Role
Ian teaches Exercise Physiology on undergraduate, (Sport and Exercise Science, Coaching and Sport Science, Exercise Nutrition and Health, Sport Science and Management) and postgraduate courses (MRes Exercise Physiology). This involves being Module Leader on the Illness and Injury in Sport and Exercise module and contributing to other modules across all degree programs.
Career overview
Ian is an Associate Professor at ŷ. Ian authored 25+ peer-reviewed publications. These include 4* publications in world leading journals such as Nature communications (Impact factor 12.1), Sports Medicine (Impact factor 9.8) and Science translational medicine (Impact factor 16.3). Ian has presented at numerous prestigious Sport Science related conferences (American College of Sports Medicine, European College of Sport Science) and presented to leading sporting governing bodies (English Institute of Sport, The English Cricket board, The Football Association, The Premier League, The Women’s Super League).
Ian's main research interests are; Injury and Illness Surveillance, The impact of exercise and physical activity on stress related bone injury, bone structure and bone metabolism and Genetic associations with alterations in bone structure and injury. Ian has experience in leading consultancy based activities related to Injury and Illness for various sporting bodies, including The Football Association and the Premier League.
Research areas
Ian's research interests are:
- Injury and Illness Surveillance
- The impact of exercise and physical activity on stress related bone injury, bone structure and bone metabolism.
- Genetic associations with alterations in bone structure and injury.
External activity
- Experience in leading consultancy based activities related to Injury and Illness for various sporting bodies, including The Football Association and the Premier League.
Sponsors and collaborators
Current and recent research is being conducted with the collaboration and/or support of:
- Dr Craig Sale- Manchester Met University
- Dr Charlotte Cowie - The Football Association
- Dr Rene Best - Barbados Military
- Dr Julie Greeves-Army Training and Recruitment Division
Publications
VARLEY, I., JAMES, L.J., WILLIS, S.A., KING, J.A. and CLAYTON, D.J., 2022. Nutrition, 96: 111589. ISSN 0899-9007
BORDOLI, C., MURPHY, E., VARLEY, I., SHARPE, G. and HENNIS, P., 2022. Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease, 3. ISSN 2633-0040
MODE, W.J.A., SMALL, C., JOHNS, S., SLATER, T., HOUGH, J., VARLEY, I., JAMES, R.M., JAMES, L.J. and CLAYTON, D.J., 2021. Appetite: 105577. ISSN 0195-6663
MCAULEY, A.B.T., HUGHES, D.C., TSAPROUNI, L.G., VARLEY, I., SURACI, B., ROOS, T.R., HERBERT, A.J. and KELLY, A.L., 2021. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise. ISSN 2096-6709
