Kieron Rooney
Editorial Board Member, Advanced Exercise and Health Science
Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Website: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/kieron-rooney.html
Email: kieron.rooney@sydney.edu.au
Introduction: Kieron joined the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2003 as a lecturer of the Biochemistry of Exercise and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2012 and then Associate Professor in 2019.
During this time Kieron has been responsible for the design and implementation of curriculum in units of study focussed on metabolic biochemistry and exercise physiology to both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Kieron's research portfolio has included both human and small animal studies investigating the role of diet and physical activity on parameters of fuel storage and utilisation as they pertain to dysregulated metabolic states.
Kieron's research portfolio is multi-disciplinary spanning each of basic science rodent work; human clinical practice; and influencing policy. Kieron has been awarded a career total of approx. $2.5M of research funding including Australian Research Council; National Health and Medical Research Council, Industry and Philanthropic funding. Kieron is committed to research that is clinically relevant and brings value to the community. Kieron embraces research designs that are translational, evidence based and considerate of the patient voice.
Kieron's primary research interests currently include the influence of habitual eating and physical activity on health and performance; the detrimental effects of excess sugar consumption and the influence of non-nutritive sweeteners in sugar withdrawal and recovery; and the barriers and facilitators to developing Best Practice in the conduct and use of animals for scientific purposes.
Kieron was Head of the Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science (2020 - 2023); and is currently Co-Lead for the Charles Perkins centre Bias in Research node (2020 - present); and Co-Lead of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sport and Physical Activity Research and TeAching Network (SPARTAN; 2021 - present).