Susan Shirreffs BSc PhD
Reader in Human Physiology
Contact details
Room: HE.2.21
Phone: +44 (0)1509 226332
Fax: +44 (0)1509 226301
Email: S.Shirreffs@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Susan completed her first degree in Physiology at Aberdeen University in 1993. Following this she completed a PhD in Exercise Physiology in the area of Post-exercise Rehydration in 1996. After lecturing for 5 years at Aberdeen University - during which time she spent some months working at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Institute - Susan moved to Loughborough University to continue her research and teaching interests.
Susan is a member of The Physiological Society, The American College of Sports Medicine, The Nutrition Society, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and The Medical Research Society. She is the theme leader of the sport and Exercise Nutrition Theme of the Nutrition Society.
Research Interests
Susan has research interests in sport and exercise physiology and nutrition. Current research projects focus on thermoregulation and water balance, sweating and salt balance and on recovery from disturbances to homeostasis.
Susan teaches in the area of her research interests, but also in broader areas of physiology and nutrition related to sport and exercise.
Selected Publications
Lee JKW, Shirreffs SM. (2007) The influence of drink temperature on thermoregulatory responses during prolonged exercise in a moderate environment. Journal of Sports Sciences, 25, 975-985
Shirreffs SM, Aragon-Vargas LF, Keil M, Love TD, Phillips S. (2007) Rehydration after exercise in the heat: a comparison of 4 commonly used drinks. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 17, 244-258.
Maughan RJ, Shirreffs SM, Leiper JB. (2007) Errors in the estimation of hydration status from changes in body mass. Journal of Sports Sciences, 25, 797-804
Maughan RJ, Watson P, Shirreffs SM. (2007) Heat and Cold. What Does the Environment do to the Marathon Runner? Sports Medicine, 37, 396-399
Shirreffs SM, Sawka MN, Stone M. (2006) Water and electrolyte needs for football training and match-play. Journal of Sports Sciences, 24, 699-707
Shirreffs SM, Maughan RJ. (2006) The effect of alcohol on athletic performance. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 5, 192-196
You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.
External Activities
Selected External Research-Related Roles:Chair of the Registration Committee of the Sport and Exercise Nutrition register Board of the Nutrition Society.
Theme Leader of the Nutrition Society's Sport and Exercise Nutrition group.
Physiology section editor of the Journal of Sports Sciences. 2006 - present
Member of the International Relations Committee of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Editorial Board member of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and the Asian Journal of Exercise and Sports Science.
Selected Invited Conference Keynote and
Speaker Presentations:
Fluids and electrolytes before and after exercise. Invited lecture
at the IOC Consensus Conference on Sports Nutrition, Lausanne, Switzerland,
June 2003.
Fluids and electrolytes for athletes, Hydration status in athletes. Invited speaker at the Annual Meeting on Sports Nutrition. Beijing, China, November 2004.
Water and electrolyte needs for training and match play. Invited lecture at the FIFA Consensus Conference on Nutrition. Zurich, Switzerland, August/September 2005.
Fluid needs for training and competition. Invited lecture at the IAAF Consensus Conference on Sports Nutrition, Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 2007
Sweat electrolyte losses: What have we learned from laboratory and field studies of athletes? Invited lecture at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisianna, USA, June 2007.