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Prof. Yannis PITSILADIS

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- PGCE, Learning and Teaching (1997), South Bank University, United Kingdom

- PhD in Medical Sciences (9th July 1997), Aberdeen University, United Kingdom

- MMedSci, Sport and Exercise Science (1992), Sheffield University, United Kingdom

- PgDip, Sport and Exercise Science (1991), Loughborough University, United Kingdom

- Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Phys Ed)(1989), Rhodes University, South Africa

- Bachelor of Arts (Phys Ed) (1988), Rhodes University, South Africa

Following 15 years at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where Yannis created the largest known DNA biobank from world-class athletes and one of the largest DNA biobanks in school-aged children, he was appointed Professor of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Brighton in late 2013. Over the next 10 years, he successfully established the International Federation of Sports Medicine Collaborating Centre of Sports Medicine (FIMS CCSM) at Brighton and as its founding Director, created a unique centre of excellence as reflected with the exclusive award of the FIMS Reference Laboratory of Sports Medicine for Anti-Doping Research. Yannis was recently appointed Professor and Head of Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health (SPEH) at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, where he plans to create a new centre of excellence in sport and exercise science and medicine.

Professor Yannis Pitsiladis has an established history of research into the importance of lifestyle and genetics for human health and performance. Current research priority is the application of “omics” (i.e., genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and proteomics) to the detection of drugs in sport with particular reference to recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo), blood doping and testosterone. His most recent research is funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he is a member of the IOC Medical and Scientific Commission, a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Scientific Commission of the International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS), a member of the Scientific and Education Commission of the European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA), a member of WADA’s Health Medical Research Committee (HMRC), past member a WADA’s List Expert Group and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He has published over 250 scientific papers, written and edited a number of books and has featured in numerous documentaries (e.g., “Kipchoge: The Last Milestone” is a 2021 documentary film directed by Jake Scott and executive produced by Ridley Scott; “Enhanced” – Documentary Film, 2018. Produced by award winning director Alex Gibney) and popular books (e.g., The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance; Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice).

