Sport and Exercise Science

Profile

Background

Dr Jo Corbett joined the department from the University of Chichester, where he graduated from the MSc in Exercise Physiology pathway with a distinction grade. He has completed his PhD in the area of fat metabolism, with a specific focus on optimising fat metabolism during exercise. Jo's personal interests include running and cycling. He has recently completed his second marathon in a time of 2 hours 38 minutes.

Teaching Responsibilities

Jo is the course leader for the MSc in Sports Performance. He currently teaches in the area of Human Applied Exercise Physiology and related subjects on our undergraduate and postgraduate degree pathways. Jo is unit coordinator for Introduction to Sports and Exercise Physiology (Year 1) Physiological Approaches to Training and Assessment (Year 3) and Physiological Factors Affecting Performance (MSc), as well as supervising a number of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and research projects.

Research Interests

Jo's current research interests encompass a range of Human Applied Exercise Physiology themes including, bioenergetics and pacing, enhancing human exercise performance, psycho-physiological factors influencing human exercise performance, modelling exercise performance and the influence of clothing on exercise performance. Jo is also involved in providing sports science support service to athletes from a variety of sports and has worked with athletes from elite to recreational level.

Recent Publications

More recent publications

Publications before 2008

McMorris, T., Haris, R.C., Howard, A.N., Langridge, G., Hall, B., Corbett, J. Dicks, M. and Hodgson, C. (2007). Creatine Supplementation, sleep deprivation, cortisol, melatonin and behaviour. Physiology and Behaviour, 90, 21-28.

Draper, S.B., Wood, D.M., Corbett, J., James, D.V.B. and Potter, C.R. (2006). The effect of prior moderate- and heavy-intensity running on the VO2 response to exhaustive severe intensity running.  International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 1, 361-374.

McMorris, T., Harris, R.C., Swain, J., Corbett, J., Collard, K., Dyson, R.J., Dye, L., Hodgson, C. and Draper, N. (2006). Effect of creatine supplementation and sleep deprivation, with mild exercise, on cognitive and psychomotor performance, mood state, and plasma concentrations of catecholamines and cortisol. Psychopharmacology, 185, 93-103.

McMorris, T., Swain, J., Smith, M., Corbett, J., Delves, S., Sale, C., Harris, R.C. and Potter, J. (2006). Heat stress, plasma concentrations of adrenaline, noradrenaline, 5- hydroxytryptamine and cortisol, mood state and cognitive performance.  International Journal of Psychophysiology, 61, 204-215.

Harris, R.C., Sale, C., Delves, S. and Corbett, J. (2006). Metabolic and physiological effects of ingesting extracts of bitter orange, green tea and guarana at rest and during treadmill walking in overweight males.  International Journal of Obesity, 30, 764-773.

Funding

Research start up grant. Faculty of Science, university of Portsmouth (2008) £5,000