TEMPLEMAN, I., SMITH, H., CHOWDHURY, E., CHEN, Y.C., CARROLL, H., JOHNSON-BONSON, D., HENGIST, A., SMITH, R., CREIGHTON, J., CLAYTON, D., VARLEY, I., KARAGOUNIS, L.G., WILHELMSEN, A., TSINTZAS, K., REEVES, S., WALHIN, J.P., GONZALEZ, J.T., THOMPSON, D. and BETTS, J.A., 2021. Science Translational Medicine, 13 (598): eabd8034. ISSN 1946-6234
CIVIL, R., BROOK, M.S., ELLIOTT‐SALE, K.J., SANTOS, L., VARLEY, I., LENSU, S., KAINULAINEN, H., KOCH, L.G., BRITTON, S.L., WILKINSON, D.J., SMITH, K., SALE, C. and ATHERTON, P.J., 2021. Physiological Reports, 9 (10): e14799. ISSN 2051-817X
VARLEY, I., STEBBINGS, G., WILLIAMS, A.G., DAY, S., HENNIS, P., SCOTT, R., GRAZETTE, N. and HERBERT, A.J., 2021. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. ISSN 0022-4707 (Forthcoming)
MARTIN, D., TIMMINS, K., COWIE, C., ALTY, J., MEHTA, R., TANG, A. and VARLEY, I., 2021. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3: 616999. ISSN 2624-9367
SPROUSE, B., ALTY, J., KEMP, S., COWIE, C., MEHTA, R., TANG, A., MORRIS, J., COOPER, S. and VARLEY, I., 2020. Sports Medicine. ISSN 0112-1642
MCAULEY, A.B.T., HUGHES, D.C., TSAPROUNI, L.G., VARLEY, I., SURACI, B., ROOS, T.R., HERBERT, A.J. and KELLY, A.L., 2020. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414
MCAULEY, A.B.T., HUGHES, D.C., TSAPROUNI, L.G., VARLEY, I., SURACI, B., ROOS, T.R., HERBERT, A.J. and KELLY, A.L., 2020. European Journal of Sport Science. ISSN 1746-1391
DOLAN, E., VARLEY, I., ACKERMAN, K.E., PEREIRA, R.M.R., ELLIOTT-SALE, K.J. and SALE, C., 2020. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 48 (2), pp. 49-58. ISSN 0091-6331
CLAYTON, D.J., JAMES, L.J., SALE, C., TEMPLEMAN, I., BETTS, J.A. and VARLEY, I., 2020. European Journal of Nutrition. ISSN 1436-6207
PATEL, S. and VARLEY, I., 2019. Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 17 (1): 5. ISSN 1748-944X
VARLEY, I., GREEVES, J. and SALE, C., 2019. ŷ Journal of Sports Medicine, 40 (01), pp. 9-15. ISSN 0172-4622
VARLEY, I., HUGHES, D.C., GREEVES, J.P., STELLINGWERFF, T., RANSON, C., FRASER, W.D. and SALE, C., 2018. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21 (6), pp. 564-568. ISSN 1440-2440
VARLEY, I., HUGHES, D.C., GREEVES, J.P., FRASER, W.D. and SALE, C., 2018. Bone, 108, pp. 179-185. ISSN 8756-3282
VARLEY, I., PATEL, S., WILLIAMS, A.G. and HENNIS, P.J., 2018. Biology of Sport, 35, pp. 13-19. ISSN 0860-021X
VARLEY, I., LEWIN, R., NEEDHAM, R., THORPE, R.T. and BURBEARY, R., 2017. Journal of Human Kinetics, 60 (1), pp. 93-99. ISSN 1899-7562