  1. Blair Hamilton Cristina Comeras- Chueca , Andrew Brown , Stephanie Montagner- Moraes , Peter G Bush Yannis P Pitsiladis , Fergus M Guppy. Strength, power and aerobic capacity of transgender athletes: a cross- sectional study  Br J Sports Med. 2024 April. 0:1-12. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2023-108029
  2. Borja Muniz-Pardos, Jorge Subias-Perie, Elisabetta Geda, Luigi Molino, Jose A Casajus, Yannis P Pitsiladis. Acute effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on cycling performance in trained male athletes. Translational Exercise Biomedicine. 2024 March: pp. 1-11. doi.org/10.1515/teb-2024-2008.
  3. MJ Stacey, Todd Leckie, Daniel Fitzpatrick, L Hodgson, A Barden, R Jenkins, Rob Galloway, C Weller, GV Grivas, Y Pitsiladis, AJ Richardson, DR Woods. Neurobiomarker and body temperature responses to recreational marathon running. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 2023 November: 26(11) pp, 566-573. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2023.09.011.
  4. Fergus Guppy, Borja Muniz-Pardos, Konstantinos Angeloudis, Gerasimos V Grivas, Asimina Pitsiladis, Ross Bundy, Irina Zelenkova, Kumpei Tanisawa, Hiroshi Akiyama, Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Mike Miller, Melanie Knopp, Fabian Schweizer, Tobias Luckfiel, Daniel Ruiz, Sebastien Racinais, Yannis Pitsiladis. Technology Innovation and Guardrails in Elite Sport: The Future is Now. Sports Medicine. 2023 October. 53(Suppl 1. pp. 97-113). doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01913-1.
  5. Lewis G Halsey, Vincent Careau, Philip N Ainslie, Heliodoro Alemán-Mateo, Lene F Andersen, Liam J Anderson, Leonore Arab, Issad Baddou, Linda Bandini, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Ellen E Blaak, Stephane Blanc, Alberto G Bonomi, Carlijn VC Bouten, Pascal Bovet, Soren Brage, Maciej S Buchowski, Nancy F Butte, Stephan G Camps, Regina Casper, Graeme L Close, Lisa H Colbert, Jamie A Cooper, Richard Cooper, Prasangi Dabare, Sai Krupa Das, Peter SW Davies, Sanjoy Deb, Christine Delisle Nyström, William Dietz, Lara R Dugas, Simon Eaton, Ulf Ekelund, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Sonja Entringer, Terrence Forrester, Barry W Fudge, Melanie Gillingham, Annelies H Goris, Michael Gurven, Hinke Haisma, Catherine Hambly, Daniel J Hoffman, Marije B Hoos, Sumei Hu, Noorjehan Joonas, Annemiek Joosen, Peter Katzmarzyk, Kitty P Kempen, Misaka Kimura, William E Kraus, Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Rebecca Kuriyan, Robert F Kushner, Estelle V Lambert, Pulani Lanerolle, Christel L Larsson, Nader Lessan, Marie Löf, Corby K Martin, Eric Matsiko, Gerwin A Meijer, James C Morehen, James P Morton, Aviva Must, Marian Neuhouser, Theresa A Nicklas, Robert M Ojiambo, Kirsi H Pietilainen, Yannis P Pitsiladis, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Guy Plasqui, Ross L Prentice, Roberto Rabinovich, Susan B Racette, David A Raichen, Eric Ravussin, Leanne Redman, John J Reilly, Rebecca M Reynolds, Susan Roberts, Dulani Samaranayake, Luís B Sardinha, Albertine J Schuit, Analiza M Silva, Srishti Sinha, Anders M Sjödin, Eric Stice, Albert Stunkard, Samuel S Urlacher, Mauro Eduardo Valencia, Giulio Valenti, Ludo M van Etten, Edgar A Van Mil, Jeanine A Verbunt, Jonathan CK Wells, George Wilson, Brian Wood, Tsukasa Yoshida, Xueying Zhang, Alexia Murphy-Alford, Cornelia Loechl, Amy Luke, Herman Pontzer, Jennifer Rood, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Klaas R Westerterp, William W Wong, Yosuke Yamada, John R Speakman, IAEA DLW Database Consortium. Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty. Biology (Letters). 2023 September. 19(9). doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0152.
  6. Lima G, Kolliari-Turner A, Wang G, Ho P, Meehan L, Roeszler K, Seto J, Malinsky FR, Karanikolou A, Eichhorn G, Tanisawa K, Ospina-Betancurt J, Hamilton B, Kumi PYO, Shurlock J, Skiadas V, Twycross-Lewis R, Kilduff L, Guppy FM, North K, Pitsiladis YP, Fossati C, Pigozzi F, Borrione P. The MMAAS Project: An Observational Human Study Investigating the Effect of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use on Gene Expression and the Molecular Mechanism of Muscle Memory. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2023 September,. 33(5) oi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001037. 
  7. Blair Hamilton, Fergus Guppy, Yannis Pitsiladis. Comment on: Transgender Women in the Female Category of Sport, Perspectives on Testosterone Suppression and Performance Advantage:  Sports Med. 2023 September. Vol 54. pp 237-242. doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01928-8.
  8. Pitsiladis Y, Hamilton B, Geistlinger M, Bermon S, Bigard X, Migliorini S, Wolfarth B, Di Luigi L, Ionescu A, Schneider C, Bachl N, Miller M, Shroff M, Singleton P, Constantinou D, Swart J, Beltrami G, Arroyo F, Badtieva V, Kaux J-F, Rozenštoka S, Dienstbach-Wech L, Casajus JA, Zelekova I, Steinacker JM, Ülkar B, Papadopoulou T, Webborn N, Casasco M, Fossati C, Barrett J, Bilzon JLJ, Dohi M, Li G, Ak E, Pedrinelli A, Pigozzi F. Letter to the editor entitled “fairness and scientific correctness is needed in the debate on transgender athletes”. Dtsch Z Sportmed. 2023 September; 74: pp. 191-192. doi:10.5960/dzsm.2023.573
  9. Knopp M, Muñiz-Pardos B, Wackerhage H, Schönfelder M, Guppy F, Pitsiladis Y, Ruiz D. Variability in Running Economy of Kenyan World-Class and European Amateur Male Runners with Advanced Footwear Running Technology: Experimental and Meta-analysis Results. Sports Med. 2023 Mar 2. doi: 10.1007/s40279-023-01816-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36862339.
  10. Klöwer M, Edouard P, Niess AM, Racinais S, Pitsiladis YP, Pappenberger F, Hollander K. Forecasting feels-like temperatures as a strategy to reduce heat illnesses during sports events. Br. J Sports Med. 2023 Mar 7:bjsports-2022-106413. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106413. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36882307. 
  11. Hall ECR, Lockey SJ, Heffernan SM, Herbert AJ, Stebbings GK, Day SH, Collins M, Pitsiladis YP, Erskine RM, Williams AG. The PPARGC1A Gly482Ser polymorphism is associated with elite long-distance running performance. J Sports Sci. 2023 Jan;41(1):56-62. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2195737. Epub 2023 Apr 3. PMID: 37012221.
  12. Kolliari-Turner A, Lima G, Wang G, Malinsky FR, Karanikolou A, Eichhorn G, Tanisawa K, Ospina-Betancurt J, Hamilton B, Kumi PYO, Shurlock J, Skiadas V, Twycross-Lewis R, Kilduff L, Martin RP, Ash GI, Potter C, Guppy FM, Seto JT, Fossati C, Pigozzi F, Borrione P, Pitsiladis Y. An observational human study investigating the effect of anabolic androgenic steroid use on the transcriptome of skeletal muscle and whole blood using RNA-Seq. BMC Medical Genomics. 2023 May 3;16(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s12920-023-01512-z. PMID: 37138349; PMCID: PMC10157927.
  13. Vision enhancement technologies, augmented reality and sports integrity considerations. Pitsiladis Y. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 2023 July. 9(3).  doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001651.
