Exercise and health

Research team

Professor Yannis Pitsiladis

Dr Guan Wang

Output

Influence of ADRB2 Gln27Glu and ADRB3 Trp64Arg polymorphisms on body weight and body composition changes after a controlled weight-loss intervention.

Szendrei B, González-Lamuño D, Amigo T, Wang G, Pitsiladis Y, Benito PJ, Gomez-Candela C, Calderón FJ, Cupeiro R; PRONAF Study Group.

Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2016 Mar;41(3):307-14. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0425. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

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Physical fitness differences between rural and urban children from western Kenya.

Castillo ER, Sang MK, Sigei TK, Dingwall HL, Okutoyi P, Ojiambo R, Otárola-Castillo ER, Pitsiladis Y, Lieberman DE.

Am J Hum Biol. 2015 Dec 28. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22822. [Epub ahead of print]

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Effectiveness of the IDEFICS intervention on objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in European children.

Verbestel V, De Henauw S, Barba G, Eiben G, Gallois K, Hadjigeorgiou C, Konstabel K, Maes L, Mårild S, Molnár D, Moreno LA, Oja L, Pitsiladis Y, Ahrens W, Pigeot I, De Bourdeaudhuij I; IDEFICS consortium.

Obes Rev. 2015 Dec;16 Suppl 2:57-67. doi: 10.1111/obr.12348.

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Impact of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and muscle strength on bone stiffness in 2-10-year-old children-cross-sectional results from the IDEFICS study.

Herrmann D, Buck C, Sioen I, Kouride Y, Marild S, Molnár D, Mouratidou T, Pitsiladis Y, Russo P, Veidebaum T, Ahrens W; IDEFICS consortium.

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2015 Sep 17;12:112. doi: 10.1186/s12966-015-0273-6.

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Dietary Intake, FTO Genetic Variants, and Adiposity: A Combined Analysis of Over 16,000 Children and Adolescents.

Qi Q, Downer MK, Kilpeläinen TO, Taal HR, Barton SJ, Ntalla I, Standl M, Boraska V, Huikari V, Kiefte-de Jong JC, Körner A, Lakka TA, Liu G, Magnusson J, Okuda M, Raitakari O, Richmond R, Scott RA, Bailey ME, Scheuermann K, Holloway JW, Inskip H, Isasi CR, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Jaddoe VW, Laitinen J, Lindi V, Melén E, Pitsiladis Y, Pitkänen N, Snieder H, Heinrich J, Timpson NJ, Wang T, Yuji H, Zeggini E, Dedoussis GV, Kaplan RC, Wylie-Rosett J, Loos RJ, Hu FB, Qi L.

Diabetes. 2015 Jul;64(7):2467-76. doi: 10.2337/db14-1629. Epub 2015 Feb 26.

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Using hidden markov models to improve quantifying physical activity in accelerometer data - a simulation study.

Witowski V, Foraita R, Pitsiladis Y, Pigeot I, Wirsik N.

PLoS One. 2014 Dec 2;9(12):e114089. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114089. eCollection 2014.

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Incidence of high blood pressure in children - effects of physical activity and sedentary behaviours: the IDEFICS study: High blood pressure, lifestyle and children.

de Moraes AC, Carvalho HB, Siani A, Barba G, Veidebaum T, Tornaritis M, Molnar D, Ahrens W, Wirsik N, De Henauw S, Mårild S, Lissner L, Konstabel K, Pitsiladis Y, Moreno LA; IDEFICS consortium.

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Feb 1;180:165-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.175. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

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Objective measures of the built environment and physical activity in children: from walkability to moveability.

Buck C, Tkaczick T, Pitsiladis Y, De Bourdehaudhuij I, Reisch L, Ahrens W, Pigeot I.

J Urban Health. 2015 Feb;92(1):24-38. doi: 10.1007/s11524-014-9915-2.

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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in European children below the age of 10.

Ahrens W, Pigeot I, Pohlabeln H, De Henauw S, Lissner L, Molnár D, Moreno LA, Tornaritis M, Veidebaum T, Siani A; IDEFICS consortium.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2014 Sep;38 Suppl 2:S99-107. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2014.140.

