缅北禁地

I am currently a Senior Lecturer working within the Human Nutrition & Exercise Research Centre and Diabetes Research Group. I was appointed as a research institute Principal Investigator in 2016, where I was awarded a prestigious 缅北禁地 Research Fellowship.  Prior to moving to 缅北禁地 I studied a PhD in clinical exercise physiology within the Diabetes Research Group, of the College of Medicine, and the Department of Sport and Exercise Science, at Swansea University. 

My primary research interests focus on the role of exercise and nutrition in the management of chronic disease, with particular interest in the facilitation of safe and effective exercise in those with Type 1 diabetes.  I also explore nutritional and insulin dose adjustment strategies to improve mealtime glucose control in both Type 1 and 2 diabetes.

I have received funding from Diabetes UK, Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation, The Novo Nordisk UK Research Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund, NU COVID-19 research fund, Arla Foods Ingredients, Medtronic, Dexcom & Beneo.

For a full list of publications see my  page.

Expertise

I have conducted various nutrition and exercise projects that are published in highly esteemed clinical journals that have involved measures such as continuous glucose monitoring, exercise in high-risk patient groups, appetite regulation, postprandial glucose control, endothelial progenitor cells, gastric emptying, free-living nutritional interventions.

I am was formerly an expert panel member for the international Type 1 diabetes and exercise education programme ‘JDRF PEAK’.

I have considerable experience in exercise laboratory management, risk assessment, and COVID-19 management protocols in both NHS trust and University laboratory settings. 

Education & Training

PhD Human Physiology – Swansea University

BSc Sport & Exercise Science (1^st Class Hons) – Swansea University

Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist – American College of Sports Medicine

Faculty Roles

- Early Career Researcher Theme Lead (Nutrition, Exercise, Metabolism)

- Biosafety Academic Lead - Population Health Science Institute

New PhD areas of interest - applications welcome

Residual beta-cell function and postprandial lipidomics - collaboration with Prof Lee Roberts, Leeds.

Novel protein forms in health and disease

Exercise, type 1 diabetes and vascular repair / regeneration

Current projects as Principal Investigator:

- EXPLODE - Exercise to prevent frailty and loss of independence in elderly, insulin treated people with diabetes

- Impact of residual beta-cell function on glucose variability before and after exercise in Type 1 diabetes

- Predictors of the endothelial progenitor cell response to exercise in people with and without Type 1 diabetes

- The influence of a small dose of whey protein on gastric emptying in lean, obese and type 2 diabetes patients.

- The influence of 7 day premeal whey protein supplementation on freeliving glucose on control in Type 2 diabetes

Current Team

Dr Guy Taylor - Exercise Physiologist

Mr Kieran Smith - PhD Diabetes

Dr Andy Shaw - Academic Foundation Programme

Dr Rachel Stocker - Health Psychologist

Co-supervision

Mr Oliver Bell - PhD

Mr Joe Kapusarevic - PhD

Dr Catriona Farrell (Uni of Dundee)

I have >15 years of teaching experience across the areas of biomedicine, nutrition, sport and exercise science and clinical science. At 缅北禁地 I contributed to the validation of the Sport and Exercise Science BSc, and led the validation of MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology and MRES Clinical Exercise Physiology. I am programme leader for MRES Clinical Exercise Physiology, and teach on undergraduate and BSc Sport & Exercise Science, Nutrition and MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology.