  14. IOC consensus paper on sports-related ophthalmology issues in elite sports. Moe MC, Özmert E, Baudouin C, Binadra A, Crafoord S, Jo YJ Kiratli H, Moore M, Pitsiladis Y, Rolle U, Tan B, Yanık Ö, Budgett R, Erdener U, Steffen K, Engebretsen L (In press) BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 2023 July. 9(3). doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001644.
  15. Jürgen Michael Steinacker, Willem van Mechelen, Wilhelm Bloch, Carolin Knoke, Janine Wendt, Mats Börjesson, Bernd Wolfarth, Theodora Papadopoulou, Maurizio Casasco, Evelina Georgiades, Dietrich Andresen, Olena Andrieieva, Norbert Bachl, Victoria Badtieva, Friedhelm J. Beucher, Cheri Blauwet, José Antonio Casajús Mallén, Ju-Ho Chang, German Clenin, Naama Constantini, Demitri Constantinou, Luigi Di Luigi, Lukas Declercq, Stephane Doutreleau, Svitlana Drozdosvka, Martine Duclos, Thomas Fischbach, Anastasia Fischer, Chiara Fossati, Jorge Franchella, Mark Fulcher, Jan C. Galle, Christian Gerloff, Boris Gojanovic, Andy Grote, Martin Halle, Hans Hauner, Matthew P. Herring, Mikio Hiura, Kerstin Holze, Gerhard Huber, David Hughes, Mark Hutchinson, Anca Ionescu, Dina Christa Janse van Rensburg, Anna Jegier, Natascha Jones, Kirsten Kappert-Gonther, Monika Kellerer, Yutaka Kimura, Agrita Kiopa, Bernd Kladny, Gerhard Koch, Elin Kolle, Gregory Kolt, Stephan Kress, Susi Kriemler, Jens Kröger, Christian Kuhn, Roman Laszlo, Ralph Lehnert, Francois Lhuissier, Kerstin Lüdtke, Shigeru Makita, Pedro Manonelles, Winfried März, Mike Miller, Melita N. Moore, Erich Müller, Renay Onur, Vahur Ööpik, Anna Plucik-Mrožek, Hans-Georg Predel, Sebastien Racinais, Algirdas Raslanas, Rüdiger Reer, Klaus Reinhardt, Claus Reinsberger, Sandra Rozenstoka, Robert Sallis, Luís B. Sardinha, Martin Scherer, Jasper Schipperijn, Romain Seil, Benedict Tan, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Nils Schumacher, Bernhard Schwaab, Ansgar Schwirtz, Masato Suzuki, Jeroen Swart, Ralph Tiesler, Ulf Tippelt, Eleanor Tillett, Jane Thornton , Bulent Ulkar, Eve Unt, Evert Verhagen2, Sheng Zeng, Kirill Micallef Stafrace, Roberto Vettor, Thomas Weikert, Richard Budgett, Lars Engebretsen, Ugur Erdener, Fabio Pigozzi, Yannis Pitsiladis. Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Inactivity: The Hamburg Declaration. 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001626
  16. Konstantinos Angeloudis, Borja Muniz-Pardos, Alejandro Gomez-Bruton, Irina Zelenkova, Luis E. Roche-Seruendo, Diego Jaén-Carrillo, José Antonio Casajus, Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Fergus M Guppy (submitted) Concurrent validation of different wearable kinematic systems for measuring running mechanics. Scientific Reports.
  17. Gerasimos V. Grivas, Borja Muniz-Pardos, Fergus Guppy, Asimina Pitsiladis, Ross Bundy, Mike Miller, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Alan Richardson, Luke Hodgson, Todd Leckie, Mike Stacey, Sebastien Racinais, and Yannis Pitsiladis(submitted) Assessment of core body temperature during a mass-participation marathon in cool ambient conditions using two different pill ingestion strategies. Scientific Reports.
  18. Yannis Pitsiladis, Blair Hamilton, Michael Geistlinger, Stéphane Bermon, Xavier Bigard, Sergio Migliorini, Bernd Wolfarth, Luigi Di Luigi, Anca Ionescu, Christian Schneider, Norbert Bachl, Malav Shroff, Demitri Constantinou, Jeroen Swart, Gianfranco Beltrami, Francisco Arroyo, Victoriya Badtieva, Jean-François Kaux, Sandra Rozenštoka, Christa Janse van Rensburg, Juergen Steinacker, Bülent Ülkar, Theodora Papadopoulou, Nick Webborn, Maurizio Casasco, Chiara Fossati, James Barrett, Fabio Pigozzi on behalf of all the authors of the Joint position statement of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) and European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA) on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination based on gender identity and sex variations. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2022 Jan 18;8(1):e001273. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001273. PMID: 35127133; PMCID: PMC8739444.
  19. Magali Martowicz, Richard Budgett, Madeleine Pape, Katia Mascagni, Lars Engebretsen, 3 Lenka Dienstbach-Wech, Yannis P Pitsiladis,  Fabio Pigozzi, 8 Uğur Erdener.  Position statement: IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variation. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023;57:26-32.
  20. Guan Wang, Noriyuki Fuku, Eri Miyamoto-Mikami, Masashi Tanaka, Motohiko Miyachi, Haruka Murakami, Yu-Ching Cheng, Braxton D. Mitchell, Krista G. Austin, Ildus I. Ahmetov, Edward V. Generozov, Maxim L. Filipenko, Andrei A. Gilep, Valentina Gineviciene, Colin N. Moran, Tomas Venckuans, Pawel Cieszczyk, Wim Derave, Ioannis Papadimitriou, Fleur C. Garton, Kathryn North, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Yannis P. Pitsiladis(Submitted) Multiphase, multi-ethnic GWAS uncovers putative loci in predisposition to human physical performance, health and disease. Br J Sports Med.
  21. Melanie Knopp, Fergus Guppy, Michael Joyner, Borja Muñiz-Pardos, Henning Wackerhage, Martin Schönfelder, Yannis Pitsiladis, Daniel Ruiz (Submitted) Validation of Marathon Performance Model Based on Physiological Factors in World-Class East African Runners: A Case Series Running Title: Validation of Marathon Performance Model. European Journal of Applied Physiology
  22. Sutehall S, Muniz-Pardos B, Bosch AN, Galloway SD, Pitsiladis Y. The Impact of Sodium Alginate Hydrogel on Exogenous Glucose Oxidation Rate and Gastrointestinal Comfort in Well-Trained Runners. Front Nutr. 2022 Jan 20;8:810041. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.810041. PMID: 35127792; PMCID: PMC8811475.
  23. Jon Brazier, Mark R. Antrobus, Adam J. Herbert, Peter C. Callus, Georgina K. Stebbings, Stephen H. Day, Shane M. Heffernan, Liam P. Kilduff, Mark A. Bennett, Robert M. Erskine, Stuart. M. Raleigh, Malcolm Collins, Yannis. P. Pitsiladis and Alun G. Williams. (Accepted author version posted online 16th Mar 2022). Gene Variants Previously Associated with Reduced Soft Tissue Injury Risk: Part 1 – Independent Associations with Elite Status in Rugby. European Journal of Sport Science. 2023 May. 23(5) pp. 726-735. doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2022.2053752.
  24. Hiam, Danielle; Jones, Patrice; Pitsiladis, Yannis; Eynon, Nir. Genomics and Biology of Exercise, Where Are We Now? Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. January 6, 2022. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001012.
  25. Muniz-Pardos B, Zelenkova I, Gonzalez-Aguero A, Knopp M, Boitz T, Graham M, Ruiz D, Casajus JA, Pitsiladis YP. The Impact of Grounding in Running Shoes on Indices of Performance in Elite Competitive Athletes. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 25;19(3):1317. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031317. PMID: 35162340; PMCID: PMC8834746.
