Brendan Egan, PhD is a Professor of Sport and Exercise Physiology in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University, Ireland, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Science and Health. His research investigates skeletal muscle function and adaptation across the life course, with special interest in the synergy between nutrition and exercise interventions in populations ranging from athletes to older adults.

Brendan received his BSc Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Limerick (Ireland) in 2003, MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition from Loughborough University (UK) in 2004, and PhD from Dublin City University in 2008, before completing his post-doctoral training at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

His research group performs human trials involving both acute and chronic interventions for outcomes around performance (physical and cognitive), recovery and adaptation, and have employed a wide range of experimental designs that are complimented by molecular analysis tools include transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. His work in older adults has focussed on questions around the effectiveness of concurrent exercise training, between-sex differences in response to exercise training, and the potential effects of high protein diets or omega-3 PUFA supplementations on physical and cognitive outcomes.

Duality of interest: None to report.