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Reference values of bone stiffness index and C-terminal telopeptide in healthy European children.

Herrmann D, Intemann T, Lauria F, Mårild S, Molnár D, Moreno LA, Sioen I, Tornaritis M, Veidebaum T, Pigeot I, Ahrens W; IDEFICS consortium.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2014 Sep;38 Suppl 2:S76-85. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2014.138.

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Collaborations

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) 

International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS) 

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 

Affymetrix UK Ltd 

Funding

European Union Integrated Project Grant (Call identifier FP6-2004-FOOD-3-A): Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS (IDEFICS). €15.180,604.00. 2006-2012.

MRC/BBSRC Associate Programme in Human Nutrition Research Project grant: An investigation of the functional significance of a genetic predisposition to human obesity. £203,448.00. 2002-2005.

Awards, recognition, impact

Editorial Board Member

Journal “Medicina dello Sport” of the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine.

Fellowship, Membership and Professional Bodies

• 2015 - present - International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical and Scientific Commission
• 2015 - present  - International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS), Chair of Scientific Commission (member of the Scientific Commission since 2010)
• 2014 - present - International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS), Executive Committee    
• 2009 - 2013 - World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) List Expert Group.
• 2011 - present - BBSRC Expert Committee Pool
• 1997 - present - Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (Membership no. 538605)
• 1995 - present - British Association for Sport and Exercises Sciences (BASES) (Membership no. 95054)
• 1995 - present  - Nutrition Society (Membership no. 00604236)
• 1993 - present - Physiological Society (Membership no. 109191)

External Examination

2015 – present - Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London

Patent

Novel Hydrating Composition (Inventor: Yannis P Pitsiladis; Publication number: WO/2006/008552; International Application number: PCT/GB2005/002913; Publication date: 21/01/2006; International filing date: 25/07/2005).

TV and Media (Documentaries)

• Dan Rather Reports (“In the running”) – AXS TV, USA, 2012. Producer: Sari Aviv.
• A Search For Athlete’s Gene – NHK Japan, 2010. Producer: Masaru Zenke.
• Colin Jackson The Making of Me - BBC 1, 2008. Producer: Nigel Walk.
• The Storms of War: Military meteorologist, Vladimir Jankovic, reveals how extreme weather decisively shaped some of the greatest battles of the 20^th century. Produced by Tern Television for Discovery Network. Director/Producer: Paul Murton; Executive Producer: Harry Bell; Editor: Joe Speirs; Assistant Producers: Ishbel Hall and Kate Cotter; Production Management: Kieran Parker and Angela Smith.

