Professor Jo Corbett
Summary
I am Deputy Associate Dean for Research and Innovation (REF) within the Faculty of Science and Health. Having lead on the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences preparations for REF 2021, I now lead on the Faculty's preparations for the Research Excellence Framework. I am also Professor of Human Applied and Environmental Physiology in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences where I lead a number of research projects and supervise postgraduate students, and a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences.
Biography
I joined the department from the University of Chichester, where I graduated from the MSc in Exercise Physiology pathway with a distinction grade. I completed my PhD in the area of fat metabolism, with a specific focus on the role of bioactive agents and exercise in optimising fat metabolism. In addition to my teaching, research, and administrative roles, I have worked with athletes from recreational level to Olympic champion, have consulted for various National and International groups, and am a BASES accredited Sports Scientist and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research interests
I work in the Extreme Environments Laboratory, which adopts an interdisciplinary research approach to understand, evaluate, and enhance human comfort, performance, and survival in extreme environments
My research focuses primarily on heat, hypoxia and hydration. Specific areas in which I am currently working include: 1) optimising adaptation to environmental stressors, alone and in combination, to improve physical performance in these conditions; 2) the use of environmental stressors to improve physical performance under different condtions (cross-stressor tolerance); 3) strategies to improve physical performance in extreme environments; 4) the therapeutic role of environmental stressors in health and disease.
This work ranges from mechanistic through to applied research and has been funded by industry, defence, elite sport and health groups.
Research outputs
2025
Non‐invasive assessment of integrated cardiorespiratory network dynamics after physiological stress in humans
Morandotti, C., Rigny, L., Williams, T. B., Badariotti, J. I., Miller‐Dicks, M., Bhogal, A. S., Han, S., Corbett, J., Tipton, M. J., Costello, J. T., Mani, A. R.
7 Jul 2025, In: The Journal of Physiology
Research output: Article
Faecal microbiome, gastrointestinal integrity, inflammation and thermoregulation in recent exertional heat illness patients and matched controls
Gould, A. A. M., Walsh, N. P., Tipton, M. J., Zurawlew, M. J., Tayari, O., House, C., Delves, S. K., Robson, S. C., Shute, J. J., Watts, J. E. M., Roberts, A. J., Rawcliffe, A. J., Robinson, M. R., Corbett, J.
23 Jun 2025, In: Experimental Physiology
Research output: Article
The effect of intact vs hydrolysed collagen on recovery from exercise induced muscle damage: A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
James, T. J., Mayes, H., Alnajjar, M., Newell, Y., Kohlert, E., Shute, J., Perissiou, M., Corbett, J., Costello, J. T., Neupert, E., Moore, J. M., Morgan, P. T., Simms, C., Saynor, Z. L., Shepherd, A. I.
15 May 2025, In: The Journal of Nutritional Physiology. 1, 11p., 100003
Research output: Article
Peripheral muscle function and body composition in people with cystic fibrosis on Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor: a cross‐sectional single‐centre study
Clayton, L. J., Shepherd, A. I., Corbett, J., Gruet, M., Connett, G., Allenby, M., Legg, J., Daniels, T., Urquhart, D. S., Saynor, Z. L.
12 Mar 2025, In: Pediatric Pulmonology. 60, 3, 9p., e71044
Research output: Article
Cardiovascular function in people with cystic fibrosis on Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor: A cross-sectional, observational, single-centre study
Clayton, L. J., Shepherd, A. I., Corbett, J., Perissiou, M., Connett, G., Legg, J., Allenby, M., Daniels, T., Urquhart, D. S., Mackintosh, K. A., McNarry, M. A., Saynor, Z. L.
15 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 24, 8p.
Research output: Article
Effect of condensed heat acclimation on thermophysiological adaptations, hypoxic cross-tolerance, exercise performance and de-acclimation
Stevens, C. E., Costello, J. T., Tipton, M. J., Walker, E. F., Gould, A. A. M., Young, J. S., Lee, B. J., Williams, T. B., Myers, F. A., Corbett, J.
17 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Applied Physiology
Research output: Article
Ketone monoester ingestion improves cardiac function in adults with type 2 diabetes: a double-blind, placebo controlled, randomised, crossover trial
Perissiou, M., Saynor, Z. L., Feka, K., Edwards, C., James, T. J., Corbett, J., Mayes, H., Shute, J., Cummings, M., Black, M. I., Strain, W. D., Little, J. P., Shepherd, A. I.
17 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Applied Physiology
Research output: Article
2024
The effect of repeated hot water immersion on vascular function, blood pressure and central haemodynamics in individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus
James, T. J., Corbett, J., Cummings, M., Allard, S., Bailey, S. J., Eglin, C., Belcher, H., Piccolo, D. D., Tipton, M., Perissiou, M., Saynor, Z. L., Shepherd, A. I.
1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Thermal Biology. 126, 10p., 104017
Research output: Article
Examining coach psychophysiological stress responses during Association Football matches: A preliminary study
Price, D., Corbett, J., Young, J., Wagstaff, C., Miller-Dicks, M., Thelwell, R.
1 Dec 2024, In: Sport and Exercise Psychology Review. 19, 2, p. 17-35
Research output: Article
Impact of nocturnal hypoxia on glycaemic control, appetite, gut microbiota and inflammation in adults with T2DM: A single-blind crossover trial
Shepherd, A., James, T. J., Gould, A. A. M., Mayes, H., Neal, R., Shute, J., Tipton, M., Massey, H., Saynor, Z., Perissiou, M., Montgomery, H., Sturgess, C., Makaronidis, J., Murray, A. J., Grocott, M. P. W.,
1 Nov 2024, In: The Journal of Physiology. 602, 21, p. 5835-5854
Research output: Article