Dr Lee Romer
Reader - Human and Applied Physiology

Summary

Dr Lee Romer is a Reader in Human and Applied Physiology at Brunel University of London. His research examines how respiratory system function influences exercise tolerance and fatigue in health and disease.

Following undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Brunel, Dr Romer worked as a physiologist at the British Olympic Medical Centre before undertaking doctoral research at the University of Birmingham. He subsequently completed post-doctoral research at the John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, before returning to Brunel in 2004. He has been a Reader since 2009 and served as Head of Department (formerly Division) of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences from 2014 to 2018.

Dr Romer has authored more than 100 journal articles, reviews and book chapters, including invited reviews and chapters associated with the American College of Sports Medicine, American Physiological Society, American Thoracic Society and International Olympic Committee Medical Commission. He is currently Senior Editor of Experimental Physiology and has held editorial positions with several other international journals. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and The Physiological Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. His work has attracted more than 9,000 citations, with a Google Scholar h-index of 47.

His work has extended beyond the university through engagement with elite sport, professional organisations and professional education. He has subsequently provided physiological consultancy and advice to UK Sport, ParalympicsGB and the English Institute of Sport, including work to develop physiological services for GB governing bodies. He has also contributed to professional standards in the sport and exercise sector through technical evaluation and occupational-standard development with SkillsActive.

He has contributed to professional education through invited teaching and specialist courses in respiratory and exercise physiology, including as faculty for the annual Cambridge–UCLA Symposium on Clinical Exercise Testing and Interpretation. He has also undertaken advisory work for professional organisations, including the European Lung Foundation, and contributed to professional resources on physical activity and respiratory disease.