Helen Hanstock

Universitetslektor|Senior Lecturer

  • Professional title: Senior Lecturer
  • Academic title: Associate Professor
  • Other title: Accredited teacher
  • Area of responsibility: Head of Subject, Sports Science
  • Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428124
  • Email: helen.hanstock@miun.se
  • Room number: D308e
  • Location: Östersund

Dr Helen Hanstock's research aims to improve athlete health, particularly in winter endurance sports. Key areas include prevention of asthma and respiratory illnesses, as well as fine-tuning training and performance optimisation strategies to minimise the risk of accumulated stress leading to underperformance. A core theme of her research is the development of novel approaches for athlete biological monitoring, more recently through the application of omics technologies to identify multi-panel biomarkers fit for monitoring health and performance.

Helen has worked in international consortia to develop guidelines for the reporting of illness and injury epidemiology in snow sports, and contributed to the International Biathlon Union's coach education programme.

In addition Helen currently serves as Associate Editor for the European Journal of Sport Science in Applied Sports Science.

Background

2015-present: Lecturer, Sports Science, Mid Sweden University & researcher with the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre.

PhD Exercise Immunology, Bangor University UK
BA (Hons) Physiological Sciences, Oxford University UK

Area of interest

Exercise Physiology
Exercise Immunology
Environmental Physiology
Exercise in Cold Climates
Biomarkers of health and training status
Remote and non-invasive athlete monitoring
Sports-omics

Research

Noninvasive markers of immune status
Immunological effects of exercise, training and psychological stress
Airway effects of cold environments
Sports metabolomics

Other information

The Physiological Society (Associate); International Society of Exercise Immunology; European College of Sports Science.

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