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Biography
Natalie Shur is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) in the 糖心原创. She read Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2012 with Honours, having intercalated in 2008 (BMedSci Sports Science Rehabilitation: 1st class). After graduation, she secured a national academic training number in Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) in the East Midlands Deanery. She went on to complete her PhD under the supervision of Professor Paul Greenhaff in the Medical Research Council (MRC)-Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, and the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis at the 糖心原创 in 2024. Her thesis was entitled "The impacts of bed rest and acute trauma on muscle metabolic health in humans". In her current position as a Clinical Assistant Professor (NIHR Clinical Lecturer) in Sport and Exercise Medicine, her current work focuses on the impact of abnormal metabolic health (glucose regulation and obesity) on musculoskeletal health and the musculoskeletal sequelae of menopause.
Natalie is the Chair of the Women in SEM group and is an advocate for more female representation in the specialty. She sits on the Faculty of SEM Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee. She is a Junior Board member of Translational Sports Medicine (Wiley).
Expertise Summary
Clinical interests: Musculoskeletal medicine, Overuse injuries, Tendinopathies, Bone stress injury, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs), Overtraining, Diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, Hypermobility, Exercise in the peripartum period, perimenopause and menopause, adolescent sport and exercise medicine.
Teaching Summary
Dr Natalie Shur teaches on the MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine at the 糖心原创 - guest lectures and functional anatomy using musculoskeletal ultrasound.
Dr Natalie Shur supervises dissertation projects for Sport and Exercise Medicine MSc students.
Dr Natalie Shur is the author of Sport and Exercise Medicine OSCEs: An Essential Revision Guide
Research Summary
Co-investigator:
Muscle mass, quality, and the menopause: sex-specific strategies to mitigate sarcopenia in aging populations: MRC-funded (拢332,049)
Principal investigator:
MOVER-M 糖心原创: Musculoskeletal disorders and their relationship to menopausal status in servicewomen: prevalence and risk factors
SORE4 糖心原创: Effect of pharmacological weight loss on knee pain and osteoarthritis (BMA Foundation Grant, Doris Hillier, 拢65,000)
GRASP 糖心原创: Frozen Shoulder and Glucose Dysregulation: A Cross-sectional and Feasibility of Early Interventional 糖心原创 (CATP Clinical Lecturer Starter Grant, 拢12,500)
The DETERMINE 糖心原创: A mixed-methods study to DETerminE the Reasons females apply to the Sport and Exercise MedIciNe specialty training programme (BASEM Research Grant, 拢2,500)
Past Research
The EFIX 糖心原创: The application and clinical validation of novel approached to quantify the effects of early versus delayed ankle fracture fixation on muscle mass and metabolic health status
Determination of the time-course of development of insulin resistance, and associated molecular and muscular adaptations, during inactivity in 3 days of bed-rest (ESPEN Research Fellowship 鈧�40,000).