Dr Paddy Dempsey

Dr Paddy Dempsey (PhD) is a multidisciplinary medical research scientist, with groundings in human physiology, sport and exercise science and public health. He is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postdoctoral Fellow currently based within the Physical Activity Epidemiology Programme at Cambridge University (UK), and continues to work in collaboration with the Physical Activity laboratory at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia — where he conducted his PhD studies.

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Awards

Fellow of the Innovators in Diabetes (IDia) Programme, London, UK (2019–2021)
Finalist, Victorian Premier's Award for Health and Medical Research (2018)
Paul Korner Medal for the Most Outstanding PhD Student – Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (2016)
Most Outstanding Oral Presentation, Monash Central Clinical School Postgraduate Conference, Melbourne (2016)
Monash Central Clinical School "Three Minute Thesis" competition winner (2016)
Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Award, American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA (2015)
Emerging Scientist Award, Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand (2011)

Achievements

EPSRC GetAMoveOn Network+ Feasibility Grant (2019)
NHMRC Early Career Research Fellowship (2018)
Australian Society for Medical Research, Travel Award/Fellowship to undertake research at Cambridge University, UK (2018)
Australian Academy of Science & Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Travelling Award/Fellowship (2018)
Shepherd Foundation Grant for 'Active Ad Breaks: offsetting the adverse glycaemic and vascular consequences of sitting watching TV” (2016–17)
Harold Mitchell Foundation Travelling Fellowship (2015)

Publication highlights

Effect of morning exercise with or without breaks in prolonged sitting on blood pressure in older overweight/obese adults: evidence for sex differences
Hypertension 2019 73(4):859–867
Between-meal sucrose-sweetened beverage consumption impairs glycemia and lipid metabolism during prolonged sitting: a randomized controlled trial
Clinical Nutrition 2019 38(4):1536–43
Associations of context-specific sitting time with markers of cardiometabolic risk in Australian adults
International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 2018 15(1):114
Prolonged uninterrupted sitting elevates postprandial hyperglycaemia proportional to degree of insulin resistance
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2018 20(6):1526–1530
Prolonged uninterrupted sitting increases fatigue in type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2018 135:128–33
Breaking up prolonged sitting alters the postprandial plasma lipidomic profile of adults with type 2 diabetes
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2017 102(6):1991–9
Effects of breaking up prolonged sitting on fatigue and cognition: a pilot study
BMJ Open 2016; 6(2): e009630
Benefits for type 2 diabetes of interrupting prolonged sitting with brief bouts of light walking or simple resistance activities
Diabetes Care 2016; 39(6):964–72
Interrupting prolonged sitting with brief bouts of light walking or simple resistance activities reduces resting blood pressure and plasma norepinephrine in adults with type 2 diabetes
Journal of Hypertension 2016; 34(12):2376–82
Interrupting prolonged sitting in type 2 diabetes: nocturnal persistence of improved glycaemic control
Diabetologia 2016; 60(3):499–507
Sitting less and moving more: improved glycemic control for type 2 diabetes prevention and management
Current Diabetes Reports 2016; 16(11):114
Adding exercise or subtracting sitting time for glycaemic control: where do we stand?
Diabetologia 2016; 60(3):499–507

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