  26. Pigozzi F, Bigard X, Steinacker J, Wolfarth B, Badtieva V, Schneider C, Swart J, Bilzon JLJ, Constantinou D, Dohi M, Di Luigi L, Fossati C, Bachl N, Li G, Papadopoulou T, Casasco M, Janse van Rensburg DCC, Kaux JF, Rozenstoka S, Casajus JA, Zelenkova I, Ak E, Ulkar B, Arroyo F, Ionescu A, Pedrinelli A, Miller M, Singleton P, Shroff M, Webborn N, Barrett J, Hamilton B, Geistlinger M, Beltrami G, Migliorini S, Dienstbach-Wech L, Bermon S, Pitsiladis YP. Joint position statement of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) and European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA) on the IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination based on gender identity and sex variations. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2022 Jan 18;8(1):e001273. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001273. PMID: 35127133; PMCID: PMC8739444.
  27. Sutehall Shaun, Malinsky Fernanda, Shurlock Jonathan, Wang Guan, Bosch Andrew, Pitsiladis Yannis P. Whole-Blood and Peripheral Mononuclear Cell Transcriptional Response to Prolonged Altitude Exposure in Well-Trained Runners. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. June 24, 2022 - Volume - Issue - 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001046 doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001046
  28. Brazier J, Antrobus MR, Herbert AJ, Callus PC, Stebbings GK, Day SH, Heffernan SM, Kilduff LP, Bennett MA, Erskine RM, Raleigh SM, Collins M, Pitsiladis YP, Williams AG. Gene variants previously associated with reduced soft tissue injury risk: Part 1 - independent associations with elite status in rugby. Eur J Sport Sci. 2022 Mar 29:1-10. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2022.2053752. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35293840.
  29. Lima Giscard, Shurlock Jonathan, Wang Guan, Karanikolou Antonia, Sutehall Shaun, Pitsiladis, Yannis P; D'Alessandro, Angelo. Metabolomic Profiling of Recombinant Erythropoietin (rHuEpo) in Trained Caucasian Athletes. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. October 10, 2022 - Volume - Issue - 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001074 doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001074
  30. Antrobus MR, Brazier J, Callus P, Herbert AJ, Stebbings GK, Day SH, Kilduff LP, Bennett MA, Erskine RM, Raleigh SM, Collins M, Pitsiladis YP, Heffernan SM, Williams AG. Concussion-Associated Gene Variant COMT rs4680 Is Associated With Elite Rugby Athlete Status. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2022 Mar 29. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001030. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35350037
  31. Nakamichi R, Ma S, Nonoyama T, Chiba T, Kurimoto R, Ohzono H, Olmer M, Shukunami C, Fuku N, Wang G, Morrison E, Pitsiladis YP, Ozaki T, D'Lima D, Lotz M, Patapoutian A, Asahara H. The mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 is expressed in tendons and regulates physical performance. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Jun;14(647):eabj5557. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj5557. Epub 2022 Jun 1. PMID: 35648809.
  32. Sutehall S, Muniz-Pardos B, Bosch A, Pitsiladis Y. The Effect of Sodium Alginate and Pectin Added to a Carbohydrate Beverage on Endurance Performance, Substrate Oxidation and Blood Glucose Concentration: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine Open. 2022 Jun 21;8(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s40798-022-00472-5. PMID: 35727377; PMCID: PMC9213602.
  33. Racinais S, Hosokawa Y, Akama T, Bermon S, Bigard X, Casa DJ, Grundstein A, Jay O, Massey A, Migliorini S, Mountjoy M, Nikolic N, Pitsiladis YP, Schobersberger W, Steinacker JM, Yamasawa F, Zideman DA, Engebretsen L, Budgett R. IOC consensus statement on recommendations and regulations for sport events in the heat. Br J Sports Medicine. 2022 Sep 23:bjsports-2022-105942. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-105942. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36150754.
  34. Yamada Y, Zhang X, Henderson MET, Sagayama H, Pontzer H, Watanabe D, Yoshida T, Kimura M, Ainslie PN, Andersen LF, Anderson LJ, Arab L, Baddou I, Bedu-Addo K, Blaak EE, Blanc S, Bonomi AG, Bouten CVC, Bovet P, Buchowski MS, Butte NF, Camps SG, Close GL, Cooper JA, Cooper R, Das SK, Dugas LR, Eaton S, Ekelund U, Entringer S, Forrester T, Fudge BW, Goris AH, Gurven M, Halsey LG, Hambly C, El Hamdouchi A, Hoos MB, Hu S, Joonas N, Joosen AM, Katzmarzyk P, Kempen KP, Kraus WE, Kriengsinyos W, Kushner RF, Lambert EV, Leonard WR, Lessan N, Martin CK, Medin AC, Meijer EP, Morehen JC, Morton JP, Neuhouser ML, Nicklas TA, Ojiambo RM, Pietiläinen KH, Pitsiladis YP, Plange-Rhule J, Plasqui G, Prentice RL, Rabinovich RA, Racette SB, Raichlen DA, Ravussin E, Redman LM, Reilly JJ, Reynolds RM, Roberts SB, Schuit AJ, Sardinha LB, Silva AM, Sjödin AM, Stice E, Urlacher SS, Valenti G, Van Etten LM, Van Mil EA, Wells JCK, Wilson G, Wood BM, Yanovski JA, Murphy-Alford AJ, Loechl CU, Luke AH, Rood J, Westerterp KR, Wong WW, Miyachi M, Schoeller DA, Speakman JR; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Doubly Labeled Water (DLW) Database Consortium§. Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors. Science. 2022 Nov 25;378(6622):909-915. doi: 10.1126/science.abm8668. Epub 2022 Nov 24. PMID: 36423296; PMCID: PMC9764345.
  35. Martowicz M, Budgett R, Pape M, Mascagni K, Engebretsen L, Dienstbach-Wech L, Pitsiladis YP, Pigozzi F, Erdener U. Position statement: IOC framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Dec 16:bjsports-2022-106386. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106386. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36526281.
  36. Budgett R, Pitsiladis YP, Pape M. High quality and relevant research needed to inform policy and help in decisions about the participation of transgender women in elite sport. Rapid Response to Alvares LAM, Santos MR, Souza FR, et al. Alvares LAM, Santos MR, Souza FR, Santos LM, Mendonça BB, Costa EMF, Alves MJNN, Domenice S. Cardiopulmonary capacity and muscle strength in transgender women on long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy: a cross-sectional study. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Nov;56(22):1292-1298. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105400. Epub 2022 Oct 4. PMID: 36195433. Br J Sports Med. Published 10th November 2022
  37. Brazier J, Antrobus MR, Herbert AJ, Callus PC, Khanal P, Stebbings GK, Day SH, Heffernan SM, Kilduff LP, Bennett MA, Erskine RM, Raleigh SM, Collins M, Pitsiladis YP, Williams AG. Gene Variants Previously Associated with Reduced Soft-tissue Injury Risk: Part 2 - Polygenic Associations with Elite Status in Rugby. Eur J Sport Sci. 2022 Dec 12:1-26. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2022.2155877. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36503489.
  38. Knopp M, Muñiz-Pardos B, Wackerhage H, Schönfelder M, Guppy F, Pitsiladis Y, Ruiz D. Variability in Running Economy of Kenyan World-Class and European Amateur Male Runners with Advanced Footwear Running Technology: Experimental and Meta-analysis Results. Sports Med. 2023 Mar 2. doi: 10.1007/s40279-023-01816-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36862339.
  39. Hall ECR, Lockey SJ, Heffernan SM, Herbert AJ, Stebbings GK, Day SH, Collins M, Pitsiladis YP, Erskine RM, Williams AG. The PPARGC1A Gly482Ser polymorphism is associated with elite long-distance running performance. J  Journal of Sports Sciences. 2023 Jan;41(1):56-62. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2195737. 
