Staff Profile

I an currently a Research Associate working within the Sport and Exercise Science and Diabetes Research Group. Prior to this role, I completed my PhD at Newcastle University under the supervision of Dr Daniel West and Professor Emma Stevenson, whilst also working as a Research Assistant on a sports nutrition study with Dr Tom Clifford.

My primary research interests are on the role of exercise in the development and management of chronic diseases. My current focus is exploring how residual beta-cell function in individuals with type 1 diabetes influences glucose control at rest and around exercise, as well on the vascular benefits of exercise. I have been lucky to be involved with exercise and nutrition research in a range of clinical and healthy populations including; type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, heart failure, mitochondrial disease, obesity, and professional athletes.   

Expertise

I have completed exercise and physiology projects which have been published in high impact research journals. These projects involved exercise testing high-risk patient groups, phlebotomy and cannulation, ECG placement and interpretation, sample handling and analysis, continuous glucose monitoring data and quantifying rare cells in the blood by flow cytometry.

 

Qualifications

PhD Clinical Exercise Physiology - Newcastle University

American College of Sports Medicine  Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist

MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology - Northumbria University

BSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science - Northumbria University

My PhD explored how residual beta-cell function impacts upon glycaemic control and vascular outcome at rest and around exercise in individuals with type 1 diabetes

• Taylor GS, Moser O, Smith K, Shaw A, Tang JCY, Fraser WD, Eckstein ML, Aziz F, Stevenson EJ, Shaw JA, West DJ. Bone turnover and metabolite responses to exercise in people with and without long-duration type 1 diabetes: a case-control study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care 2020, 8(2), e001779.
• Scragg J, Avery L, Cassidy S, Taylor G, Haigh L, Boyle M, Trenell MI, Anstee QM, McPherson S, Hallsworth K. Feasibility of a very low calorie diet to achieve a sustainable 10% weight loss in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 2020, 11(9), e00231.
• Taylor GS, Smith K, Capper TE, Scragg JH, Bashir A, Flatt A, Stevenson EJ, McDonald TJ, Oram RA, Shaw JA, West DJ. Postexercise Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated With Residual β-Cell Function. Diabetes Care 2020, 43(10), 2362-2370.