Professor Glen Davison

Professor of Sport and Exercise Sciences
Email
g.davison@kent.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)1227 816927
Professor Glen Davison

About

Professor Glen Davison obtained his first degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University in 2001 and MSc in Exercise Physiology in 2002. 
He completed his PhD on “Nutrition and Exercise Immunology” at Loughborough University, where he also worked as a Teaching Assistant in Exercise Physiology. Glen then worked as a lecturer in Sports Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at Aberystwyth University from 2006-2011 before joining the School of Sport and Exercise Science at Kent in 2011. At Kent he has held several leadership roles, including Head of the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences from 2020 to 2024, Director of Research (2018 to 2020), Director of Graduate Studies (2015 to 2018), and Lead of the SSES Endurance Research Group (2012-2018).
 Professor Davison is also a CASES (formerly BASES) Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (Physiology) and a Chartered Scientist (CSci). He has worked with amateur, elite and professional athletes from a range of sports, including football, rugby, hockey,
athletics, triathlon and cycling.

Research interests

Glen’s current interests focus on Nutrition and Exercise Immunology, specifically Immune System Function in athletes and how the human immune system responds to prolonged (endurance) exercise, and the role of nutrition.
Glen is particularly interested in:
  • The effects of nutrition on human immune function, physiological adaptation, and risk of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) symptoms after exercise.
  • The effects of acute/short-term supplementation with commercially available supplements.
  • Effects of exercise and nutrition on gastrointestinal integrity
  • Variability in responses to caffeine 
  • Exercise in people with Parkinson's Disease

Teaching

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