Dr Rebecca Jones

Lecturer in Sport Science and Physical Activity

Rebecca JonesI have teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level within the area of exercise physiology, nutrition and research methods, with a primary focus on health and wellbeing. I also contributes to several other units across the undergraduate and postgraduate programme.

I am interested assessing and enhancing physical and cognitive performance, musculoskeletal function and quality of life through nutritional intervention strategies, in children and adults.

I obtained my BSc in Sport and Exercise Science, MRes Sport Science, PGCHE and PhD from Nottingham Trent ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. My PhD was focused on investigating the effect of β-alanine supplementation on neuromuscular performance with Professor Craig Sale and Dr Cleveland Barnett. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I am an active researcher within the department and a member of Institute for Sport and Physical Activity Research (ISPAR) and the Exercise Clinic programme at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. I am an BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (Research and Exercise Physiology), Chartered Scientist and UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) Accredited Advisor. In 2018, I was awarded the ‘British Nutrition Foundation Drummond Pump Priming Award’ to fund research examining ‘Acute impact of breakfast consumption and omission on glycaemia and insulinaemia in adolescent girls’. I am also an ad-hoc reviewer for sport science periodicals, including Sports Medicine, Journal of Sport Science and Medicine, International Journal Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and Journal of Sports Sciences.

Other References

Qualifications

  • PhD, The effect of β-alanine supplementation on neuromuscular performance with Professor Craig Sale and Dr Cleveland Barnett - Nottingham Trent ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
  • MRes Sport Science – Nottingham Trent ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
  • BSc Sport and Exercise Science – Nottingham Trent ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½

Teaching Expertise

  • PGCHE – Nottingham Trent ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research Interests

  • Nutritional supplements
  • Ageing
  • Neuromuscular performance
  • Skeletal muscle function

Publications

  • Artioli, G.G., Sale, C., Jones, R.L. (2018) Carnosine in health and disease, European Journal of Sport Science, DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1444096
  • Jones, R.L., Barnett, C.T., Davidson, J., Maritza, B., Fraser, W.D., Harris, R.C., Sale, C. (2017) β-alanine supplementation improves in-vivo fresh and fatigued muscle relaxation speed. European Journal of Physiology, 117 (5), 867-879. DOI: 10.1007/s00421-017-3569-1
  • Jones, R.L., Stellingwerff, T., Artioli, G.G., Saunders, B., Cooper, S.B., Sale, C. (2016). The dose-response to sodium bicarbonate ingestion highlights the need for individuality in supplementation. IJSNEM, 26, (5), 445-453. DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.2015-0286
  • Cooper, S.B., Bandelow, S., Nute, M., Dring, K.J., Stannard, R.L., Morris, J., Nevill, M. (2016). Sprint-based exercise and cognitive function in adolescents. Prev Med Rep, 4, 155-161. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.06.004
  • Hannah, R., Stannard, R.L., Minshull, C., Artioli, G.G., Harris, R.C., Sale, C. (2015). β-alanine Supplementation Enhances Human Skeletal Muscle Relaxation Speed but Not Force Production Capacity. J Appl Physiol. 118 (5), 604-612. DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00991.2014

Research supervision PhD

  • Opie Charlett (due to submit 2022) Director of Studies. The effects of interrupting sedentary behaviour on cardiometabolic risk markers in older adults. www.beds.ac.uk/ispar/research-students/opie-charlett
  • Abi Saunders (due to submit 2023) 2nd Supervisor. Understanding and optimising concentric left ventricular hypertrophy through resistance exercise and beta-alanine supplementation.

Masters by Research

  • Victoria Morari (due to viva 2020) Director of Studies. Acute impact of breakfast consumption and omission on glycaemia, insulinaemia and subsequent exercise metabolism in adolescent girls. www.beds.ac.uk/ispar/research-students/victoria-morari
  • Rachael Champion (due to submit 2021) 2nd Supervisor. Acute impact of breakfast consumption and omission on glycaemia and insulinaemia in adolescent girls. www.beds.ac.uk/ispar/research-students/rachael-champion
  • Charlotte Murphy (due to submit 2021). 2nd Supervisor. Does mixed method pre-match and half-time cooling augment cognitive function during a soccer-specific simulation on a non-motorised treadmill, in a hot and humid environment.

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1234 793080
E: rebecca.jones@beds.ac.uk

address

School of Sport Science and Physical Activity
Faculty of Education, English and Sport
Bedford campus
Polhill Avenue
Bedford
MK41 9EA
UK

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