Invitations

• Keynote Speaker: 34^th FIMS World Sports Medicine Congress (www.fims2016.org), Istanbul, Turkey, 29 September-2 October 2016. Keynote: An integrative ‘Omics’ solution to the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin and blood doping. ABP Symposium: a paradigm shift is needed.
• Keynote Speaker: ICSEMIS 2016 (www.icsemis2016.org), “Saying Yes to Diversity in Sport”, August 31^st - September 4^th, 2016, Santos, São Paulo – Brazil. Keynote: Doping: Next essential steps; Symposium: Genomics of elite sporting performance: The Human Athlome Project.
• Invited Speaker: Edinburgh International Science Festival 2016, 4^th March 2016, Nature and Nurture debate. Speakers include: Megan Crawford (the current Scottish Marathon Champion), Dr Edward Coughlan (a sports psychologist), and Dr Dan Gordon (Chair).
• Invited Speaker: TEDx University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. The Future is…, 21^st November 2015.
• Keynote Speaker: 9^TH Aims Marathon Symposium 2015, “Doping Threats in Distance Running”, Athens Marathon Start Venue, Municipality of Marathon, November 7^th 2015. Title: A holistic anti-doping approach for a fairer future for world-class sport.
• Invited Speaker: World Extreme Medicine Conference & Expo, London, UK, 26-29 October 2015. Title: Creating Superhumans – Novel doping strategies and detection
• Invited Speaker: International Seminer CIPER-FMH, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 1, 2015. Sport Expertise: Biological and behavioural constraints. Title: Genomics of elite sporting performance: The Human Athlome Project
• Invited Speaker: The EFSMA European Congress of Sports Medicine, Antwerp, 10-12 September 2015. Title: A holistic anti-doping approach for a fairer future for world-class sport.
• Invited Speaker: The International Sports Science and Sports Medicine Conference (ISSSMC 2015), Newcastle, England, 8-10 September 2015. Title: Genomics of elite sporting performance: The Human Athlome Project.
• Invited Speaker: The University of Kent, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Endurance Performance Conference, 2-4 September 2015. Session entitled “The Two Hour Marathon: Nature and Nurture”.
• Invited Speaker: Fachtag Leistungsphysiologie”, Casino Baumgarten, Vienna, Austria, June 12^th 2015. Title: Countdown to the first sub two hour marathon: A clean marathon running project.
• Conference organiser and Speaker: Genomics, Genetics, and Exercise Biology: A Celebratory Symposium – Santorini, Greece, 13-17 May 2015. Title: A holistic anti-doping approach for a fairer future for world-class sport.
• Invited Speaker: 5^th BSU International Altitude/Hypoxia Training Symposium, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China, 11-14 May 2015. Title: The use of omics technologies to personalise altitude training.
• Invited Speaker: University of Athens, Athens, 8th May, 2015. Title: Molecular fair play in developing elite athletes.
• Invited Speaker: ADLQ 5th Symposium - Global Trends in Anti-doping Research Anti-Doping Lab Qatar, Doha, Qatar, 5^th-6^th May, 2015. Title: A holistic anti-doping approach for a fairer future for world-class sport: The SUB2 Marathon Project.
• Invited Speaker: The Department of Sport Science of the University of Innsbruck, Fuerstenweg, Innsbruck, 29^th April 2015. Title: Genomics of elite sporting performance: What little we know and necessary advances.
• Invited Speaker: Creatine in Health, Sport and Medicine, Hotel Kapuzinerhof, Laufen, Bavaria, Germany, 21-24 April, 2015. Title: The effect of creatine on thermoregulation and physical performance.
• Invited Speaker: Integrated Laboratory of Biology and Biochemistry of Movement, Department of Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico" – IUSM, Rome, Italy, 13-16 April 2015. Title: A holistic anti-doping approach for a fairer future for world-class sport.
• Invited Speaker: The Brighton Marathon Medicine Conference, Brighton, 11^th April, 2015. Title: The Sub-2 hour Project - Running a marathon in under 2 hours - is it possible?
• Invited Speaker: SEGAS/Greek Cross Country Championships, Trikala, Greece, 28^th February 2015. Title: Πού οφείλεται η επιτυχία των δρομέων μεγάλων αποστάσεων της Ανατολικής Αφρικής; Χρήσιμα μαθήματα για την αποκατάσταση της Ελληνικής αθλητικής κληρονομιάς [Possible explanations for the extraordinary performances of east African runners].
• Invited Speaker: Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 11-15 February 2015. Title: Next generation anti-doping: a fairer future for world-class sport. 2015 Universiade, Gwangju, South Korea. Title: Next generation anti-doping: a fairer future for world-class sport.
• Invited Speaker: International Sports and Exercise Nutrition Conference (www.isenc.org) to be held in Newcastle, England, on 16-18 December 2014. Title: Countdown to the first sub two hour marathon: A clean marathon running project
• Invited Speaker:  Australian Physiological Society Annual Scientific Meeting – University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 30 Nov – 3 Dec 2014. Title: The use of OMICS to individualise exercise training.
• Lectures at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University, Melbourne: The science and pseudoscience in the hunt for performance genes AND Next generation anti-doping: a fairer future for world-class sport.
