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Stephen Harridge

Professor Stephen Harridge

Professor of Human & Applied Physiology

  • Head of Department, Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences

Biography

Stephen Harridge obtained his PhD from the University of Birmingham in 1993 after which he undertook post-doctoral research in Scandinavia, initially at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and then at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre. On return to the UK he held academic positions at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine and in the Department of Physiology at University College London, where he was also a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow.

He was appointed Professor of Human & Applied Physiology at King’s in 2005 and is head of the Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences. He is also co-Director of Ageing Research at King’s (ARK) and since 2012 has been Editor-in-Chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

His research is multi-disciplinary, using single cell through to whole-body exercise physiology approaches. This has primarily been with the aim of increasing understanding of the biology of human skeletal muscle regarding its function and adaptability. A particular focus has been on healthy human ageing, but his research also encompasses the effects of critical illness and the aerospace environment.

    Research

    aerospace-herofixed
    Aerospace Medicine & Physiology Research Group

    Understanding physiological responses to aviation and space flight and their medical implications.

    London landscape
    Ageing Research at King's (ARK)

    Cross faculty consortium addressing ageing and healthy longevity.

    Muscle, form and function (2)
    Muscle: Form and Function

    The Muscle: Form and Function group is made up of biomedical scientists and physiologists whose research programmes range from cell and molecular biology and physiology to whole-body systems and integrative physiology

    Respiratory medicine thumbnail
    Respiratory Physiology & Medicine

    This group aims to improve clinical care through a better understanding of respiratory physiology in health & disease

    Cells
    King’s MechanoBiology Centre (KMBC)

    The King’s MechanoBiology Centre gives a common platform for researchers across different disciplines with complementary interests in mechanobiology

    ageing
    Centre for Ageing Resilience In a Changing Environment - CARICE

    Welcome to the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment: CARICE

    News

    Physiology graduates contribute £22.6 billion to the UK economy every year

    King's Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences contributed to report launched in parliament today

    RAF

    Professor Steve Harridge discusses science and the new frontiers at Parliamentary Link Days

    Professor Harridge took part in the Royal Society of Biology’s (RSB) annual Parliamentary Links Day, which brings together politicians and representatives...

    Professor Steve Harridge

    Events

    22MarRunning thumbnail

    Running: strength, conditioning, and running form

    An online event aimed at middle and long distance athletes, their coaches and parents, and those with an interest in human physiology.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    11JulMission Discovery King's 2022

    Mission Discovery - King's College London 2022

    Enter planet Earth's most exciting Summer School today

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Spotlight

    Aircrew conditioning programme aids pilots in their fight against high G forces.

    Researchers at the Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences at King’s, in close partnership with the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, and Squadron...

    RAF-aerospace

    Leading the international effort against doping in sports

    The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is King’s flagship anti-doping institute, being the only WADA certified laboratory in the UK and analysing an average of 12,000...

    blood test anti-doping flipped

      Research

      aerospace-herofixed
      Aerospace Medicine & Physiology Research Group

      Understanding physiological responses to aviation and space flight and their medical implications.

      London landscape
      Ageing Research at King's (ARK)

      Cross faculty consortium addressing ageing and healthy longevity.

      Muscle, form and function (2)
      Muscle: Form and Function

      The Muscle: Form and Function group is made up of biomedical scientists and physiologists whose research programmes range from cell and molecular biology and physiology to whole-body systems and integrative physiology

      Respiratory medicine thumbnail
      Respiratory Physiology & Medicine

      This group aims to improve clinical care through a better understanding of respiratory physiology in health & disease

      Cells
      King’s MechanoBiology Centre (KMBC)

      The King’s MechanoBiology Centre gives a common platform for researchers across different disciplines with complementary interests in mechanobiology

      ageing
      Centre for Ageing Resilience In a Changing Environment - CARICE

      Welcome to the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment: CARICE

      News

      Physiology graduates contribute £22.6 billion to the UK economy every year

      King's Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences contributed to report launched in parliament today

      RAF

      Professor Steve Harridge discusses science and the new frontiers at Parliamentary Link Days

      Professor Harridge took part in the Royal Society of Biology’s (RSB) annual Parliamentary Links Day, which brings together politicians and representatives...

      Professor Steve Harridge

      Events

      22MarRunning thumbnail

      Running: strength, conditioning, and running form

      An online event aimed at middle and long distance athletes, their coaches and parents, and those with an interest in human physiology.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      11JulMission Discovery King's 2022

      Mission Discovery - King's College London 2022

      Enter planet Earth's most exciting Summer School today

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Spotlight

      Aircrew conditioning programme aids pilots in their fight against high G forces.

      Researchers at the Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences at King’s, in close partnership with the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, and Squadron...

      RAF-aerospace

      Leading the international effort against doping in sports

      The Drug Control Centre (DCC) is King’s flagship anti-doping institute, being the only WADA certified laboratory in the UK and analysing an average of 12,000...

      blood test anti-doping flipped