Oliver Wilson

Dr Oliver Wilson is a Senior Lecturer at the Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University. His research focuses on exercise physiology, mechanisms of adaptation to training and detraining, age-related sarcopenia, and metabolic diseases such as insulin resistance and type II diabetes.

Education:

• BSc (Hons) in Applied Sport Science, Loughborough University
• MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Loughborough University
• PhD in Exercise Physiology, University of Birmingham

Research Interests:

• Fuel utilization during exercise and its modulation by diet
• Age-related anabolic resistance and its mitigation through physical activity
• Physiological responses to breath-hold diving and apnoeic training
• Differences in substrate oxidation between running and cycling

Current Teaching:

• Measurement and Evaluation in Sport and Exercise Physiology (Level 5)
• Foundations of Exercise Physiology (Level 4)
• Applied Sport & Clinical Exercise Physiology (Level 6)
• Essentials of Exercise Physiology (Level 7)

Supervision:

• PhD Students: Matt Lees, Alistair Black, Joshua Rowe, Antonis Elia

Affiliations:

• Centre for Human Performance
• Centre for Active Lifestyles
• Research Project: SARCA (Skeletal Muscle Health, Arthritis, Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health)
• Cycling Science and Performance research group