  40. Kolliari-Turner A, Lima G, Wang G, Malinsky FR, Karanikolou A, Eichhorn G, Tanisawa K, Ospina-Betancurt J, Hamilton B, Kumi PYO, Shurlock J, Skiadas V, Twycross-Lewis R, Kilduff L, Martin RP, Ash GI, Potter C, Guppy FM, Seto JT, Fossati C, Pigozzi F, Borrione P, Pitsiladis YP. An observational human study investigating the effect of anabolic androgenic steroid use on the transcriptome of skeletal muscle and whole blood using RNA-Seq. BMC Medical Genomics. 2023 May 3;16(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s12920-023-01512-z. PMID: 37138349; PMCID: PMC10157927.
  41. Blair Hamilton, Fergus Guppy, Yannis Pitsiladis (In press) Response to Transgender Women in the Female Category of Sport, Perspectives on Testosterone Suppression and Performance Advantage: Areas of Methodological and Theoretical Concern. Sports Med. Vision enhancement technologies, augmented reality and sports integrity considerations. Pitsiladis Y (In press).  BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med.
  42. Konstantinos Angeloudis, Borja Muniz-Pardos, Alejandro Gomez-Bruton, Irina Zelenkova, Luis E. Roche-Seruendo, Diego Jaén-Carrillo, José Antonio Casajus, Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Fergus M Guppy (submitted) Concurrent validation of different wearable kinematic systems for measuring running mechanics. Scientific Reports.
  43. Gerasimos V. Grivas, Borja Muniz-Pardos, Fergus Guppy, Asimina Pitsiladis, Ross Bundy, Mike Miller, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Alan Richardson, Luke Hodgson, Todd Leckie, Mike Stacey, Sebastien Racinais, and Yannis Pitsiladis (submitted) Assessment of core body temperature during a mass-participation marathon in cool ambient conditions using two different pill ingestion strategies. Scientific Reports.
  44. Yannis Pitsiladis, Blair Hamilton, Michael Geistlinger, Stéphane Bermon, Xavier Bigard, Sergio Migliorini, Bernd Wolfarth, Luigi Di Luigi, Anca Ionescu, Christian Schneider, Norbert Bachl, Malav Shroff, Demitri Constantinou, Jeroen Swart, Gianfranco Beltrami, Francisco Arroyo, Victoriya Badtieva, Jean-François Kaux, Sandra Rozenštoka, Christa Janse van Rensburg, Juergen Steinacker, Bülent Ülkar, Theodora Papadopoulou, Nick Webborn, Maurizio Casasco, Chiara Fossati, James Barrett, Fabio Pigozzi on behalf of all the authors of the Joint position statement of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) and European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA) on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination based on gender identity and sex variations. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2022 Jan 18;8(1):e001273. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001273. PMID: 35127133; PMCID: PMC8739444] (Submitted) Letter to the Editor in response to Olewinski [2023]. Br J Sports Med
  45. Melanie Knopp, Fergus Guppy, Michael Joyner, Borja Muñiz-Pardos, Henning Wackerhage, Martin Schönfelder, Yannis Pitsiladis, Daniel Ruiz (Submitted) Validation of Marathon Performance Model Based on Physiological Factors in World-Class East African Runners: A Case Series Running Title: Validation of Marathon Performance Model. European Journal of Applied Physiology.
  1. Evaluation of user value, feasibility, and acceptability of novel thermoregulatory data capture for future integration into an Activity Tracking App to promote physical activity: a pilot study with physically impaired individuals. EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA) In Response to ESA AO/1-11582/22/NL/MM/mma Submitted to: European Space Agency (ESA). Euro 58,417, 2023-2024.
  2. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Real time athlete biometrics and environmental monitoring. $58,300. 2023-2024. Research Application Authors: Yannis Pitsiladis, Antonio Tessitore, Sergio Migliorini (Under consideration).
  3. Hong Kong Sports Institute. Real time athlete monitoring with particular focus on health and performance success at upcoming Continental, Olympic and National Games. HK $8,991,278. 2023-2025 (Under consideration).
  4. RtR Broadcasting and Berlin Marathon Biometrics study. Adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany. Euro 203,640. 2023-2024.
  5. Running shoe comfort barometer study. Adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany. Euro 110,000. 2022-2024.
  6. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Identifying the mechanisms and biomarkers of anabolic steroid-induced muscle memory in mice and humans. $ 299,815.00. 2023-2026 (Under consideration).
  7. On-running, Zurich, Switzerland. Development of an Algorithm to Determine Oxygen Uptake During Running. Euro 202,500. 2022.
  8. Adizero Adios Pro 3 Validation (acute and chronic) Study. Adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany. Euro 85,000. 2021-2022.
  9. Earthing Footwear Validation Study. Adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany. Euro 48,000. 2021.
  10. Gloria Sports Arena (www.gloriasportsarena.com.tr). The development and application of novel technologies for elite sport. Euro 50,000. 2021-2022.
  11. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Sports Integrity Project: Emergency Funding due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. $104.000. 2020-2021.
  12. kaatsu.com and World Olympian Association (WOA). The benefits of blood flow restriction training for elite athletes, the military, the elderly and the general population. £ 37,500. 2020-2023 (Match-funding PhD with the University of Brighton).
  13. DNA Genotek (https://dnagenotek.com), Canada. An omics approach to the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) doping in endurance athletes. $10,000. 2020-2021.
  14. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Protecting athletes’ health through the prevention of heat illness during the 2020 Tokyo summer Olympics. $53,00.00. 2020-2021.
  15. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Implications of RNA-seq in the detection of anabolic steroid use and harnessing of the molecular mechanism of muscle memory. $100,00.00. 2019-2020.
  16. Istituto delle Riabilitazioni Riba – IRR – Gruppo CIDIMU, Torino, Italy. The acute effects of brain stimulation on the physiological and perceptual responses during maximal and prolonged exercise. £25,005. 2018-2020.
  17. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Necessary Steps for the Application of an Integrative “Omics” Solution to the Detection of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin. $ 350,000. 2018-2023.
  18. International Olympic Committee (IOC). The "Polyomics" Anti-Doping Project: A Concerted Effort to Develop the Next Generation Anti-Doping Approach. $150,000.00. 2017-2018.
  19. Development of the Sub2 marathon racing shoe. On-running, Pfingstweidstrasse 106, 8005, Zurich, Switzerland. $800,000. 2017-2018.
  20. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Implications of RNA-seq in the detection of anabolic steroid use and the harnessing of the molecular mechanism(s) of muscle memory. $250,000. 2017-2019.
  21. Development of the next generation encapsulated fuel delivery system. Maurten AB, Biotech Center, Arvid Wallgrens Backe 20, 413 46, Gothenburg, Sweden (maurten.com). £105,854. 2016-2019.
