
Derek Ball
Address:
School of Life Sciences,
Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, UK,
EH14 4AS.
Research Interests:
Metabolism, fat biology, diabetes., metabolic syndrome.
Biography:
- I am an Associate Professor in Applied and Integrative Physiology and I teach courses in Applied Systems Physiology, Metabolism and Exercise, Human Cardiovascular function.
- My reserach interests are related to adipose tissue function and metabolism, nutrional approaches to modulating muscle function and the application of novel technologies to montior cardiovascular function.
- I have good publication history with 50 papers in peer reviewed journals, several book chapters and over 50 communcations as conference proceedings.