Mitch Lomax

Biography

Mitch joined the School in October 2007. Mitch holds a BSc (Hon) degree, MSc (distinction) and a PhD in pulmonary exercise physiology (Brunel University, 2007). She is a CASES Accredited Sport & Exercise Scientist (Research) and a Chartered Scientist (UK Science Council). As well as providing scientific support to a number of individual athletes, Mitch has also provided scientific support to the England pistol shooting squad, Swim England and Aquatics GB and has undertaken numerous externally funded research projects. Mitch’s main research interest centres on breathing limitations and methods to help alleviate them in occupational, clinical and sporting contexts.

Mitch is the module coordinator for Advanced Exercise Physiology (Level 5) and co-teaches on numerous undergraduate and postgraduate modules. She also supervises undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students, and is the co-chair of the CASES Occupational Performance Special Interest Group.

Research interests

Mitch’s research focuses primarily on breathing limitations during exercise and methods used to ameliorate them including respiratory muscle training and respiratory muscle warm-ups. This work has included exercise responses in both normoxic and hypoxic environments. Mitch has a special interest in swimming physiology and has undertaken research for Swim England, the IOC and World Aquatics looking at recovery strategies for swimming performance in pool-based swimmers and safe lower water limits for open water swimming and triathlon.

In addition, Mitch's research has examined the occurrence and consequences of breathing muscle fatigue in swimming, oxygen uptake kinetic responses during swimming and the effect of inspiratory muscle training on swimming performance and symptomology in clinical populations. She has also undertaken projects examining the pulmonary and ventilatory demands and constraints experienced by UK military personnel and the impact of these on military specific tasks as well as physiological research for a number of commercial organisations including Speedo and Adidas.

Research outputs

2025

The impact of full stroke versus legs only maximal effort swimming and different breathing pattern on respiratory muscle fatigue

Lomax, M., Ušaj, A., Kapus, J.

1 May 2025, In: The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 65, 5, p. 625-631

Research output: Article

2023

A systematic review of methods of scoring inhaler technique

De Vos, R., Hicks, A., Lomax, M., Mackenzie, H., Fox, L., Brown, T. P., Chauhan, A. J.

3 Nov 2023, In: Respiratory Medicine. 219, 9p., 107430

Research output: Article

Inspiratory muscle fatigue at the swimming tumble turns: its occurrence and effects on kinematic parameters of the turns

Moravec, T., Lomax, M., Usaj, A., Kapus, J.

13 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 14, 11p., 1219520

Research output: Article

Ventilatory and respiratory muscle function of British Army infantry soldiers is similar to physically active civilians at rest and in response to torso-borne thoracic load carriage activities

Osofa, E., Milligan, G., Tipton, M., Armstrong, N., Lomax, M.

4 Feb 2023,

Research output: Abstract

Cognitive performance of military men and women during prolonged load carriage

Armstrong, N. C., Smith, S. J. R., Risius, D., Doyle, D., Wardle, S. L., Greeves, J. P., House, J. R., Tipton, M., Lomax, M.

23 Jan 2023, In: BMJ Military Health. 169, 1, p. 37-45, 9p.

Research output: Article

2022

Measurement of Vital Signs Using Lifelight® Remote Photoplethysmography: results of the VISION-D and VISION-V observational studies: Results of the VISION-D and VISION-V Observational Studies

Jones, T., Heiden, E., Brogaard Maczka, A., Kapoor, M., Chauhan, M., Wiffen, L., Barham, H., Holland, J., Saxena, M., Wegerif, S., Brown, T., Lomax, M., Massey, H., Rostami, S., Pearce, L., Chauhan, A.

14 Nov 2022, In: JMIR Formative Research. 6, 11, 15p., e36340

Research output: Article