WILLEMS, S.M., WRIGHT, D.J., DAY, F.R., TRAJANOSKA, K., JOSHI, P.K., MORRIS, J.A., MATTEINI, A.M., GARTON, F.C., GRARUP, N., OSKOLKOV, N., THALAMUTHU, A., MANGINO, M., LIU, J., DEMIRKAN, A., LEK, M., XU, L., WANG, G., OLDMEADOW, C., GAULTON, K.J., LOTTA, L.A., MIYAMOTO-MIKAMI, E., RIVAS, M.A., WHITE, T., LOH, P.-R., AADAHL, M., AMIN, N., ATTIA, J.R., AUSTIN, K., BENYAMIN, B., BRAGE, S., CHENG, Y.-C., CIĘSZCZYK, P., DERAVE, W., ERIKSSON, K.-F., EYNON, N., LINNEBERG, A., LUCIA, A., MASSIDDA, M., MITCHELL, B.D., MIYACHI, M., MURAKAMI, H., PADMANABHAN, S., PANDEY, A., PAPADIMITRIOU, I., RAJPAL, D.K., SALE, C., SCHNURR, T.M., SESSA, F., SHRINE, N., TOBIN, M.D., VARLEY, I., WAIN, L.V., WRAY, N.R., LINDGREN, C.M., MACARTHUR, D.G., WATERWORTH, D.M., MCCARTHY, M.I., PEDERSEN, O., KHAW, K.-T., KIEL, D.P., OEI, L., ZHENG, H.-F., FORGETTA, V., LEONG, A., AHMAD, O.S., LAURIN, C., MOKRY, L.E., ROSS, S., ELKS, C.E., BOWDEN, J., WARRINGTON, N.M., MURRAY, A., RUTH, K.S., TSILIDIS, K.K., MEDINA-GÓMEZ, C., ESTRADA, K., BIS, J.C., CHASMAN, D.I., DEMISSIE, S., ENNEMAN, A.W., HSU, Y.-H., INGVARSSON, T., KÄHÖNEN, M., KAMMERER, C., LACROIX, A.Z., LI, G., LIU, C.-T., LIU, Y., LORENTZON, M., MÄGI, R., MIHAILOV, E., MILANI, L., MOAYYERI, A., NIELSON, C.M., SHAM, P.C., SIGGEIRSDOTIR, K., SIGURDSSON, G., STEFANSSON, K., TROMPET, S., THORLEIFSSON, G., VANDENPUT, L., VAN DER VELDE, N., VIIKARI, J., XIAO, S.-M., ZHAO, J.H., EVANS, D.S., CUMMINGS, S.R., CAULEY, J., DUNCAN, E.L., DE GROOT, L.C.P.G.M., ESKO, T., GUDNASON, V., HARRIS, T.B., JACKSON, R.D., JUKEMA, J.W., IKRAM, A.M.A., KARASIK, D., KAPTOGE, S., KUNG, A.W.C., LEHTIMÄKI, T., LYYTIKÄINEN, L.-P., LIPS, P., LUBEN, R., METSPALU, A., VAN MEURS, J.B.J., MINSTER, R.L., ORWOLL, E., OEI, E., PSATY, B.M., RAITAKARI, O.T., RALSTON, S.W., RIDKER, P.M., ROBBINS, J.A., SMITH, A.V., STYRKARSDOTTIR, U., TRANAH, G.J., THORSTENSDOTTIR, U., UITTERLINDEN, A.G., ZMUDA, J., ZILLIKENS, M.C., NTZANI, E.E., EVANGELOU, E., IOANNIDIS, J.P.A., EVANS, D.M., OHLSSON, C., PITSILADIS, Y., FUKU, N., FRANKS, P.W., NORTH, K.N., VAN DUIJN, C.M., MATHER, K.A., HANSEN, T., HANSSON, O., SPECTOR, T., MURABITO, J.M., RICHARDS, J.B., RIVADENEIRA, F., LANGENBERG, C., PERRY, J.R.B., WAREHAM, N.J. and SCOTT, R.A., 2017. Nature Communications, 8, p. 16015. ISSN 2041-1723
VARLEY, I., HUGHES, D., GREEVES, J., FRASER, W. and SALE, C., 2017. ŷ Journal of Sports Medicine. ISSN 0172-4622
VARLEY, I., GREEVES, J.P., SALE, C., FRIEDMAN, E., MORAN, D.S., YANOVICH, R., WILSON, P.J., GARTLAND, A., HUGHES, D.C., STELLINGWERFF, T., RANSON, C., FRASER, W.D. and GALLAGHER, J.A., 2016. Purinergic Signalling. ISSN 1573-9538
SALE, C., VARLEY, I., JONES, T.W., JAMES, R.M., TANG, J.C.Y., FRASER, W.D. and GREEVES, J.P., 2015. Journal of Applied Physiology, 119 (7), pp. 824-830. ISSN 8750-7587
VARLEY, I., HUGHES, D.C., GREEVES, J.P., STELLINGWERFF, T., RANSON, C., FRASER, W.D. and SALE, C., 2015. Bone, 71, pp. 131-136. ISSN 8756-3282
HALL, C., VARLEY, I., KAY, R. and CRUNDALL, D., 2014. PLoS ONE, 9 (5). ISSN 1932-6203
Press expertise
- Injury and illness surveillance
- The influence of exercise on bone health
- Bone health in athletes
- The influence of genetics on injury/performance