Dr Lesley Ingram-Sills

BSc Hons Sport & Exercise Science. PhD: Sleep disruption, immune cell-redeployment and endocrine response following an acute bout of exercise. PG cert in learning and teaching.

When I was a kid cycling was my freedom, my transport and my lifeline that allowed me to explore the local area where I lived – whether that was cycling to the strawberry fields or playing cops and robbers.  I was extremely sporty all the way through high school – however at that time there were no cycling clubs and I never really considered it as a competitive sport (certainly not for female).  When I started at ENU, G suggested that we should have a trip to Glentress with the sports science team and that is where my love of mountain biking really started.  Within a three-year period I managed to climb the ranks of XC racing and make it to world cup level.  Although now retired I am still extremely active in the sport coaching a number of athletes across the disciplines of cross country, enduro and ultra-endurance.

British Cycling E-Bike Research Project

December 2017: Physiological characteristics and performance in elite vs non-elite enduro mountain Physiological characteristics and performance in elite vs non-elite enduro mountain Journal of Science & Cycling  

November 2017: Lower Resting and Exercise-Induced Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and Angiogenic T-Cells in Older Men 

July 2016: A 10 km time trial running bout acutely increases the number of angiogenic T cells in the peripheral blood compartment of healthy males: Acute exercise mobilizes angiogenic T cells 

March 2016: Letter regarding article: Effect of acute exercise on circulating angiogenic cell and microparticle populations 

January 2015: Sleep disruption and its effect on lymphocyte redeployment following an acute bout of exercise 

May 2008: Senescent T-lymphocytes are mobilised into the peripheral blood compartment in young and older humans after exhaustive exercise 

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