Lecturer and Clinical Exercise Physiologist
I am an accredited Clinical Exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and hold an Honorary Clinical Research pass (NHS).
My research explores innovative ways of tackling the chronic disease pandemic, where 74% of people die, globally, each year from diseases caused by unhealthy lifestyles. I use eHealth, web platforms, AI and digital health solutions to improve help people improve key activities such as physical activity and sleep to (1) improve health and wellness of healthy adults (2) prevent chronic disease before it occurs.
I teach exercise and rehabilitation courses, from undergraduate to doctoral supervision and CPD for healthcare practitioners in the NHS.
Teaching and supervision
I currently lead the Dissertation module and teach exercise physiology, clinical exercise physiology, sleep medicine, eHealth and Digital Health solutions and business, entrepreneurship and innovation.
I supervise the researchers of the future by nurturing ambition and innovation resulting in professional conference talks by undergraduate investigators at fuse Centre for Translational Research in Public Health and publication of research Innerd P, Harrison R, Using open source accelerometer analysis to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour in overweight and obese adults. BMC Public Health. 2018.
Research interests for potential research students
Research
74% of all deaths are due to chronic diseases. However, chronic diseases are directly related to lifestyle. Therefore, investment into medical treatments extend lifespan, now reaching 80 years. However, the quality of health and life continues to fall. There is an urgent need to improve resources which prevent chronic disease through lifestyle improvement. The alone has been shown to reduce health inequality, reduce burden on healthcare services and dramatically improve social and economic outcomes.
My current research focuses on:
- The use of technology to maintain health and healthy lifestyle and wellbeing in adults before chronic disease develops.
- Since a lack of physical activity is the fourth biggest risk factor for chronic disease, the interconnectedness between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep.
- How we can maintain mental resilience in a rapidly changing society.
Publications
Article
Innerd, Paul, Harrison, Rory and Coulson, Morc (2018) Using open source accelerometer analysis to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour in overweight and obese adults. BMC public health, 18 (1). p. 543. ISSN 1471-2458
Archer, David, Hogg, Robert, Coulson, Morcombe, Soos, Istvan, Anderson, Steven, Innerd, Paul and Leyland, Sandra (2017) Influence of body mass index and gender on physical activity in primary school children during PE and non-PE school days. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76. E33-E33. ISSN 0029-6651
Innerd, Paul, Catt, Michael, Collerton, Joanna, Davies, Karen, Trenell, Michael, Kirkwood, Thomas B. L. and Jagger, Carol (2015) A comparison of subjective and objective measures of physical activity from the Newcastle 85+ study. Age and Ageing, 44 (4). pp. 691-694. ISSN 0002-0729
- Human physiology and pathophysiology
- Clinical exercise physiology
- Physical activity/sedentary behaviour
- Sleep medicine
- Digital wearables and lifestyle assessment
- IoT, AI, smart technology, cloud storage, open-source analytics
- Development and validation of new technologies
- Development of online digital platforms
- Innovation and entrepreneurship in science and academia
I have collaborative links with Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Sunderland Royal Hospital Research and Innovation and Sunderland City Council as well as several industry partners including Activinsights and Apple.
I have colleagues in local and national media and regularly engage to increase public health awareness.
