Projects and Supervisors

A pilot randomized controlled trial of semaglutide in people living with multiple long-term and stage B heart failure

Supervisor: Professor Gerry McCann

The impact of post TB lung disease in the migrant population in Leicester

Supervisor: Professor Manish Pareek

Quantifying individual responsiveness to exercise to improve prescription and health outcomes in women and minority ethnic groups

Supervisor: Professor David Stensel

Developing a deep learning-based model to predict rehabilitation outcomes in underserved groups living with multiple long-term conditions

Supervisor: Dr Hannah Young

Understanding the presentation of frailty in those with multiple long-term conditions and the effect of rehabilitation

Supervisor: Dr Luke Baker

The effect of lifestyle activity and pulmonary rehabilitation on chronic systemic inflammation in individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) of different ethnicities

Supervisor: Dr Molly Baldwin

Influence of socioeconomic status, obesity and physical activity on seasonal influenza severity and flu vaccine antibody responses

Supervisor: Professor Lettie Bishop

Intersectional inequalities in obesity management and related multimorbidity

Supervisor: Dr Will Johnson

Characterizing phenotypic biomarkers of physical frailty, sarcopenia and intrinsic capacity as predictors of outcomes in chronic respiratory disease

Supervisor: Dr Hamish McAuley

The impact of cooking-related household air pollution on the risk of lung cancer in non-smoking women of different ethnicities

Supervisor: Professor Karen Brown

Pharmacotherapy and obesity in younger adults with multiple long term conditions: examining the added value of exercise

Supervisor: Dr Joseph Henson

Mixed methods study comprising a randomised controlled trial (RCT) with embedded qualitative component to explore the effectiveness and acceptability of face-to-face rehabilitation for patients with Long Covid who were not hospitalised with their acute infection

Supervisor: Dr Linzy Houchen-Wolloff

Symptom perception of “breathlessness” and impact on healthcare access in culturally diverse populations

Supervisor: Dr Anvesha Singh

The influence of lifestyle and pharmacotherapy on hormonal and neural correlates of appetite in people living with overweight and obesity

Supervisor: Professor David Stensel

Breathlessness perceptions of under-represented groups to develop a culturally tailored symptom-management intervention/The impact of Long Covid in the multi-morbid individual – integration into a multi-morbid exercise based rehabilitation programme

Supervisor: Dr Enya Daynes

Recovery at 1-year post covid-19 hospitalisation in adults with pre-existing multiple long-term conditions

Supervisor: Dr Rachael Evans

Symptom, multi-morbidity and frailty burden in heart failure; perceptions, misconceptions and impacts on self-care behaviour – global ethno-economic insights using Real World Data

Supervisor: Dr Claire Lawson

Understanding and addressing health inequalities in cardiac rehabilitation understanding barriers and increasing access

Supervisor: Professor Sally Singh

Optimising weight loss in South Asian populations with cardiometabolic disease: a focus on exercise, lean mass preservation and metabolic health

Supervisor: Professor Tom Yates