• Invited Speaker: 4th International Conference on Science and Applied Research "Post-Genome Methods of Analysis in Biology and Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, Kazan, Russia, 29 October – 1 November 2014. Title: An integrative “omics” solution to the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin and blood doping.
• Invited Speaker: British Association of Sport and Exercise Medince (BASEM), Conference theme, “Faster, Higher, Stronger” - 1^st October 2014. Title: The Jamaican Sprint Phenomenon: What we know.
• Invited Speaker: The German Society of Sports Medicine, Conference theme, “Performance-limiting factors of running”, 12-13^th September 2014, Frankfurt, Germany. Title: Possible explanations for the extraordinary performances of east African runners.
• Invited Speaker (Plenary session): Fifth International Sports Medicine and Sports Science conference Newcastle, England, 19-21 August 2014. Title: Athletic ability: talent vs training.  
• Invited Speaker: 2^nd Symposium of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom, Harrington Hotel, London, 5^th July 2014. Title: How to produce a Spanish Usain Bolt? A Jamaican model for the world.
• Invited Speaker: TdF Champions: Born or Trained? World Congress of Cycling Science, 2^nd - 3^rd of July 2014, to coincide with the Tour de France start in Leeds. Titles: 1) An Integrative “Omics” Solution to the Detection of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin and Blood Doping; 2) Genomics of elite sporting performance: What little we know and necessary advances.
• Invited Speaker:  2nd Brazilian Symposium on Genomics and Sports, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 7-12 June 2014. Title: Genomics of elite sporting performance: What little we know and necessary advances.
• Invited Speaker: 2014 Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), 5th World Congress on Exercise is Medicine, and World Congress on the Role of Inflammation in Exercise, Health, and Disease in Orlando, Florida, May 27-31. Symposium: "Genomics and other OMICS and Elite Sport". Title: OMICS strategies in the fight against doping.
• Invited Speaker: ESAN, Sheffield, England, 30^th April – 1^st May 2014. Title: Why nature prevails over nurture in the making of the elite athlete. 
• Invited Speaker: The London Marathon Medicine Conference, London, 12^th April, 2014. Title: What makes East African distance runners so successful?
• Invited Speaker: The Brighton Marathon Medicine Conference, Brighton, 5^th April, 2014. Title: What makes East African distance runners so successful?
• Invited Speaker: The Aspire TID Conference, Identifying Champions, Doha, Qatar, 2-3 April, 2014. Title: The use of genetics profiling for identifying sporting talent.
• Invited Speaker: University of Swansea, Wales, March 21^st 2014. Title: Physiologic, genetic, and psychosocial determinants of the phenomenal success of African athletes: Nurture and Nature.
• Invited Speaker: The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft (German Physiological Society, http://www.dpg2014.de/) Mainz, March 13 to 15, 2014. Title: An integrative “omics” solution to the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin and blood doping.
• Invited Speaker: National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan, February 20^th, 2014. Title: Physiologic, genetic, and psychosocial determinants of the phenomenal success of African athletes: Nurture or Nature?
• Invited Speaker: Symposium: The Limits of Human Performance, University of the West of Scotland. Ayrshire, Scotland, 13^th December 2013. Chairs: J. Baker and N.C. Spurway, Title: The ergogenic effects of recombinant erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) in Caucasian and east-African endurance trained athletes: Lessons from Africa. Other speakers: P.D. Wagner, I. Vogiatzis, C. Easton.
• Invited Speaker: Dutch Olympic committee NOC*NSF on 27^th November 2013. Title: Novel Approaches to Talent Id.
• Invited Speaker:  FIFA Consensus conference on the topic “Time has come to change the strategy of the fight against doping in sport”. Conference jointly organised by medical representatives of international team sports federations, the IOC and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) on 29-30 November 2013 at the Home of FIFA in Zürich. Title: Transcriptomics as a tool to diagnose doping manipulation.
• Invited Speaker: European Endurance Conference, Nottingham, England, Saturday 9^th November 2013. Title: The Application of sport science to training practice (keynote) & Lactate: Friend or Foe? (workshop).
• Invited Speaker: 2013 Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine (ACPSEM) Conference, Glasgow, Scotland 25-26 October 2013. Titles: Born to run and sweat: An evolutionary medical perspective (25^th) & White Men Can't Run: Does the evidence stack up (26^th)?
• Invited Speaker: Beachy Head Marathon, Eastbourne, England, October 18^th 2013. Title: Can European athletes run like East African athletes?
• Invited Speaker: Performance and training event. European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, October 4^th 2013. Titles: 1) What we can learn from the world’s best endurance athletes; 2) The Jamaican Sprint Phenomenon: What we know.