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Staff Profile

Dr Christopher Hurst

Senior Research Associate

  • Email: christopher.hurst@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1319
  • Personal Website:
  • Address: AGE Research Group
    NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre
    3rd floor Biomedical Research Building
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
    Â鶹´«Ã½ Upon Tyne
    NE4 5PL
Background

I am a Research Associate in the AGE (Ageing, Geriatrics and Epidemiology) Research Group within the NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre - Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity theme.


I joined Â鶹´«Ã½ as a Research Associate in August 2018 as part of the MIlk Intervention Muscle AgeiNg (MIlkMAN) study team. My background is as an exercise physiologist and I am a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) accredited sport and exercise scientist.


I currently work across a range of studies which are aiming to understand more about the determinants and mechanisms underpinning the development of sarcopenia (the age associated decline in muscle mass and function). Alongside this, I am interested in optimising methods for quantifying and assessing muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance in older people.

 

The other main strand of Chris’ work is focused on maximising the potential of exercise, particularly resistance exercise, for the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia in older people, particularly in those living with frailty and multiple long-term conditions.



Research

My research interests include:

  • Prescription and evaluation of exercise training
  • Measurement of physical capacity and performance
  • Muscle health and function
  • Lifestyle effects on health in older age
  • Sarcopenia
  • Physiology of ageing
  • Body composition assessment
  • Multimorbidity