  22. The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Strategic Environmental Science Capital Call 2014. Polyomics Centre and Biobank for Aquatic Toxicity Research. £383,376.95. 2016-2018.
  23. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). A systems biology biomarkers approach to the differentiation of recombinant human erythropoietin doping from confounding factors. $ 256,530. 2014-2017.
  24. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). A New Dimension to the Detection of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Doping Using Blood Gene Expression Profiles: Development of Direct Anti-Doping Applications. $85,137.23. 2013.
  25. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). A systems biology biomarker based approach to the detection of microdose recombinant human erythropoietin doping. $308,364. 2011-2013.
  26. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Metabolomic profiling of recombinant erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) in caucasian and east-African endurance trained athletes. $268,675. 2011-2013.
  27. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Application of a minimally-invasive method for RNA sampling and the addition of miRNA to the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEpo) use by athletes. $203,505. 2011-2013.
  28. Chancellors Fund, University of Glasgow. The application of whole-genome expression combined with metabolomic responses to drug testing in sport. £9,000. 2010-2011.
  29. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). A gene-microarray based approach to the detection of recombinant human erythropoietin doping in endurance athletes. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), $ 300,413. 2009-2012.
  30. European Union Integrated Project Grant (Call identifier FP6-2004-FOOD-3-A): Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS (IDEFICS). €180,604.00. 2006-2012.
  31. The Royal Society: Application for South Africa-UK Science Networks between UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science & Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and IDEAL and ICEARS, University of Glasgow. £7,280.00. 2007-2008.
  32. The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Award (Ref: Application No. 3027): Funding of research collaboration with Professor Masashi Tanaka, Gifu International Institute of Biotechnology, 1-1 Naka-Fudogaoka, Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan. Project: Mitochondrial genome polymorphisms and their association with mitochondrial function. £1,350.00. 2007.
  33. Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Award (Ref: 1132/6298): Funding of research collaboration with Professor Masashi Tanaka, Gifu International Institute of Biotechnology, 1-1 Naka-Fudogaoka, Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan. Project: Mitochondrial genome polymorphisms and their association with mitochondrial function. £6,550.00. 2006-2007.
  34. MRC/BBSRC Associate Programme in Human Nutrition Research Project grant: An investigation of the functional significance of a genetic predisposition to human obesity. £203,448.00. 2002-2005.
  35. Iovate Health Sciences Research Inc., Ontario, Canada: Combined creatine and glycerol hyperhydration and physiological responses during exercise in the heat in endurance-trained humans. £183,104.00. 2003-2008.
  36. SUUNTO Oy, Vantaa, Finland. Small Project Grant: An application of state-of-the-art technologies to the study of elite east African runners: The effects of an ACSM recommended fluid replacement strategy on thermoregulation and running performance in elite Kenyan distance runners. €3,000.00. 2005.
  37. The Carnegie Trust of Scotland: Could a hypocaloric diet be responsible for the success of Kenyan endurance runners in world athletics? £750.00. 2004.
  38. The Royal Society Small Project Grant: MtDNA haplotypes and the African endurance athlete: Does matrilineal genetics contribute to the dominance of African athletes in international endurance athletics? £4,750.00. 2002-2003.
  39. The Wellcome Trust Travel Grant: MtDNA haplotypes and the African endurance athlete: Does matrilineal genetics contribute to the dominance of African athletes in international endurance athletics? £1,050.00. 2002.
  40. The Carnegie Trust of Scotland: MtDNA haplotypes and the African endurance athlete: Does matrilineal genetics contribute to the dominance of African athletes in international endurance athletics? £750.00. 2002.
  41. ME Association: Cardiorespiratory and Muscle Bioenergetic Responses to Exercise in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. £21,491.00. 1999-2002.
  42. Eurathlon Programme (European Commission for Sport): The EUREKA Sports Programme. €13,700.00. 1998-1999.
  43. Mars Incorporated: The EUREKA Sports Programme. €5,000.00. 1998-1999.
  44. Life Fitness Academy. Serotonin: A Possible Central Mechanism of Involvement in Physical Activity. $5,000.00. 1997-1998.
  • European Final of 2020 China (Qingdao) New Kinetic International Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition - May 10th 2020, Hamburg, Germany (competed online due to CIVID-19).
  • Green Pass Award - European Final of 2019 China (Jinan) New Kinetic International Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition - June 8th 2019, Hamburg, Germany.
  • European Athletics Innovation Awards 2012. Essay: “White” men can’t run: Where is the scientific evidence? Dr Yannis Pitsiladis, Dr Ploutarhos Saraslanidis, Mr Anthony St C Davis.
  1. International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical and Scientific Commission (2015 - present)
  2. International Olympic Committee (IOC) Adverse weather impact expert working group in preparation for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
  3. International Olympic Committee (IOC) Adverse weather impact expert working group in preparation for the Olympic Games Paris 2024
  4. International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS), Chair of Scientific Commission (member of the Scientific Commission since 2010) (2015 - present)
  5. International Sports Medicine Federation (FIMS), Executive Committee (2014 - present)
  6. European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA). Scientific and Education Commission Chair (2022 – present); member 2019 – present
  7. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Member of the Health Medical Research Committee (HMRC) (2020-) and List Expert Group (2009 - 2013)
  8. BBSRC Expert Committee A Pool (2011 – March 2018)
  9. Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) (Membership no. 538605) (1997 - present)
  10. British Association for Sport and Exercises Sciences (BASES)(Membership no. 95054) (1995 - present)
  11. Physiological Society (Membership no. 109191) (1993 - present)
  12. Honorary membership of ESNS “European Sport Nutrition Society” (2018 - present)
  13. British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) (Membership no. SF0368411)(2018 - present), BASEM Awards Committee member (2020 – present)
  14. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Scientific Awards Committee member (2021 – present)

