Dr Carolyn Greig MSc PhD

Reader in Musculoskeletal Ageing and Health

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 8743
Email: c.a.greig@bham.ac.uk

Address: School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Carolyn Greig is a translational scientist with research interests in the influence of use, disuse, age and disease on human skeletal muscle mass and function. She is particularly research active in the design and conduct of nutritional and physical activity interventions to maintain muscle mass and function in older healthy men and women and in frail patient groups. She also has an interest in human sedentariness and the development of interventions to reduce sitting time in older adults.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) University of Newcastle 1981
MSc University of London King’s College 1982
PhD Council for National Academic Awards 1988 (funded by the Sports Council of Great Britain)
Fellow of the Physiological Society 2017

Teaching

Carolyn contributes to a number of BSc and MSc modules within SportexR and the college of Medical and Dental Sciences. She co-directs and is a module lead for the MSc in Musculoskeletal Ageing which is run under the auspices of the MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research.

Other activities

Within the University of Birmingham, Carolyn is theme lead for Exercise and Health within the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences and co-leads the interventions theme for the MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research. She is also a member of the University of Birmingham Clinical Trials Oversight Committee.

In addition, Carolyn is an active member of the UK Physiological Society and a co-opted member of the Society’s Meetings Committee. She is also a member of the Society for Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders. She reviews for a number of journals and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Aunger, J, Greaves, C, Davis, E, Asamane, E, Whittaker, A & Greig, C 2020, 'A novel behavioural INTErvention to REduce Sitting Time in older adults undergoing orthopaedic surgery (INTEREST): results of a randomised-controlled feasibility study', Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01475-6

Smeuninx, B, Greig, CA & Breen, L 2020, 'Amount, source and pattern of dietary protein Intake across the adult lifespan: a cross-sectional study', Frontiers in Nutrition, vol. 7, 25, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.00025

Welford, AE, Lanham-New, S, Lord, J, Doyle, A, Robinson, J, Nightingale, P, Gittoes, N & Greig, CA 2020, 'Influence of combined vitamin D3 supplementation and resistance exercise training on musculoskeletal health in older men and women (EXVITD): protocol for a randomised controlled trial', BMJ open, vol. 10, no. 3, e033824. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033824

Shvedko, A, Thompson, J, Greig, C & Whittaker, A 2020, 'Physical Activity Intervention for Loneliness (PAIL) in community-dwelling older adults: a randomised feasibility study', Pilot and Feasibility Studies.

Welch, C, Greig, CA, Masud, T, Pinkney, T & Jackson, TA 2020, 'Protocol for understanding acute sarcopenia: a cohort study to characterise changes in muscle quantity and physical function in older adults following hospitalisation', BMC Geriatrics, vol. 20, no. 1, 239. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01626-4

Gittoes, N, Lord, J, Doyle, A, Robinson, J, Nightingale, P, Greig, C, Welford, A & Lanham-New, S 2020, 'The influence of combined vitamin D3 supplementation and resistance exercise training on musculoskeletal health in older men and women (EXVITD): protocol for a randomized controlled trial', BMJ open.

Lanham-New, S, Webb, A, Cashman, K, Buttriss, J, Fallowfield, J, Masud, T, Hewison, M, Mathers, JC, Kiely, M, Welch, A, Ward, K, Magee, P, Darling, A, Hill, TR, Greig, C, Smith, CP, Murphy, RJ, Leyland, S, Bouillon, R, Ray, S & Kohlmeier, M 2020, 'Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 virus/COVID-19 disease', BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmjnph-2020-000089

Aunger, J, Greaves, C, Davis, E & Greig, C 2019, 'A novel behavioural INTErvention to REduce Sitting Time in older adults undergoing orthopaedic surgery (INTEREST): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study', Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 5, 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0437-2

Welch, C, Greig, CA, Hassan-Smith, ZK, Pinkney, TD, Lord, JM & Jackson, TA 2019, 'A pilot observational study measuring acute sarcopenia in older colorectal surgery patients', BMC Research Notes, vol. 12, no. 1, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4049-y

Willett, MJ, Greig, C, Rogers, D, Fenton, S, Duda, J & Rushton, A 2019, 'Barriers and facilitators to recommended physical activity in lower-limb osteoarthritis: protocol for a qualitative study exploring patients and physiotherapist perspectives using the theoretical domains framework and behaviour change taxonomy', BMJ open, vol. 9, no. 10, e029199. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029199

McKendry, J, Shad, BJ, Smeuninx, B, Oikawa, SY, Wallis, G, Greig, C, Phillips, SM & Breen, L 2019, 'Comparable Rates of Integrated Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Between Endurance-Trained Master Athletes and Untrained Older Individuals', Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 10, pp. 1084. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01084

McKendry, J, Shad, B, Smeuninx, B, Oikawa, SY, Wallis, G, Greig, C, Phillips, S & Breen, L 2019, 'Comparable rates of integrated myofibrillar protein synthesis between endurance-trained master athletes and untrained older individuals', Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 10, pp. 1084. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01084

Willett, M, Duda, J, Fenton, S, Gautrey, C, Greig, C & Rushton, A 2019, 'Effectiveness of behaviour change techniques in physiotherapy interventions to promote physical activity adherence in lower limb osteoarthritis patients: a systematic review', PLoSONE, vol. 14, no. 7, e0219482. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219482

Kennedy, P, Barnhill, E, Gray, C, Brown, C, van Beek, EJR, Roberts, N & Greig, CA 2019, 'Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) shows significant reduction of thigh muscle stiffness in healthy older adults', GeroScience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-019-00147-2