impactful collaboration. We have close links with colleagues at the UoN’s Centre of Metabolism, Ageing and Physiology in Derby and the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre. We are core members of established research centres of excellence, including the Medical Research Council/Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, and the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, and have longstanding research partnerships with industrial sponsors. 

     
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    Our Current Research Studies:

    We currently have a wide range of research studies ongoing and a currently recruiting volunteers for:

    CHAIN I:   Concurrent multi-organ response to CHronic physical Activity and INactivity intervention, to increase research discovery in human health and wellbeing

    CHAIN II:   Concurrent multi-organ response to CHronic physical Activity and INactivity intervention, to increase research discovery in human health and wellbeing

    Pectin Study:   The impact of pectin fibre intake on appetite in older adult

    ECC MRI Study:   Investigation of the impact of high load eccentric exercise on muscle damage and recovery in health, young male volunteers using sodium MR imaging methods

    Menopause & Muscle Mass Study:   Muscle mass, quality, and the menopause; sex-specific strategies to mitigate sarcopenia in ageing population.

    CRNitrateMRI Study:   The combined effects of beetroot juice and caloric restriction on the brain and vascular functions.

    Nitrate and Vitamin C Study:   Vitamin C and Nitrate co-supplementation for endothelial function.

    Experimental Medicine, Metabolic and Nutritional Physiology Research Group

    David Greenfield Human Physiology Unit
    School of Life Sciences
    Medical School
    University of Nottingham
    Nottingham, NG7 2UH