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- Bristol Robotics Lab
- Tendertec
- Kymira
- NHS
- Age UK
- Cricketqube
- ActiveAgeing
- NHS Bristol Heart Institute
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Brunel University
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Universityof Bristol
- Manchester University
- Leeds Beckett University
- Leeds University
- Keele University
- De Montfort University
- CaafiHealth
- BEMSCA
- Sirona Health and Social Care
- ActiveLives
- Wesport
- Bristol Health Partners
Research staff:
- physical activity
- Ageing
- diabetes
- lifestyle interventions
- Assisted Living
- Robotics
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Patient and public cinvolvement
- health
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- Qualifications:MBChB; MSc, PhD, PGCertHE, FHEA
- Position:Associate Professor of Physical Activity and Health Promotion
- Department:HAS - Allied Health Professions
- Telephone:+44117 965 6261
- Email:Faatihah.Niyi-Odumosu@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
I am a medical doctor and the Founder and Lead of ALIBSA (Ageing Lifestyle in Blacks and Asians), a knowledge exchange platform with over 100 members that aims to improve health equity through health literacy. As an experienced and proactive academic, and a well-established research lead, I have been successful in making significant impacts and internationally acknowledged for knowledge exchange, business and public engagement, and partnership in academia, health technology and sports industries.
I lead projects on the intersection of physical activity/exercise, physiology, and health outcomes, particularly in clinical contexts. I have extensive experience designing and conducting studies exploring the effects of physical activity interventions on various health parameters, such as cardiovascular and renal health, metabolic function, and mental well-being. My background equips me to contribute insights into the physiological mechanisms underlying exercise interventions and their practical implications for promoting health and preventing disease. My primary research interest is in multidisciplinary approaches to developing effective and sustainable lifestyle interventions (physical activity, exercise) to improve human health. My research expertise lies in co-designing physical activity and health improvement interventions in health and chronic lifestyle diseases (chronic kidney disease, type-2 diabetes, colorectal cancer). I have a strong track record of co-developing tailored and sustainable physical activity interventions for the elderly, ethnic minorities, and women through sports engagement, rehabilitation research, and robotic assistive technology.
I have successfully executed externally funded projects with a value of over £2.6 million, making significant impacts. Some of my externally funded ongoing projects in the UK and internationally include the Fitbees project: encouraging sustainable physical activity in under-represented groups currently not engaging with the digital fitness market. Other externally funded projects include but are not limited to the MRC's Ageing Research Development Award (2023-25): £417,631.73; Socially assistive walker to promote the health and well-being of older adults (SAW-Health); MRF-funded project on mapping the impacts of climate change on respiratory health of Nigerians.
Co-founder and co-lead Exercise and Sports Science Research Group, Unilorin, Nigeria: mentor ECRs and provide expert advice on local (TETFUND) and international bids. I have successfully supervised over 30 masters and doctoral students in global health, health tech, and applied sciences.
Reviewer of Innovate UK grants, and an external examiner at HEIs in the UK (Leeds Beckett University) and internationally (Universities of Ilorin & Lagos, Nigeria). Secretary of the LMICs International Society of Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), an associate editor of the Journal of Physical Activity and Health as well as Cities and Health, and a reviewer of several high-impact journals.
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