Professor David Stensel

BA (Hons), PGCE, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Pronouns: He/him
  • Professor of Exercise Metabolism

Research groups and centres

David Stensel

Qualifications

  • BA(Hons) Sport Studies and History, West London Institute of Higher Education 1986
  • PGCE Physical Education and History, West London Institute of Higher Education 1987
  • MSc Physical Education and Sports Science, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University 1988
  • PhD (funded by the British Heart Foundation), Â鶹ֱ²¥ University 1993
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) 2015

Present posts

  • Professor of Exercise Metabolism (from 1 September 2016), School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University
  • Chair: Â鶹ֱ²¥ University Ethics Review Sub-Committee (from February 2023) 

Previous posts

  • Associate Dean – Research, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University (2016 to 2022)
  • Associate Dean – Enterprise, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University (2011 to 2016) 
  • Reader in Exercise Metabolism, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University (2010 to 2016)
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University (2006 to 2010)
  • Lecturer, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University (1999 to 2006)  
  • Assistant Professor, School of Physical Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (1993 to 1999)

Research areas

  • Appetite
  • Cardiovascular disease risk
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Obesity
  • Physical activity

Selected research grants

  • £26.1M awarded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) for the . December 2022 to November 2027. Principal Investigator: Professor Melanie Davies. DJ Stensel is a Co-investigator.      
  • £7.4M awarded by the Wellcome Trust in October 2021 for the . Principal Investigator: S Singh. Co-investigators: J Barratt, K Brown, W Green, K Khunti, C Lawson, G McCann, S Siddiqui, DJ Stensel. 
  • £10k awarded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in April 2020 for a ‘hot topics’ nutrition workshop: . Principal Investigator: DJ Stensel. Co-investigator: C Plateau.
  • £1.4M awarded to Â鶹ֱ²¥ University by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) as part of the Lifestyle Theme of the Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). April 2017 to March 2022. Professor Melanie Davies (University of Leicester) is the Director of the Leicester BRC. Principal Investigator at Â鶹ֱ²¥ University: DJ Stensel. Co-investigator MP Lewis. 
  • Editor-in-Chief,  (July 2021 to present)
  • Professor of Exercise Metabolism,  (April 2021 to present)
  • Adjunct Professor,  (August 2022 to present)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee for the  (March 2015 to present)

Featured publications

Book

  • Stensel DJ,Hardman AE and Gill, JRM (Editors) (2022) . (3rd Edition) Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, London.

Journal articles

  • Dera AM, Shen T, Thackray AE, Hinton EC, King JA, James L, Morgan PS, Rush N, Miyashita M, Batterham RL, Stensel DJ (2023) . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105247.
  • Thackray AE, Hinton EC, Alanazi TM, Dera AM, Fujihara K, Hamilton-Shield JP, King JA, Lithander FE, Miyashita M, Thompson J, Morgan PS, Davies MJ, Stensel DJ (2023) . Human Brain Mapping. 44:3815-3832. doi: 10.1002/hbm.26314.
  • Thackray AE and Stensel DJ (2023) . Appetite. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2023.106557. 
  • Stensel DJ (2023) . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. doi: 10.1017/S0029665123002203.
  • Roberts MJ, Thackray AE, Wadley AJ, Alotaibi TF, Hunter DJ, Thompson J, Fujihara K, Miyashita M, Mastana S, Bishop NC, O’Donnell E, Davies MJ, King JA, Yates T, Webb D, Stensel DJ (2023. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003098. 
  • Bishop NC, Burton JO, Graham-Brown MPM, Stensel DJ, Viana JL, Watson EL (2023) Nature Reviews Nephrology. doi: 10.1038/s41581-022-00675-9.
  • Sargeant JA, King JA, Yates T, Redman EL, Bodicoat DH, Chatterjee S, Edwardson CL, Gray LJ, Poulin B, Waheed G, Waller HL, Webb DR, Willis SA, Wilding JPH, Khunti K, Stensel DJ, Davies MJ (2022) . Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. doi: 10.1111/dom.14721.
  • Dorling JL, Clayton DJ, Jones J, Carter WG, Thackray AE, King JA, Pucci A, Batterham RL, Stensel DJ (2019) . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 110: 1055-66. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz188.
  • Goltz FR, Thackray AE, King JA, Dorling JL, Atkinson G, Stensel DJ (2018) Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 50: 758-68.
  • Douglas, JA, King JA, Clayton, DJ, Jackson, AP, Sargeant JA, Thackray AE, Davies MJ, Stensel DJ (2017) . International Journal of Obesity. 41: 1737-44.
  • Alajmi N, Deighton K, King JA, Reischak-Oliveira A, Wasse LK, Jones J, Batterham R, Stensel DJ (2016) . Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 48: 412-420.
  • Wasse LK, Sunderland C, King JA, Batterham RL, Stensel DJ (2012. Journal of Applied Physiology. 112: 552-9.
  • King JA, Wasse LK, Ewens J, Crystallis K, Emmanuel J, Batterham RL, Stensel DJ (2011. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 96: 1114-21.
  • Broom DR, Batterham RL, King JA, Stensel DJ (2009) . American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 296: R29-R35. Scientific American podcast:
  • Miyashita M, Burns SF, Stensel DJ (2008) . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 1225-31.
  • Broom DR, Stensel DJ, Bishop NC, Burns SF, Miyashita M (2007) . Journal of Applied Physiology. 102: 2165-71.