Professor Lewis Gough

Professor of Nutrition and Physiology

Email:: Lewis.gough@bcu.ac.uk

Lewis was awarded his professorship based on his work and innovation in sodium bicarbonate research, of which he has over 50 international peer-reviewed articles.

Lewis is the Unit of Assessment Lead for the Research Excellence Framework (Research Excellence Framework). He also holds editorial board positions with numerous high quality international refereed journals and is known worldwide for his work on sodium bicarbonate supplementation.

Lewis is vastly experienced working with national and international companies to innovate in the field of nutrition and physiology, including, but not limited to, private companies, hospitals, charities, and research councils. This has primarily focussed on high-performance athletes and his work in nutritional supplementation, however Lewis also conducts research in health-related areas such as phenylketonuria (PKU), Long COVID, Vitamin D, and heamochromatosis. In June 2024, Lewis launched his book ‘Nutrition and Supplements in Cycling’ with the publisher Routledge (London). Lewis has written and executed multiple research strategies with an impact-embedded approach and is the leader of an international research group in nutrition and metabolism. He has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences, podcasts and TV and has won awards at national conferences, such as CASES.

Lewis enjoys teaching and was the former course leader of the MRes course at BCU. He also teaches regularly and publishes papers with his students through a research informed curriculum.

Professor Lewis Gough

Professor of Nutrition and Physiology

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