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Research interests

I joined the University of Bath in 1999 and I am currently Director of Research with responsibility for research management and performance within the department.

My research interests include physical activity, diet, adipose tissue, chronic inflammation and chronic disease. One strand of my research seeks to understand the mechanisms through which regular physical activity and diet maintain health. A second strand seeks to capitalise on technological innovation to help people make positive changes to their behaviour and thus reduce the risk of chronic disease.

I have published over 100 articles in prestigious journals such as Physiological Reviews, Journal of Physiology, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and International Journal of Obesity.

I am an expert for the BMJ Evidence Centre and have editorial roles with PLOS ONE and the Journal of Sport Sciences. I serve on various grant panels including BBSRC and the Academy of Finland.

I have supervised more than a dozen PhD/MD students to completion. I have attracted in excess of £3 million in external funding from agencies such as the British Heart Foundation, BBSRC, MRC (National Prevention Research Initiative), Diabetes UK and the National Institute for Health Research; and I have acted as a consultant for major multi-national companies.

Research interests

Physical activity, energy balance and chronic disease
Physical activity measurement and profiling
Chronic inflammation and cardiovascular disease
Physical activity and adipose tissue function
Exercise and metabolic function

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Projects 2006 2023

4 Active
13 Finished

ARUK Centre Renewal

Bilzon, J., McKay, C., Stokes, K. & Thompson, D.

7/01/18 → 6/01/23

Project: UK charity

Uncovering the Cancer Preventative Properties of Exercise in Older Age: Does Physical Activity Extinguish Tumour Nurturing Fueled by Inflammageing?

Campbell, J., Thompson, D. & Turner, J.

1/09/17 → 28/02/19

Project: UK charity

Role of Rab3 in Peripheral Tissue Insulin Resistance

Koumanov, F., Betts, J., Gonzalez, J. & Thompson, D.

1/12/16 → 30/11/19

Project: Research council

Targeting Bed Reset-Induced Adipose Tissue Dysfunction with Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Nutrients

Thompson, D., Holman, G., Stokes, K. & Turner, J.

1/07/15 → 30/06/19

Project: Research council

Adipose Tissue

Anti-Inflammatory Agents

Antioxidants

Bed Rest

Food

International Research Initiator Scheme - Highlighting new ways to reduce chronic disease through nutrition-physical activity interactions.

Gonzalez, J., Betts, J., Thompson, D. & Bilzon, J.

1/05/16 → 1/11/16

Project: Research-related funding › International Relations Office Funding

Research Output 1999 2018

Adipose Tissue Dysfunction

Trim, W., Thompson, D. & Turner, J. E. 2018 Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. New York, U. S. A.: Springer, p. 1-5

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Adipocytes

Adipose Tissue

Intra-Abdominal Fat

Cellular Structures

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Adipose tissue responses to breaking sitting in men and women with central adiposity

Chen, Y-C., Betts, J., Walhin, J-P. & Thompson, D. 5 Apr 2018 (Accepted/In press) In : Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Can evolutionary mismatch help generate interest in health promotion messages?

Grey, E., Gillison, F. & Thompson, D. 29 Jan 2018 In : Health Education Journal.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Health Promotion

mismatch

health promotion

health information

Health

Home-based exercise enhances health-related quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled trial: Exercise enhances SCI health-related quality of life

Nightingale, T., Rouse, P., Walhin, J-P., Thompson, D. & Bilzon, J. 3 May 2018 (Accepted/In press) In : Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Self Efficacy

Spinal Cord Injuries

Randomized Controlled Trials

Quality of Life

Fatigue

Intermittent fasting, energy balance and associated health outcomes in adults: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Templeman, I., Thompson, D., Gonzalez, J., Walhin, J-P., Reeves, S., Rogers, P., Brunstrom, J., Karagounis, L., Tsintzas, K. & Betts, J. 2 Feb 2018 In : Trials. 19, 86, p. 1-11 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

Fasting

Randomized Controlled Trials

Energy Intake

Health

Energy Metabolism