Yannis didactic philosophy is best summarised as being research-driven and evidence-based and packaged in a great deal of enthusiasm. He favours an interactive teaching style, allowing students to be active participants in their learning. In terms of supervision, his approach is based on teamwork, cutting edge technology with particular emphasis on research impact where each team member feels empowered that their individual contribution is essential towards a common goal. His supervisory approach is “hands on”, thus allowing him to get to know each student well so that he can assist in their holistic development in a manner that can best be summarised as “bringing up children with different interests but having only three years at best to do it”. This approach has served Yannis well in the past as reflected by numerous student awards (e.g. best presentation at Young Physiologists Symposium, Coventry, September, 2003; Young Investigator Award, 14th European Congress on Obesity, Athens, June, 2005; 2013 Bar-Or International Scholar Award of the American College of Sports Medicine; 2013 Charles M. Tipton National Student Research Award of the American College of Sports Medicine; Prof Tom Reilly Doctoral Dissertation of the Year Award 2014; 2016 Aspetar Young Investigator Award at the World Congress of Sports Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia; First Prize, Brighton Festival of Postgraduate Research 2019; 2021 Aspetar Young Investigator Award at the World Congress of Sports Medicine, Athens, Greece) and the success of his students (e.g., numerous academic positions including Professors at institutions such as Oxford and Cambridge and a Director General of a European Olympic Committee).

