Staff profiles
Garry A Tew
Research fellow
Phone 0114 225 2358
E-mail g.tew@shu.ac.uk
Qualifications
- PhD Clinical Exercise Physiology
- MSc Sport and Exercise Physiology
- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
- BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (Physiology - Research)
- BASES Certified Exercise Practitioner
Professional experiences
- Physiology laboratory director, Sheffield Hallam University, Centre for Sport and Exercise Science (2011–present)
- Research fellow, Sheffield Hallam University, Centre for Sport and Exercise Science (2010–present)
- Visiting research fellow, University Hospital of Angers, Centre Régional Médecine du Sport (2010)
- Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University, Centre for Sport and Exercise Science (2009–2010)
- Associate lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing (2006–2009)
Recent/current research projects
- Aerobic exercise training for patients with early abdominal aortic aneurysm disease: a pilot study (part-funded by The Sheffield Vascular Institute)
- Effects of exercise training on peripheral blood gene expression in patients with stable angina (funded by the Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
- Physiological and functional effects of a lifestyle intervention in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (funded by The Sleep Apnoea Trust and Sheffield Hospitals Charitable Trust)
- Validation of a new questionnaire for assessing walking capacity in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (part-funded by The Sheffield Vascular Institute)
- Comparison of laser speckle contrast imaging with laser Doppler flowmetry for assessing skin microvascular reactivity
- Limb-specific and cross-transfer effects of arm-crank exercise training in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
- Testosterone therapy as an adjunct to exercise rehabilitation: effects on exercise capacity, inflammatory markers and quality of life in hypogonadal males with chronic heart failure (funded by Heart Research UK)
- Effects of ageing and physical fitness on skin microvascular reactivity
- Effects of aerobic exercise training on skin microvascular reactivity in post-surgical varicose vein patients
Teaching duties
- Physical activity for disease prevention and rehabilitation module, as part of the MSc/PgDip/PgCert Physical Activity for Health
- Measurement techniques in sport and exercise physiology module, as part of the MSc/PgDip/PgCert Sport and Exercise Science
Student supervision
- James Moss, PhD candidate, 2009–present, Lifestyle Intervention for Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
- Stephen Gilbert, PhD candidate, 2009–present, Cardiovascular Health in Men with Prostate Cancer on Androgen Deprivation Therapy
- Alan Ruddock, PhD candidate, 2010–present, Cooling Strategies to Enhance Prolonged Cycling Performance in the Heat
Selected publications
Tew GA, Ouedraogo N, Nicolas G, Leftheriotis G, Copeland RJ, Abraham P (in press). Impaired somatosensation in patients with isolated proximal-without-distal exercise-related lower-limb ischemia. Clin J Pain.
Tew GA, Klonizakis M, Crank H, Briers JD, Hodges GJ (in press). Comparison of laser speckle contrast imaging with laser Doppler for assessing microvascular function. Microvasc Res.
Tew GA, Saxton JM, Hodges GJ (in press). Exercise and the control of skin blood flow in older adults. J Nutr Health Aging.
Tew GA, Saxton JM, Klonizakis M, Moss J, Ruddock AD, Hodges GJ (2011). Aging and aerobic fitness affect the contribution of noradrenergic sympathetic nerves to the rapid cutaneous vasodilator response to local heating. J Appl Physiol, 110(5): 1264-70.
Tew GA, Klonizakis M, Moss J, Ruddock AD, Saxton JM, Hodges GJ (2011). Reproducibility of cutaneous thermal hyperaemia assessed by laser Doppler flowmetry in young and older adults. Microvasc Res, 81(2): 177-82.
Tew GA, Klonizakis M, Moss J, Ruddock AD, Saxton JM, Hodges GJ (2011). Role of sensory nerves in the rapid cutaneous vasodilator response to local heating in young and older endurance-trained and untrained men. Exp Physiol, 96(2): 163-70.
Tew, G.A., Zwierska, I. (2011). Peripheral arterial disease. Exercise and chronic disease: an evidence-based approach. Routledge, UK.
Bourke L, Tew GA, Milo M, Crossman DC, Saxton JM, Chico TJ (2010). Study protocol: a randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of exercise training on peripheral blood gene expression in patients with stable angina. BMC Public Health, 10: 620.
Tew GA, Ruddock AD, Saxton JM (2010). Skin blood flow differentially affects near-infrared spectroscopy-derived measures of muscle oxygen saturation and blood volume at rest and during dynamic leg exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol, 110(5): 1083-9.
Klonizakis M, Tew GA, Michaels JA, Saxton JM (2010). Effects of upper-limb exercise on lower-limb cutaneous microvascular function in post-surgical varicose-vein patients. Eur J Appl Physiol, 109(6): 1221-4.
Tew GA, Klonizakis M, Saxton JM (2010). Effects of ageing and fitness on skin-microvessel vasodilator function in humans. Eur J Appl Physiol, 109(2): 173-81.
Tew G, Nawaz S, Zwierska I, Saxton JM (2009). Limb-specific and cross-transfer effects of arm-crank exercise training in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. Clin Sci (Lond), 117(12): 405-13.
Klonizakis M, Tew G, Michaels J, Saxton J (2009). Exercise training improves cutaneous microvascular endothelial function in post-surgical varicose vein patients. Microvasc Res, 78(1): 67-70.
Tew GA, Nawaz S, Blagojevic M, Zwierska I, Saxton JM (2009). Physiological predictors of maximum treadmill walking performance in patients with intermittent claudication. Int J Sports Med, 30(6): 467-72.
Klonizakis M, Tew G, Michaels J, Saxton J (2009). Impaired microvascular endothelial function is restored by acute lower-limb exercise in post-surgical varicose vein patients. Microvasc Res, 77(2): 158-62.
Oakley C, Zwierska I, Tew G, Beard JD, Saxton JM (2008). Nordic poles immediately improve walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 36(6): 689-94.
