Staff Profiles
Prof Tim Cable BSc (Hons), PhD - Director of School, Professor of Exercise Physiology
Professor Tim Cable is Director of the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and responsible for the management of this dynamic research and teaching environment. In collaboration with colleagues he strategically manages the delivery of teaching and research related goals, and plans the future developments needed to maintain this Department at the forefront of innovation in Sport and Exercise Sciences in the UK. The School is renown for its excellence in teaching (QAA Subject Review score, 24) and internationally rated research (RAE 5**) and has been recently designated as a Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning with the award of £4.5M to promote Leadership and Entrepreneurship amongst the student body.Tim has been Director of School since 2002, prior to which he was Head of the Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences before it’s designation as a School. Tim completed his undergraduate studies at Liverpool Polytechnic in Sports Science, gained his PhD (Exercise and Ageing) from the University of Western Australia where he subsequently lectured in Exercise Biochemistry, before returning to Liverpool John Moores University in 1993 as Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology. He is currently Chair of the Faculty of Science Research Committee and represents the School of the Faculty of Science Management Team. His teaching and research interests are highlighted below. To date he has successfully supervised 16 PhD and 2 MPhil candidates.
Areas of teaching speciality
- Cardiovascular response to acute and chronic exercise The environment and performance
- Exercise and prevention of disease
- Exercise for special populations (e.g. ageing, postmenopausal women, cardiovascular disease)
Area of research focus
- Exercise and cardiovascular control
- Post-exertional hypotension and orthostasis
- Exercise, ageing and the peripheral vascular circulation
- Exercise and thermoregulation
Recent Research Grants
British Heart Foundation (FS/2000078) (2000-2003) £61,378
Dose-dependent myocyte growth and/or damage in cardiac and skeletal muscles after exposure to a b2-agonist (with D. Goldspink)British Heart Foundation (FS/2001028) (2001-2004) £61,378
Do sustained high levels of catecholamines impair the regeneration of necrotic and apoptotic myocyctes by satellite cells in skeletal muscle? (with D. Goldspink)Dunhill Medical Foundation (2002-2005) £156,000
Age-related deterioration of the cardiovascular system in healthy ageing females (with D. Goldspink)British Heart Foundation (FS/2000078) (2000-2003) £61,378
Dose-dependent myocyte growth and/or damage in cardiac and skeletal muscles after exposure to a b2-agonist (with D. Goldspink) Reproductive hormones and muscle strength in females