 

Yannis has taught numerous sport and exercise science modules at all levels. In the last decade, he has taught mainly at the final year undergraduate degree and at postgraduate Masters level (i.e., lectures, tutorials and practical/laboratory experience). Lecture topics/modules have included research methods, philosophy of science, ethics, statistics, structure and function, genetics, physiology/exercise physiology, biochemistry of exercise, sports nutrition, technology, anti-doping, training, extreme environments (i.e., hot, cold, altitude), gender and sport, and factors affecting sports performance.

 

In terms of indicators of esteem relating to his teaching, students have sought Yannis out as their mentor and supervisor from as far afield as Italy, Greece, Jamaica, China, South Korea, Japan, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and the USA. Many of his past students are from all continents and especially Africa where students have secured leading positions at local universities (e.g., Kenyatta University, Kenya; Moi University Medical School, Kenya; Medical Physiology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia). Yannis has in the past taught/supervised a number of 3rd and 4th year medical students (e.g., Elective and Intercalated Degree students). In addition to teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, Yannis is often invited to teach at different institutions around the world. Three long term external teaching commitments are:

 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Certificate in Drugs in Sport (www.sportsoracle.com/Drugs+In+Sport/Faculty/). This IOC professional certificate course trains and equips healthcare professionals and those working in anti-doping to advise and support athletes to make the best choices regarding effective clinical drug options, while ensuring compliance with the rules of the World Anti-Doping Code, sports federations, and national anti-doping agencies. Since 2018.

 

  • Master’s Degree in Sports Training & Nutrition (https://universidadeuropea.es/en/real-madrid/news/the-master-degree-in-training-and-sports-nutrition-an-unique-opportunity). A 1-yr postgraduate programme, coordinated by the European University of Madrid, Spain. Since 2018.

 

  • European Masters in Health and Physical Activity (europeanmasterhpa.eu). This is a 2-yr postgraduate program (120 ECTS) coordinated by the University of Rome “Foro Italico” since 2002.

 

  • A 1-yr postgraduate programme in Clinical and Sports Nutrition at Bournemouth University since 2015.

TV and Media (Documentaries, some examples):

 

  1. Kipchoge: The Last Milestone is a 2021 documentary film directed by Jake Scott and executive produced by Ridley Scott. It follows Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge and the events leading up to the Ineos 1:59 Challenge that saw him breaking the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance. The film was released digitally on-demand on August 24, 2021.
  2. Tokyo 2020 – Documentary Film, 2020. Produced by NHK Japan.
  3. “Enhanced” – Documentary Film, 2018. Produced by award winning director Alex Gibney.
  4. Dan Rather Reports (“In the running”) – AXS TV, USA, 2012. Producer: Sari Aviv.
  5. A Search For Athlete’s Gene – NHK Japan, 2010. Producer: Masaru Zenke.
  6. Colin Jackson The Making of Me - BBC 1, 2008. Producer: Nigel Walk.
  7. The Storms of War: Military meteorologist, Vladimir Jankovic, reveals how extreme weather decisively shaped some of the greatest battles of the 20th Produced by Tern Television for Discovery Network. Director/Producer: Paul Murton; Executive Producer: Harry Bell; Editor: Joe Speirs; Assistant Producers: Ishbel Hall and Kate Cotter; Production Management: Kieran Parker and Angela Smith.