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Faye Walker

Research Associate - Occupational Performance Research Group

Faye Walker

About

Faye Walker is a Research Associate with the Occupational Performance Research Group (OPRG) where she primarily works on the delivery of research projects for the British Army. Faye is also a BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist and has gained a wide range of applied experience working with athletes and clients such as Lucozade Ribena Suntory and TomTom. Prior to joining OPRG, Faye completed her MSc at Bangor University where she worked as part of the Extremes Research Group. Her research predominately focused on investigating the effect of repeated muscle damage on the body’s ability to thermoregulate in subsequent heat stress.

Professional

2012-2013 MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science (Hons), Bangor University

2009-2012 BSc Sport Science (Hons), Bangor University

Key Publications

Dolci, A., Fortes, M.B., Walker, F.S. et al. (2015). Repeated muscle damage blunts the increase in heat strain during subsequent exercise heat stress. Eur J Appl Physiol, 115: 1577.

Research

Faye has research interests in the following areas:

  • Applied and occupational physiology
  • Extreme environments
  • Elite performance

Research Output

Articles

Vine, C., Rue, C. A., Walker, F. S., Blacker, S. D., Myers, S. D. and Doherty, J. (2023) A comparison of physical performance during one- and two-person simulated casualty drags. Applied ergonomics, 110. pp. 1-5. ISSN 1872-9126 10.1016/j.apergo.2023.104001

Waldock, K. A.M., Lee, B. J., Powell, S. D., Wardle, S. L., Blacker, S. D., Myers, S. D., Maroni, T. D., Walker, F. S., Looney, D. P., Greeves, J. P. and Potter, A. W. (2021) Field Validation Of The Heat Strain Decision Aid During Military Load Carriage. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 134. ISSN 0010-4825 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104506

Conference or Workshop Items

Rue, C. A., Needham-Beck, S., Maroni, T. D., Ashdown, K., Lee, B., Walker, F. S., Osofa, J. I., Doherty, J., Vine, C., Wardle, S. L., Greeves, J. P., Saunders, P., Fieldhouse, A., Blacker, S. D. and Myers, S. D. (2023) A Comparison of Role-Related Physical Fitness Between British Army Recruits and Trained Soldiers. In: University Of Chichester Research Conference 2023, 5th & 6th July 2023, Bognor Regis Campus. (Unpublished)

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