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My work aims to make people more active and healthier, particularly women and girls. I do this through three main approaches: (1) researching physical activity interventions to increase population-level physical activity; (2) researching genetic and epigenetic aspects of response to the menstrual cycle or to exercise/nutrition to allow appropriate tailoring of advice to individuals; and (3) public engagement activities to spread knowledge and increase understanding of biomedical science and health research.
My physical activity research focuses on the popular Daily Mile schools physical activity intervention which is now done by ~50% of Scottish primary schools. I co-lead a multidisciplinary team of academics including physiologists, developmental psychologists, and behaviour change experts. Our projects have attracted a great deal of attention from a wide range of organisations and individuals both at home and abroad including governments, policymakers, television, newspapers, teachers, parents, and academics.
My background is in genetics and epigenetics. Whilst increasing physical activity will improve population-level health, the same amount of physical activity will not work equally well for all individuals. I have several projects in this area broadly focusing on understanding inter-individual differences in our basic physiology or in response to lifestyle interventions such as exercise or nutrition: "Why are we not all the same?" These are primarily focused on metabolic disease, athletic ability, menstrual cycle, and/or trying to understand differences in male and female responses.
Throughout my career, I have sought out opportunities to be involved in and drive public engagement. Whatever our research areas, we need to communicate our findings in a way that can be understood by the largest number of people to achieve the maximum impact. I believe that increasing public understanding of research and research methods is key to allowing individuals access to the results of research, understanding how their taxes are spent, and questioning the often erroneous evidence placed before them by public figures.
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Genes & genomicsno. 7 (2023): 935-943
Kirstin A. MacGregor,Frederick K. Ho, Carlos A. Celis-Morales,Jill P. Pell,Iain J. Gallagher,Colin N. Moran
BMC Medicineno. 1 (2023): 1-15
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy (2023): 2875-2883
Guan Wang,Noriyuki Fuku,Eri Miyamoto-Mikami,Masashi Tanaka,Motohiko Miyachi,Haruka Murakami,Yu-Ching Cheng,Braxton D. Mitchell, Errol Morrison,Krista G. Austin,Ildus I. Ahmetov, Sportgene Research Group,
medrxiv(2023)
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)
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