Dr Robert Davies

Senior Lecturer

Chester Medical School
r.davies@chester.ac.uk
Dr Robert Davies

Robert joined Chester Medical School in 2022 and teaches on the BSc Health and Exercise Science and the MSc Exercise Medicine programmes at University Centre Shrewsbury. His specialisms include human physiology, skeletal muscle physiology and clinical exercise physiology.

Robert has been involved in health and exercise science since 2009, having completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, postdoctoral research and teaching in the UK and Ireland. He has also worked as principal and co-investigator on several successful project grants investigating the impact of nutrition and exercise on muscle metabolism and muscle function. Robert joined Chester Medical School in 2022 as a lecturer in health and exercise medicine.

Current teaching includes:

  • Physiology & Human Movement in Chronic Diseases (Level 5)
  • Causes & Aetiology of Key Chronic Diseases (Level 5)
  • Measurement, Evaluation & Research in Human Health (Level 5)
  • Comparative Exercise Physiology in Health & Human Performance (Level 7)
  • Research & Analysis in Physical Activity & Exercise (Level 7)
  • Comparative Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals & Ergogenic Aids (Level 7)

Robert also supervises several undergraduate and postgraduate student research projects.

Robert’s research is principally focused on the regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism and muscle function by nutrition and exercise. He also has a keen interest on the role that nutrition and exercise have on physical performance, healthy ageing and metabolic health.

Lynch AE, Davies RW, Allardyce JM, Carson BP (2023). The Effect of Unilateral Versus Bilateral Strength Training on Isometric-Squat Peak Force and Interlimb Asymmetry in Young, Recreationally Strength-Trained Men. Int J Sports Physiol Perf. 12(1):1-9.

Davies RW, Kozior M, Lynch AE, Bass JJ, Atherton PJ, Smith K, Jakeman PM (2022). The Effect of Fava Bean (Vicia faba L.) Protein Ingestion on Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis at Rest and after Resistance Exercise in Healthy, Young Men and Women: A Randomised Control Trial. Nutrients. 14(18):3688.

Kite C, Parkes E, Taylor SR, Davies RW, Lagojda L, Brown JE, Broom DR, Kyrou I, Randeva HS (2022). Time to Load Up–Resistance Training Can Improve the Health of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): A Scoping Review. Med Sci. 10(4):53.

Crowley E, Powell C, Carson BP, Davies RW (2022). The effect of exercise training intensity on VO2max in healthy adults: A scoping review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Trans Sports Med. 9310710.

Lynch A, Davies RW, Jakeman PM, Locke T, Allardyce JM, Carson BP (2021). Reliability of peak force in the isometric squat is not influenced by maximal strength or knee angle. Sports. 9(10):40.

Davies RW, Jakeman PM (2020). Separating the wheat from the chaff: nutritional value of plant protein and their potential contribution to human health. Nutrients. 12(8), 2410.

Davies RW, Bass JJ, Carson BP, Norton C, Kozior M, Amigo-Benavent M, Wilkinson DJ, Brook MS, Atherton PJ, Smith K, Jakeman PJ (2020). The effect of whey protein supplementation on myofibrillar protein synthesis and recovery in resistance-trained men. Nutrients. 12(3):845.

Kozior M, Jakeman P, Davies RW, Norton C (2020). An investigation of dietary patterns and macronutrient intakes among resistance-trained men. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 52(7).

Davies RW, Bass JJ, Carson BP, Norton C, Kozior M, Amigo-Benavent M, Wilkinson DJ, Brook MS, Atherton PJ, Smith K, Jakeman PJ (2019). Differential stimulation of postexercise myofibrillar protein synthesis in humans following isonitrogenous, isocaloric pre-exercise feeding. Nutrients. 11(7):1657.

Davies RW (2018). Nutrient Recovery of Contractile Function following Resistance Exercise. University of Limerick, Ireland.

Davies RW, Carson BP, Jakeman PM (2018). Sex difference in the temporal recovery of contractile function following resistance training in resistance trained men and women 18 to 35 y. Front Physiol. 9: 1480.

Davies RW, Carson BP, Jakeman PM. (2018). Acute reduction of lower-body contractile function following a microbiopsy of m. vastus lateralis. Scand J Med Sports Sci. 28(12):2638-2642. 

Davies RW, Carson BP, Jakeman PM (2018). The effect of whey protein supplementation on the temporal recovery of muscle function following resistance training: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients. 10(2):221.

Aird TP, Davies RW, Carson BP (2018). Effects of fasted vs. fed exercise on performance and post-exercise metabolism: a systematic review & meta-analysis. Scand J Med Sports Sci. 28(5):1476-1493.

Carson B, Davies RW, Bass J, Norton C, Kozior M, Brook MS, Patel B, Amigo-Benavent M, Murphy S, Kiely P, Jakeman P (2018). A translational model of muscle protein synthetic bioactivity in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo. Exerc Biochem Rev. 1(1).

Davies RW, Bass JJ, Carson BP, Norton C, Kozior M, Brook MS, Wilkinson DJ, Atherton PJ, Smith K, Jakeman PM (2018). The effect of whey protein supplementation on muscle protein synthesis and the temporal recovery of skeletal muscle contractile function following resistance training in young resistance trained men. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 50(5S):839.

Davies RW, AE Lynch, Carson BP, Jakeman PM (2018). Caffeine ameliorates the transient depression of force following unilateral resistance exercise in trained adult males. 22nd Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science. CP-BN03-5 

Davies RW, Toomey C, McCormack W, O’Neill C, Hughes K, Jakeman PM (2017). Seasonal changes in body composition of inter-county Gaelic Athletic Association hurlers. J Sports Sci. 35(24):2427-32.

Davies RW, Toomey C, McCormack W, Hughes K, Cremona A, Jakeman PM (2016). Body composition analysis of inter-county Gaelic athletic association players measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. J Sports Sci 34(11):1015-20.

Davies RW, McCormack W, Toomey C, Jakeman P (2016). Longitudinal changes in body composition of inter-county Gaelic athletic association hurlers measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Proc Physiol Soc 35, PC26.

Davies RW, Carson BP, Jakeman PM (2016). An investigation of the magnitude and temporal change in contractile function in young, resistance exercise-trained male and female humans, following an ecologically valid resistance exercise-training session. Proc Physiol Soc 37, PCB157.

Davies RW, Hughes K, Toomey C, McCormack W, Cremona AO, Francis P, Leahy S, Jakeman PM (2016). Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry-based evaluation of elite Gaelic athletic association players. Eur J Clinl Nutr. 69: S24.

Hughes K, Davies RW, Toomey C, McCormack W, Cremona AO, O’Neill C, Leahy S, Francis P, Jakeman PM (2015). A longitudinal study of body composition in elite male Gaelic athletic association hurlers. Eur J Clinl Nutr. 69: S19.

Cremona A, Toomey C, McCormack W, Hurley C, McLynn R, Davies RW, Hughes K, Jakeman PM (2015). The effects of hydration status on the measurement of lean tissue mass by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Eur J Clinl Nutr. 69: S16.

BSc (Hons), MRes, PhD, FHEA