Health & Human Performance

Prof Niall Moyna

Name:Prof Niall Moyna
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Prof Niall Moyna

Prof Niall Moyna

Biographical Details:

Niall is a Professor in the School of Health and Human Performance and a member of the Centre for Preventive Medicine in DCU. He received his masters degree from Purdue University, Indiana, USA and Ph.D.from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He completed a three year National Institute of Health Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in immunology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was Director of the Clinical Exercise Research Laboratory in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre and later moved to Connecticut to take a position as a Senior Research Scientist in Nuclear and Preventive Cardiology at Hartford Hospital. He has published over 90 research papers in international peer reviewed journals and presented his work at international conferences. Niall has held the positions of Head of the School of Health and Human Performance and Associate Director of the Vascular Health Research Centre at Dublin City University. He is currently a Principle Investigator on the Science Foundation Ireland funded CLARITY research centre. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and has a keen interest in Gaelic football and athletics. He was manager of the Irish U-17 International Rules team that toured Australia in 2006. In recent years he has managed the DCU senior football team to 3 Sigerson cups, 2 O'Byrne cups and a Ryan Cup. In addition, he was a selector on the St Vincents team that won the All-Ireland club football championship in 2008, and has been part of the Dublin senior football backroom team that has won 3 Leinster senior football championships and the All-Ireland senior football title in 2011.

Research Interests:

Niall's research program focuses on three areas, The first examines the effects of acute and chronic exercise on vascular health in patients with coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), heart failure (HF) and the metabolic syndrome. High frequency ultrasound and venous occlusion plethysmography are used to assess vascular health and function in conduit and peripheral blood vessels. Studies examine the interaction between changes in endothelial derived progenitor cells, microparticles, circulating endothelial cells and endothelial function. The second area of interest focuses on how polymorphic variations in genes that code for specific proteins contribute to human variation in both health and disease. To date studies have examined how variations in genes that code for apoproteins influence the changes in blood lipids in response to endurance exercise training in men and women, and how polymorphic variants of the most highly expressed genes in human muscle are associated with muscle size and strength in response to resistance training in healthy men and women. The third research area is focused on improving our understanding of the metabolic and biochemical responses in skeletal muscle to high intensity interval training among Gaelic football players. Recently completed studies have examined (i) the physiological and vascular responses to acute and chronic exercise in men and women with cardiovascular disease, (ii) effects of acute exercise on postprandial lipemia and endothelial function in men with peripheral arterial disease, (iii) effects of high intensity interval training and high volume endurance training on maximal aerobic capacity, speed and power in club level Gaelic football players, and (iv) skeletal muscle mitochondrial biogenesis, signalling pathways, and nutrient interactions in response to high intensity interval training in Gaelic football players.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

Selected Chapters

  • Moyna NM. 2006. Benefits of Exercise. Oxford Handbook of Sport and Exercise Medicine,, pp56-80.
  • NM Moyna. 2001. Principles of Exercise Training for Physicians. Exercise and Sports Cardiology, pp110-124.
  • BS Rabin, NM Moyna, A Kusnecov, DS Zhou, M Shurin. 1995. Neuroendocrine Effects on Immunity. Exercise and Immune Function, pp21-37.

Reviews

  • PD Thompson, NM Moyna. Cardiovascular Rev & Reports 22:279-284, 2001. 2001. The therapeutic role of exercise in contemporary cardiology. 22, pp279-284.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

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  • Moyna NM, Weikart CL, DaSilva,SG, Zoeller RF, Kang J, Goss FL, Metz KF, Robertson RJ (1993), Modified blood sampling technique for determination of lactate threshold using continuous and intermittent treadmill protocols. Program/Abstracts, ACSM Mid Atlantic Regional Conference Meeting, - , Ithaca, New York, USA
  • DaSilva SG, Moyna NM, Robertson RJ, Goss FL, KF Metz KF (1993), Differences in running economy, VO2max and vVO2max among well trained male and female distance runners., American College of Sports Medicine, - , USA
  • Robertson R, Goss F, Michael T, Moyna N, Gordon P, Visich P, Metz K. (1991), Optimal pedal/crank rate (PCR during arm and leg exercise in water. perceptual and metabolic determinants, American College of Sports Medicine, - , USA
  • Moyna NM, Acker GR, Robertson RJ, Rabin BS (1995), The effects of exercise stress on the immune and neuroendocrine systems in physically active and sedentary males and females, World Congress of Stress, - , Bethesda, MD, USA
  • Moyna NM, Siconolfi SF, Corrigan DL, Poehlman ET. (1986), Differences in aerobic and anaerobic running efficiency in middle and long distance runners at various running speeds, American College of Sports Medicine, - , USA
  • Moyna NM, Zhou D, Fernstrom MH, Goldberg HR, Riechman SE, Rabin BS (1994), The role of nitric oxide and DHEA in modulating the functional alterations in spleen lymphocyte function during moderate intensity exercise, Psychoneuroimmunology Society, - , Key Biscane, FL, USA
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