ناثان تونسند | جامعة حمد بن خليفة
Hamad Bin Khalifa University

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ناثان تونسند

ناثان تونسند (PhD)


أستاذ مساعد
كلية العلوم الصحية والحيوية

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  • موقع المكتبB139, Level 1, LAS Building

السيرة الذاتية

Dr. Nathan Townsend is an applied exercise physiologist with extensive industry, research and academic teaching experience, with over 40 research publications and international conference presentations. He obtained his PhD from the Australian Institute of Sport and the University of Sydney. He has held positions at the New South Wales Institute of Sport, Deakin University and Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital, Qatar. Dr. Townsend has worked with several world championship gold medalists in his career.

 

 


الاهتمامات البحثية

  • Physiological responses to exercise in hypoxia
  • Adaptation to chronic altitude or hypoxic exposure
  • Control of breathing during exercise and sleep
  • Oxygen uptake kinetics in health and disease
  • Interaction of central vs peripheral mechanisms of fatigue
  • Mathematical modelling of high-intensity intermittent exercise

الخبرات

Scientific Researcher

Athlete Health and Performance, Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sport Medicine Hospital

  • Lecturer (Exercise Physiology)

    School of Health and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

  • Senior Sport Physiologist

    NSW Institute of Sport, Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia

المؤهلات العلمية

PhD (Sport & Exercise Physiology)

University of Sydney, Australia

  • BSc (Hons)

    University of Wollongong, Australia

المؤلفات المختارة

  • Voss SC, Al-Hammad K, Samsam W, Cherif A, Wilson M.G., Balanos G, Lucas S, Georgakopoulos C, Al Maadheed M, Townsend N

    A novel mixed Living High Training Low intervention and the hematological module of the Athletes Biological Passport. Drug Testing & Analysis. Mar;12(3):323-330

    2020
  • Puchowicz MJ, Mizelman E, Yogev A, Koehle MS, Townsend NE, Clarke DC.

    The Critical Power Model as a Potential Tool for Anti-doping. Front Physiol, 9:643

    2018
  • Townsend, N.E., Nichols, D.S., Skiba, P.F., Racinais, S. and Périard, J.D.

    Prediction of Critical Power and W′ in Hypoxia: Application to Work-Balance Modelling. Frontiers in physiology, 8: 180

    2017
  • Townsend, NE, Gore CJ, Ebert TR, Martin DT, Hahn AG, and Chow CM

    Ventilatory acclimatisation is beneficial for high intensity exercise at altitude in elite cyclists. Eur J Sport Sci, Nov;16(8):895-902

    2016
  • Shearman, S., Dwyer, D., Skiba, P. and Townsend, N.

    Modeling intermittent cycling performance in hypoxia using the critical power concept. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 48(3), pp.527-535.

    2016