• Articles

  • Taylor GS, Smith K, Scragg J, McDonald TJ, Shaw JA, West DJ, Roberts LD. . Diabetologia 2024, 67, 413–1428.
  • Farrell CM, Cappon G, West DJ, Facchinetti A, McCrimmon RJ. . Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 2026, 20(1), 167-172.
  • Farrell CM, McNeilly AD, Hacpa S, Fournier P, Jones T, Facchinetti A, Cappon G, West DJ, McCrimmon RJ. . Diabetologia 2024, 67, 392-402.
  • Smith K, Taylor GS, Peeters W, Walker M, Perazzolo S, Atabaki-Pasdar N, Bowden Davies KA, Karpe F, Hodson L, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . Diabetologia 2024, 67, 2555-2567.
  • Stocker R, Gupta A, Taylor GS, Shaw JA, West DJ. . Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2024, 77, e242-e250.
  • Morris A, Bright C, Cocks M, Gibson N, Goff L, Greaves C, Griffin S, Jane B, Kinnafick F, Robb P, Roberts M, Salman D, Saxton J, Taylor A, West D, Yates T, Andrews RC, Gill JMR. . Diabetic Medicine 2023, 40(9), e15169.
  • Bell OJ, Flynn D, Clifford T, West D, Stevenson E, Avery L. . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2023, 20(1), 25.
  • Kietsiriroje N, Shah H, Zare M, O'Mahoney LL, West DJ, Pearson SM, Ajjan RA, Campbell MD. . European Journal of Nutrition 2023, 62, 1231-1238.
  • Taylor GS, Shaw A, Scragg JH, Smith K, Campbell MD, Macdonald TJ, Shaw JAM, Ross MD, West DJ. . Frontiers in Endocrinology: Clinical Diabetes 2022, 13, 797438.
  • Smith K, Taylor GS, Brunsgaard LH, Walker M, Bowden KA, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 2022, 10(3), e002820.
  • Campbell MD, West DJ, O'Mahoney LL, Pearson S, Kietsiriroje N, Holmes M, Ajjan RA. . Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders 2022, 21, 573-581.
  • Smith K, Taylor GS, Brunsgaard LH, Walker M, Bowden KA, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2022, 108(8), e603–e612.
  • Capper TE, Siervo M, Clifford T, Taylor G, Iqbal W, West D, Stevenson EJ. . The Journal of Nutrition 2022, 152(1), 130-139.
  • Ashley K, Smith K, Brunsgaard LH, Stevenson E, West D, Avery L. . Nutrients 2022, 14(3), 565.
  • Taylor GS, Shaw AC, Smith K, Wason J, McDonald TJ, Oram RA, Stevenson E, Shaw JAM, West DJ. . Diabetic Medicine 2022, 39(5), e14814.
  • Allerton DM, West DJ, Stevenson EJ. . European Journal of Nutrition 2021, 60, 999-1011.
  • Taylor GS, Shaw A, Smith K, Capper TE, Scragg JH, Cronin M, Bashir A, Flatt A, Campbell MD, Stevenson EJ, Shaw JA, Ross M, West DJ. . Scientific Reports 2021, 11(1), 14502.
  • Smith K, Taylor GS, Allerton DM, Brunsgaard LH, Bowden Davies KA, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . Frontiers in Endocrinology 2021, 12, 696977.
  • Stocker R, Shaw JA, Taylor GS, Witham MD, West DJ. . BMJ Open 2021, 11, e048932.
  • O'Mahoney LL, Kietsiriroje N, Pearson S, West DJ, Holmes M, Ajjan RA, Campbell MD. . Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 2021, 44, 2417-2426.
  • Eckstein ML, Farinha JB, McCarthy O, West DJ, Yardley JE, Bally L, Zueger T, Stettler C, Boff W, Reischak-Oliveira A, Riddell MC, Zaharieva DP, Pieber TR, Muller A, Birnbaumer P, Aziz F, Brugnara L, Haahr H, Zijlstra E, Heise T, Sourij H, Roden M, Hofmann P, Bracken RM, Pesta D, Moser O. . Diabetes Care 2021, 44(1), 240-247.
  • Taylor GS, Smith K, Capper TE, Scragg JH, Bashir A, Flatt A, Stevenson EJ, McDonald TJ, Oram RA, Shaw JA, West DJ. . Diabetes Care 2020, 43(10), 2362-2370.
  • Taylor GS, Moser O, Smith K, Shaw A, Tang JCY, Fraser WD, Eckstein ML, Aziz F, Stevenson EJ, Shaw JA, West DJ. . BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 2020, 8(2), e001779.