Teaching
I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA). 
Publications

  • Articles

    • Prokopidis K, Morgan PT, Veronese N, Morwani-Mangnani J, Triantafyllidis KK, Kechagias KS, Roberts J, Hurst C, Stevenson E, Vlachopoulos D, Witard OC. . Clinical Nutrition 2025, 44, 109-121.
    • Lewis EG, Hurst C, Errington L, Sayer AA. . European Geriatric Medicine 2025, 16, 99–113.
    • Cornelissen V, Hanssen H, Hurst C, Knaier R, Marques-Sule E, Moholdt T, Neunhaeuserer D, Norman K, Pedretti R, Salzwedel A, Savonen K, Bowen TS. . European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2025, epub ahead of print.
    • Mesinovic J, Hurst C, Leung GKW, Ryan JR, Daly RM, Scott D. . Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders 2025, 26, 785-803.
    • Granic A, Cooper R, Hurst C, Hillman SJ, Dodds RM, Witham MD, Sayer AA. . European Geriatric Medicine 2025, 16, 67-77.
    • Hurst C, McDonald C, Cooper R, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . European Geriatric Medicine 2025, 17, 1059–1063.
    • Hurst C, Dismore L, Granic A, Noble JM, Hillman SJ, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Dodds RM, Robinson SM. . BMC Geriatrics 2024, 24, 831.
    • Caulfield L, Arnold S, De Biase S, Buckland C, Heslop P, Hurst C, Sayer AA, Skelton D, Witham MD. . Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls 2024, 9(3), 169-183.
    • Dismore L, Taylor L, Aujayeb A, Hurst C, Swainston K. . Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2024, 37(3), 717-725.
    • Taylor L, Swainston K, Hurst C, Aujayeb A, Dismore L. . Cancer Nursing Practice 2024, epub ahead of print.
    • Dismore L, Taylor L, Hurst C, Aujayeb A, Poulter H, Swainston K. . Journal of Respiration 2024, 4(4), 188-197.
    • Hayes EJ, Hurst C, Granic A, Sayer AA, Stevenson E. . Geriatrics 2024, 9(5), 116.
    • Dismore L, Hurst C, Granic A, Tullo E, Witham MD, Dodds RM, Sayer AA, Robinson SM. . Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls 2023, 8(4), 230-239.
    • Heslop PA, Hurst C, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . Age and Ageing 2023, 52(1), afac327.
    • Hayes EJ, Stevenson E, Sayer AA, Granic A, Hurst C. . Sports Medicine - Open 2023, 9, 51.
    • Hurst C, Dismore L, Granic A, Tullo E, Noble JM, Hillman SJ, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Dodds RM, Robinson SM. . Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls 2023, 8(2), 127-135.
    • Hurst C, Dismore L, Granic A, Tullo E, Noble JM, Hillman SJ, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Dodds R, Robinson SM. . BMC Geriatrics 2023, 23, 771.
    • Granic A, Hurst C, Dismore L, Dodds RM, Witham MD, Robinson SM, Sayer AA. . Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 2023, 209, 111744.
    • Hurst C, Robinson SM, Witham MD, Dodds RM, Granic A, Buckland C, DeBiase S, Finnegan S, Rochester L, Skelton DA, Sayer AA. . Age and Ageing 2022, 51(2), afac003.
    • Hayes EJ, Stevenson E, Sayer AA, Granic A, Hurst C. . BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2022, 8, e001229.
    • Hurst C, Sayer AA. . Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2022, 52(2), 166-171.
    • Taylor L, Swainston K, Hurst C, Aujayeb A, Poulter H, Dismore L. . Journal of Respiration 2022, 2(3), 129-138.
    • Dodds RM, Hurst C, Hillman SJ, Davies K, Roberts L, Aspray TJ, Granic A, Sayer AA. . Experimental Gerontology 2022, 166, 111884.
    • Dodds RM, Murray JC, Granic A, Hurst C, Uwimpuhwe G, Richardson S, Brayne C, Matthews FE, Sayer AA, CFAS MRC. . Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2021, 12(2), 308-318.
    • Hayes EJ, Granic A, Hurst C, Dismore L, Sayer AA, Stevenson E. . Frontiers in Nutrition 2021, 8, 748882.
    • Ni Lochlainn M, Cox NJ, Wilson T, Hayhoe RP, Ramsay SE, Granic A, Isanejad M, Roberts HC, Wilson D, Welch C, Hurst C, Atkins JL, Mendonça N, Horner K, Tuttiett ER, Morgan Y, Heslop P, Williams EA, Steves CJ, Greig C, Draper J, Corish CA, Welch A, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Robinson S. . Nutrients 2021, 13(7), 2349.
    • Hurst C, Murray JC, Granic A, Hillman SJ, Cooper R, Sayer AA, Robinson SM, Dodds RM. . Age and Ageing 2021, 50(6), 2222-2229.
    • Hayes LD, Elliott BT, Yasar Z, Bampouras TM, Sculthorpe NF, Sanal-Hayes NEM, Hurst C. . Frontiers in Physiology 2021, 12, 715044.
    • Soysal P, Hurst C, Demurtas J, Firth J, Howden R, Yang L, Tully MA, Koyanagi A, Ilie PC, Lopez-Sanchez GF, Schwingshackl L, Veronese N, Smith L. . Journal of Sport and Health Science 2021, 10(3), 290-295.
    • Dismore L, Hurst C, Sayer AA, Stevenson E, Aspray T, Granic A. . Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine 2020, 6.
    • Granic A, Dismore L, Hurst C, Robinson SM, Sayer AA. . Nutrients 2020, 12(8), 2257.
    • Granic A, Hurst C, Dismore L, Aspray T, Stevenson E, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Robinson S. . Clinical Interventions in Aging 2020, 2020(15), 695-714.
    • Granic A, Hurst C, Dismore L, Stevenson E, Sayer AA, Aspray T. . PLoS ONE 2020, 15(7), e0235952.
    • Hurst C, Weston KL, McLaren SJ, Weston M. . Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2019, 31, 1701-1717.
    • Hurst C, Weston KL, Weston M. . Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2019, 31, 661-671.
    • Granic A, Hurst C, Dismore L, Davies K, Stevenson E, Sayer AA, Aspray T. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(10), e031048.
    • Hurst C, Scott JPR, Weston KL, Weston M. . Frontiers In Physiology 2019, 10, 581.
    • McLaren SJ, Macpherson TW, Coutts AJ, Hurst C, Spears IR, Weston M. . Sports Medicine 2018, 48(3), 641-658.
    • Hurst C, Batterham AM, Weston KL, Weston M. . Journal of Sports Sciences 2018, 36(9), 970-977.
    • Wright MD, Hurst C, Taylor JM. . Journal of Sports Sciences 2016, 34(19), 1808-1815.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Taylor L, Swainston K, Hurst C, Aujayeb A, Dismore L. . In: Annual British Thoracic Oncology Group Conference 2024. 2024, Belfast.
    • Birkbeck MG, Hillman S, Hurst C, Granic A, Aspray T, Sayer AA, Dodds RM. . In: International Sarcopenia Translational Research Conference 2021. 2021, Virtual: Hylonome Publications.