Dr Dale Grant

Lecturer
Chester Medical School
dale.grant@chester.ac.uk
Dr Dale Grant

Dale joined Chester Medical School in October 2022 and teaches on the BSc Health and Exercise Science and the MSc Exercise Medicine programmes at University Centre Shrewsbury. His specialisms include musculoskeletal health, ageing, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity.

Dale has been involved in health and exercise science since 2011, having completed undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees at Liverpool John Moore’s University, before completing a PhD and postdoctoral research training at Manchester Metropolitan University. Dale also has long-standing experience working within the health and fitnessindustry as both a fitness coach and educational content creator. Dale joined Chester Medical School in October 2022 as a Lecturer in Health and Exercise Science.

Current teaching on the BSc in health and exercise science includes:

  • Physiology and Human Movement (Level 4)
  • Physical Activity in Health (Level 4)
  • Health and Human Behaviour (Level 4)
  • Measurement, Evaluation & Research in Human Health & Behaviour (Level 5)
  • Physiology and Human Movement in Chronic Diseases (Level 5)
  • Causes and Aetiology of Key Chronic Diseases (Level 5)

Current teaching on the MSc in exercise medicine (Level 7) includes:

  • Exercise Testing, Prescription and Programming in Human Health and Performance (Module lead)
  • Physical activity, Exercise, and Sport in Public Health (Module lead)

Dale also supervises student research projects and supports students as a personal academic tutor.

My research primarily focuses on physical behaviour and health, especially how daily activity can be optimised to promote healthy ageing. My PhD project looked at a novel intervention which replaced sedentary time (e.g. sitting or lying down) with light activity (e.g. light walking) in older adults and examined changes in musculoskeletal health. I also have a keen interest in resistance training recommendations, exercise nutrition, and falls prevention. Recently I have been developing a project in the field of microbiology, examining lifestyle factors that affect the gut microbiome.

Minimising sedentary behaviour (without increasing medium-to-vigorous exercise) associated functional improvement in older women is somewhat dependant on a measurable adaptation in muscle size. AGING (2020). Dale Grant*, David Tomlinson, Kostas Tsintzas, Petra Kolić, Gladys L. Onambele-Pearson. Impact Factor: 5.682.

Grant, D., Tomlinson, D., Tsintzas, K., Kolic, P. and Onambele-Pearson, G., 2020. Displacing Sedentary Behaviour with Light Intensity Physical Activity Spontaneously Alters Habitual Macronutrient Intake and Enhances Dietary Quality in Older Females. Nutrients, 12(8), p.2431. Impact Factor: 5.717. 

The effects of displacing sedentary behaviour with two distinct patterns of light activity on health outcomes in older adults (implications for COVID-19 quarantine). Frontiers In Physiology (2020). Dale Grant*, David Tomlinson, Kostas Tsintzas, Petra Kolić, Gladys L. Onambele-Pearson. Impact Factor: 4.566. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.574595

Grant, D.M., 2020. Non-exercise micro-interventions to mitigate sedentarism induced poor health (Doctoral dissertation, Manchester Metropolitan University).

  • PhD Sport and Exercise Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2020
  • MSc Sport and Exercise Physiology, Liverpool John Moore’s University, 2015
  • BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moore’s University, 2014