Lead for Sports & Exercise BSc Programmes and Senior Lecturer at University of Aberdeen. An Advance HE fellow teaching across the medical sciences at undergraduate and postgraduate level, primarily in Sport and Exercise Science degree courses (Sport and Exercise Science, Exercise and Health and Applied Sports Science). I coordinate the Hotstart summer placements and a series of seminars in research skills over summer which is open to all our students. My primary research interests lie in understanding how bone shape and structure changes with exercise, disease and disuse. I specialize in medical image analysis and the use of data analytics in measurement of physical activity. Further details can be seen from the teaching or publications tabs or through links above.
Latest Publications
Comparison between UK Biobank and Shanghai Changfeng suggests distinct hip morphology may contribute to ethnic differences in the prevalence of hip osteoarthritis
Zheng, J., Frysz, M., Faber, B. G., Lin, H., Ebsim, R., Ge, J., Yong, Y., Saunders, F., Gregory, J., Aspden, R. M., Harvey, N. C., Jiang, B., Cootes, T., Lindner, C., Gao, X., Wang, S., Tobias, J. H.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 473-481
The genetic architecture of hip shape and its role in the development of hip osteoarthritis and fracture
Faber, B. G., Frysz, M., Zheng, J., Lin, H., Flynn, K. A., Ebsim, R., Saunders, F., Beynon, R., Gregory, J., Aspden, R. M., Harvey, N. C., Lindner, C., Cootes, T., Evans, D. M., Smith, G. D., Gao, X., Wang, S., Kemp, J. P., Tobias, J. H.
Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 207-217
A novel classifier of radiographic knee osteoarthritis for use on knee DXA images is predictive of joint replacement in UK Biobank
Beynon, R. A., Saunders, F. R., Ebsim, R., Faber, B. G., Jung, M., Gregory, J. S., Lindner, C., Aspden, R. M., Harvey, N. C., Cootes, T., Tobias, J. H.
Rheumatology Advances in Practice, vol. 9, no. 1, rkaf009
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry derived knee shape may provide a useful imaging biomarker for predicting total knee replacement: findings from a study of 37,843 people in UK Biobank.
Beynon, R., Saunders, F., Ebsim, R., Frysz, M., Faber, B., Gregory, J., Lindner, C., Sarmanova, A., Aspden, R. M., Harvey, N. C., Cootes, T., Tobias, J. H.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, vol. 6, no. 2, 100468
Associations between life course longitudinal growth and hip shapes at ages 60 to 64 years: evidence from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development
Staines, K., Saunders, F., Ireland, A., Aspden, R. M., Gregory, J., Hardy, R., Cooper, R.
SR2002 - The Science of Sports Performance - Course Coordinator SR2501 - Exercise and health - Course Coordinator SR3301 - Sport Psychology - Course Coordinator (Previously coded SR3022 and SR3024) SR3509 - Applied Practice in Sports Science II - Joint Course Coordinator BM4009 - Staying Alive - Adaptation in Physiological Systems - Joint Course Coordinator SM2501 - Research Skills for Medical Sciences (Theme Leader - Exercise is the best medicine)
