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New Professor of Exercise Physiology
Posted on 21/11/2007
P. Klein
Posted on 21st November 2007
P. Klein
New Professor of Exercise Physiology appointed at Loughborough University
Myra Nimmo has been appointed as Professor of Exercise Physiology at Loughborough Universitys School of Sport and Exercise Sciences.
Professor Nimmo, who joins Loughborough from Strathclyde University, has also been appointed the new Head of School for an initial period of three years. As Head she is responsible for managing the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and determining its strategic direction, as well as undertaking research and some teaching responsibilities.
In addition to this, she will take on the new role of co-Director of the School of Sport and Human Sciences, alongside Professor Roger Haslam from the Department of Human Sciences. The remit of the new School, within which the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Department of Human Sciences will continue to exist, will be to promote collaborations, creating new opportunities to advance the departments considerable existing strengths in exercise, health and well-being.
Professor Nimmo said: "This is an exciting time to be joining Loughborough. The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences already has a world-renowned reputation for the quality of its research and teaching. The new Health Exercise and Biosciences building that is being constructed will also allow the University to further attract staff, researchers and visiting academics and enhance the already high quality of students that study at Loughborough.
Professor Nimmo obtained her PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Glasgows Veterinary School after conducting research on the effects of anabolic steroids on thoroughbred racehorses. She began to concentrate on human physiology after gaining a lectureship at Queens College, Glasgow.
After a series of appointments in educational management, including periods as an Assistant Director at the Scottish Vocational Educational Council (SCOVTEC), and Assistant Principal at Jordanhill College, Professor Nimmo was awarded a Personal Chair in Exercise Physiology at the University of Strathclyde in 1993.
Professor Nimmo is also a former Olympian, competing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the long jump. She still holds the Scottish record of 6.43 metres, which she set in 1973, for the event and has served on the Scottish Sports Council, UK Sports Council and Scottish Sport World Class Advisory Groups. Her record in the long jump is even more impressive as she didnt take much interest in athletics until I was 16, three years before she set the record.
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