The Biology of cardiovascular and metabolic health group focuses on reducing cardiometabolic diseases (obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease) in our community.
Our focus
Areas of particular interest include understanding the impact of diet and exercise on large and small blood vessel function, cardiac function, blood pressure, whole body metabolism, blood sugar control and fat metabolism in health and disease.
Our expertise
Our group specialises in a range of research techniques including:
- Nutritional interventions
- Exercise interventions
- Vascular imaging
- Echocardiography
- Tonometry
- Exercise stress testing
- Euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic clamp
- Oral glucose tolerance test
- Mixed meal challenge
- Indirect calorimetry.
The group uses a variety of clinical and laboratory models to understand how to maintain cardiovascular and metabolic health, and to discover innovative ways to prevent and treat cardiometabolic diseases.
Our research
This group covers:
- Investigating the impact of nutrient intake and exercise on heart function, vascular health and metabolism
- Optimising nutrition and exercise interventions for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
- Identifying the molecular and physiological mechanisms that regulate cardiovascular function and metabolism.