  • Farrell CM, McNeilly AD, Fournier P, Jones T, Hapca SM, West DJ, McCrimmon RJ. . Diabetologia 2020, 63, 853-863.
  • Allerton DM, Rumbold PLS, West DJ, Stevenson EJ. . British Journal of Nutrition 2019, 121(6), 637-646.
  • King DG, Walker M, Campbell MD, Breen L, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2018, 107(4), 550-557.
  • Stewart CJ, Nelson A, Campbell MD, Walker M, Stevenson EJ, Shaw JA, Cummings SP, West DJ. . Diabetic Medicine 2017, 34(1), 127-134.
  • Campbell MD, Walker M, Ajjan RA, Birch KM, Gonzalez JT, West DJ. . Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research 2017, 14(4), 336-344.
  • Turner D, Gray BJ, Luzio S, Dunseath G, Bain SC, Hanley S, Richards A, Rhydderch DC, Ayles M, Kilduff LP, Campbell MD, West DJ, Bracken RM. . Scandanavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2016, 26(4), 404-412.
  • Campbell MD, Walker M, King D, Gonzalez JT, Allerton D, Stevenson EJ, Shaw JA, West DJ. . Diabetes Care 2016, 39(9), e141-e142.
  • Turner D, Luzio S, Gray BJ, Bain SC, Hanley S, Richards A, Rhydderch DC, Martin R, Campbell MD, Kilduff LP, West DJ, Bracken RM. . Diabetic Medicine 2016, 33(4), 506-510.
  • West DJ, Campbell MD, Gonzalez JT, Walker M, Stevenson EJ, Ahmed FW, Wijaya S, Shaw JA, Weaver JU. . Cardiovascular Diabetology 2015, 14, 71.
  • Campbell MD, West DJ, Bain SC, Kingsley MI, Foley P, Kilduff L, Turner D, Gray B, Stephens JW, Bracken RM. . Scandanavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2015, 25(2), 216-222.
  • Campbell MD, Walker M, Bracken RM, Turner D, Stevenson EJ, Gonzalez JT, Shaw JA, West DJ. . BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 2015, 3, e000085.
  • Turner D, Luzio S, Gray BJ, Dunseath G, Rees ED, Kilduff LP, Campbell MD, West DJ, Bain SC, Bracken RM. . Scandanavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2015, 25(1), e99-e109.
  • Campbell MD, Gonzalez JT, Rumbold PL, Walker M, Shaw JA, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2015, 101(3), 478-486.
  • Turner D, Luzio S, Kilduff LP, Gray BJ, Dunseath G, Bain SC, Campbell MD, West DJ, Bracken RM. . Diabetic Medicine 2014, 31(8), 1009-1013.
  • Campbell MD, Walker M, Trenell MI, Luzio S, Dunseath G, Tuner D, Bracken RM, Bain SC, Russell M, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . PLoS One 2014, 9(5), e97143.
  • Campbell MD, Walker M, Trenell MI, Stevenson EJ, Turner D, Bracken RM, Shaw JA, West DJ. . Diabetes Care 2014, 37(7), 1845-1853.
  • Campbell MD, Walker M, Trenell MI, Jakovljevic DG, Stevenson EJ, Bracken RM, Bain SC, West DJ. . Diabetes Care 2013, 36(8), 2217-2224.
  • West DJ, Morton RD, Stephens JW, Bain SC, Kilduff LP, Luzio S, Still R, Bracken RM. Isomaltulose improves postexercise glycemia by reducing CHO oxidation in T1DM. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2011, 43, 204-210.

• Book Chapter

  • Bracken RM, West DJ, Bain SC. Pre-exercise insulin and carbohydrate strategies in the exercising T1DM individual. In: Gallen, I, ed. Type 1 Diabetes: Clinical Management of the Athlete. Springer, 2012, pp.4-71.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Page O, Carruthers M, Taylor GS, Orange ST, Dulson DK, West DJ, Jeffries O. . In: Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2025. 2025, Glasgow, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

• Reviews

  • Smith K, Bowden Davies KA, Stevenson EJ, West DJ. . Frontiers in Nutrition 2020, 7, 587843.
  • O'Mahoney LL, Matu J, Price OJ, Birch KM, Ajjan RA, Farrar D, Tapp R, West DJ, Deighton K, Campbell MD. . Cardiovascular Diabetology 2018, 17, 98.