Dr Daniel Bailey
Reader - Sedentary Behaviour and Health
Heinz Wolff 206
- Email: daniel.bailey@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265363
- Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences
- Department of Life Sciences
- College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Summary
Dr Daniel Bailey is a Reader in Sedentary Behaviour and Health in the Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences. He is Director of Research for the Department having previously been Director of the Centre for Physical Activity in Health and Disease. Dr Bailey's research investigates the relationship between sedentary behaviour and chronic health conditions, with a particular focus on non-communicable disease. This research includes the epidemiology of sedentary behaviour and associations with non-communicable disease risk, controlled laboratory studies examining the acute effects of breaking up prolonged sitting on cardiometabolic biomarkers, and the development and evaluation of interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity in a range of population groups and long-term conditions including Type 2 diabetes, office workers, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, Fabry disease and frailty.
Dr Bailey has been awarded multiple research grants from funding bodies and industry partners to support his research and has published many research articles in his field of research. He has delivered multiple conference presentations and invited talks across the UK and Europe and was Technical Advisor for the Qatar National Physical Activity Guidelines 2nd edition, 2021. Dr Bailey is Chair of the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES) Physical Activity for Health Division and was Chair of the CASES 2024 Conference Planning Group. Dr Bailey was also a member of the scientific global leadership committee for the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Congress.
Dr Bailey has a wealth of experience teaching physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health topics at undergraduate and postgraduate level and uses innovative teaching approaches in his practice including research-informed teaching, bleneded and authentic learning, and flipped classrooms.
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Bedfordshire 2012, An investigation into cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents
Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Bedfordshire 2015
BSc (Hons) Applied Sports Science, 2:1, University of Bedfordshire 2008
Newest selected publications
Biddle, SJH., Brierley, ML., Castle, EM., Hunt, E., Chater, AM., Edwardson, CL. and et al. (2026) 'Randomised-controlled feasibility study evaluating the REgulate your SItting Time (RESIT) intervention for reducing sitting in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a process evaluation'. BMJ Open, 16 (2). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 2044-6055 Open Access Link
Cheung, K., Manohar, A. and Bailey, D. (2026) 'User experience and usability requirements of a physical activity smartphone application for wheelchair users with spinal cord injury'. Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, 0 (accepted, in press). ISSN: 1748-3107 Open Access Link
Cooper, DL., Warland, A., Norris, E., Kilbride, C., Paddison, S. and Bailey, DP. (2025) 'Effects of interventions on sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular disease biomarkers in individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review'. Disability and Rehabilitation, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 24. ISSN: 0963-8288 Open Access Link
Jones, RL., Zakrzewski-Fruer, JK., Cooper, DL. and Bailey, DP. (2025) 'Association between total daily sedentary time and cardiometabolic biomarkers in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis'. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 22 (9). pp. 1086 - 1105. ISSN: 1543-3080 Open Access Link
Dey, KC., Zakrzewski-Fruer, JK., Smith, LR., Jones, RL., Maylor, BD., Yates, TE. and et al. (2025) 'Substituting sitting with standing and walking in free-living conditions improves daily glucose concentrations in South Asian adults living with overweight/obesity'. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 1439-6319 Open Access Link