Dr Rachel Lord
Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
Rachel is a Reader Cardiovasular Physiology within the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences. She completed her PhD at Liverpool John Moores University in 2015 focusing on ultra-endurance exercise and cardiac structure and function. Rachel's research broadly aims to address a number of specific topics with a focus on cardiovascular adaptation and control of the cardiovascular system:
- The Athlete's Heart
- Healthy ageing
- Exercise as medicine in both healthy and clinical populations
Rachel currently supervises two PhD candidates and has successfully supervised a number of postgraduate masters students and undergraduate students through their dissertations. She is also Chair of the Natural Sciences School of Sport and Health Sciences Ethics Panel and Level 6 Year Tutor for the Sport and Exercise Science degree programme. Rachel is also the Physiology Dissertation Co-ordinator and is a member of the Athena Swan Strategic Action Team.
Research Publications
Resistance and endurance trained young men display comparable carotid artery strain parameters that are superior to untrained men
Hornby-Foster, I., Richards, C. T., Drane, A. L., Lodge, F. M., Stembridge, M., Lord, R. N., Davey, H., Yousef, Z. & Pugh, C. J. A., 3 Oct 2024, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 125, 1, p. 131-144 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The maintenance of core temperature in SCUBA divers: Contributions of anthropometrics, patent foramen ovale, and non-shivering thermogenesis
Bradbury, K. E., DiMarco, K. G., Futral, J. E., Lord, R. N., Edward, J. A., Barak, O., Glavičić, I., Miloš, I., Drvis, I., Dujić, Ž. & Lovering, A. T., 22 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 27, 12, p. 820-827 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Flow-mediated dilation is modified by exercise training status during childhood and adolescence: preliminary evidence of the youth athlete's artery
Talbot, J. S., Perkins, D. R., Dawkins, T. G., Lord, R. N., Oliver, J. L., Lloyd, R. S., McManus, A. M., Stembridge, M. & Pugh, C. J. A., 15 Jul 2024, In: American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 327, 2, p. H331-H339Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effect of long‐term soccer training on left ventricular structure and function in elite male youth soccer players
Unnithan, V. B., Beaumont, A., Rowland, T., George, K., Stewart, L., Sculthorpe, N., Lord, R. N. & Oxborough, D. L., 7 Mar 2024, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34, 3, p. e14594 e14594.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The influence of maturation and sex on intracranial blood velocities during exercise in children
Douglas, A. J. M., Talbot, J. S., Perkins, D., Dawkins, T. G., Oliver, J. L., Lloyd, R. S., Ainslie, P. N., McManus, A., Pugh, C. J. A., Lord, R. N. & Stembridge, M., 29 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 136, 3, p. 451-459 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exploratory assessment of right ventricular structure and function during prolonged endurance cycling exercise
Lord, R. N., Adams, Z. H., George, K., Somauroo, J., Jones, H. & Oxborough, D., 20 Dec 2023, In: Echo Research and Practice. 10, 1, p. 22 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adaptation of left ventricular twist mechanics in exercise-trained children is only evident after the adolescent growth spurt
Perkins, D. R., Talbot, J. S., Lord, R. N., Dawkins, T. G., Baggish, A. L., Zaidi, A., Uzun, O., Mackintosh, K. A., McNarry, M. A., Cooper, S.-M., Lloyd, R. S., Oliver, J. L., Shave, R. E. & Stembridge, M., 4 Dec 2023, In: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 37, 5, p. 538-549Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular reactivity are modified by maturational stage and exercise training status during youth
Talbot, J. S., Perkins, D. R., Tallon, C. M., Dawkins, T. G., Douglas, A. J. M., Beckerleg, R., Crofts, A., Wright, M. E., Davies, S., Steventon, J. J., Murphy, K., Lord, R. N., Pugh, C. J. A., Oliver, J. L., Lloyd, R. S., Ainslie, P. N., McManus, A. M. & Stembridge, M., 24 Sept 2023, In: Experimental Physiology. 108, 12, p. 1500-1515 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Causes and consequences of sympathoexcitation across the lifespan: Physiological or pathological?
Adams, Z. H., Barnes, J. N. & Lord, R. N., 15 Sept 2023, In: Experimental Physiology. 108, 10, p. 1235-1237 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Neurovascular coupling and cerebrovascular hemodynamics are modified by exercise training status at different stages of maturation during youth.
Talbot, J. S., Perkins, D. R., Dawkins, T. G., Douglas, A. J. M., Griffiths, T. D., Richards, C. T., Owen, K., Lord, R. N., Pugh, C. J. A., Oliver, J. L., Lloyd, R. S., Ainslie, P. N., McManus, A. M. & Stembridge, M., 9 Aug 2023, In: American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 325, 3, p. H510-H521Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review