Dr James Bray

Dr James Bray

Senior Lecturer in Sport Nutrition & Physiology

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Qualifications

  • PhD / DPhil (University of Hull)

Summary

James joined the University of Hull in December 2009 as an Exercise Physiology laboratory technician. While working, he pursued a part-time PhD, focusing on the relationship between training load and neuromuscular fatigue in cricket fast bowlers, earning his doctorate in 2018.

After completing his PhD, James began his academic career as a lecturer in Sport Physiology and Nutrition at Hull. In 2024, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer.

Outside of his academic career, James is a competitive high-performance endurance athlete. He has represented the Great Britain Age-Group Team in duathlon for several years. Most recently, he ran a 2:57 marathon.

Programmes taught on (since 2019)

- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition

- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

Modules list

- Nutrition in Sport and Exercise (Level 5)

- Sport Physiology (Level 5)

- Ergogenic Aids (Level 6)

Recent outputs

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Data

Validation of Field-Based Running Tests to Determine Maximal Aerobic Speed in Professional Rugby League: Anonymised data set

McLaren-Towlson, C., Marshall, P., Simpson, A., Bray, J., & Nickolay, T. (2024). Validation of Field-Based Running Tests to Determine Maximal Aerobic Speed in Professional Rugby League: Anonymised data set. [Data]

Journal Article

Nutrition Modulation of Cardiotoxicity in Breast Cancer: A Scoping Review

Stephenson, E., Mclaughlin, M., Bray, J. W., Saxton, J. M., & Vince, R. V. (2024). Nutrition Modulation of Cardiotoxicity in Breast Cancer: A Scoping Review. Nutrients, 16(21), Article 3777. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16213777

Validation of field-based running tests to determine maximal aerobic speed in professional rugby league

Bennett, T., Marshall, P., Barrett, S., Malone, J., Simpson, A., Bray, J., Christopherson, C., Nickolay, T., Metcalfe, J., & Towlson, C. (2024). Validation of field-based running tests to determine maximal aerobic speed in professional rugby league. PLoS ONE, 19(7 July), Article e0306062. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306062

Effectiveness of short-term isothermic-heat acclimation (4 days) on physical performance in moderately trained males

Shaw, J., Walkington, C., Cole, E., Gleadall-Siddall, D. O., Burke, R., Bray, J., Simpson, A. J., Vince, R. V., & Garrett, A. T. (2022). Effectiveness of short-term isothermic-heat acclimation (4 days) on physical performance in moderately trained males. PLoS ONE, 17(11), Article e0270093. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270093

Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on intermittent sprint performance in the heat with moderately trained males.

Garrett, A. T., Birkett, M., Gleadall-Siddall, D. O., Burke, R., Bray, J., & Nation, F. (2022). Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on intermittent sprint performance in the heat with moderately trained males. Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 17(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.7771/2327-2937.1139

Research interests

GPS monitoring in team sports

Monitoring fatigue and recovery (physiological and nutritional)

Postgraduate supervision

GPS monitoring in team sports

Monitoring fatigue and recovery

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE

2020

Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENR) Academic Associate

2019 - 2024

Other

UKAD Clean Sport Advisor

2019

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