Kelly Bowden Davies

Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK ​

Dr Kelly Bowden Davies is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at Manchester Met and Early Career Metabolic Theme Lead for The Physiological Society. Her research employs a range of translational techniques to study integrative human physiology and metabolism in response to lifestyle interventions and behaviour.  Her research aims to identify therapeutic targets earlier in life to improve the health of our ageing society and to develop effective interventions that reach our diverse communities and address multimorbidity.​

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k.bowden.davies@mmu.ac.uk​

Personal profile

Healthy Ageing Expertise

Dr Kelly Bowden Davies’s research aims to identify therapeutic targets earlier in life to improve the health of our ageing society and to develop effective interventions that reach our diverse communities and address multimorbidity. ​

Healthy Ageing Research Opportunities

UKRI funding schemes across councils (e.g., Co-Investigator in one of 11 UKRI-funded ageing networks aimed at transforming ageing research https://www.ukri.org/news/researchers-at-28-uk-universities-team-up-to-tackle-healthy-ageing/).​

Relevant Projects

  • ART of Healthy Ageing Network (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/artofhealthyageing/) ​
  • Improving glucose control with time restricted eating in people at risk of Type 2 diabetes (Abbott Laboratories) ​
  • A behavioural intervention targeting physical activity: sustaining weight loss in type 2 diabetes remission following a low calorie diet (Novo Nordisk UK Research Foundation)