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Professor David Brodie

Professor Brodie (born 24th June 1946) is Emeritus Professor in Cardiovascular Health

Career

Professor Brodie taught at Abingdon School, UK, from 1969-1972. He then worked as lecturer in exercise physiology at Saltley College, Birmingham, UK for two years before becoming Senior Research Fellow at Carnegie School, part of Leeds Metropolitan University. In 1981 he was appointed as Head of Physical Education and Movement Science at the University of Liverpool. In 2001, he moved to Buckinghamshire New University, where he was Head of Research in the School of Health Sciences, until he retired in 2010 as Emeritus Professor.

Research

Professor Brodie has published over 200 papers in learned journals in the areas of exercise physiology, body composition, cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular health. Many of these were included in his DSc thesis on ‘Body Composition and Cardiovascular Health’ obtainable from Coventry University.

Education

Professor Brodie’s primary education was at Hagley County Primary School, from where he studied at King’s School, Worcester. He then spent a year at Bromsgrove College of FE, before gaining his BEd degree at Loughborough University (1965-1969). He completed his MSc (1972) and PhD (1980) at Loughborough University and was awarded his DSc at Coventry University in 2010.