Professor Craig Williams

About me:

Professor Craig Williams is Director of the Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre (CHERC). He lectures on the physiological aspects of the both the undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes.

I am internationally recognized for research in paediatric exercise physiology. I specialise in investigating the physiological responses to high intensity exercise and fatigue in children and adolescents (6-18 years). This work is translated into clinical settings e.g., children with cystic fibrosis and congenital heart disease, as well as, applied youth sports performance (particularly in relation to the long term development of young athletes).

My research work focuses on the physiological responses of exercise testing and training in both clinical and sporting paediatric groups. I work on establishing the physiological responses to the imposition of exercise stress in order to apply better prescription of exercise during testing and training of young people. In particular, I am interested in the determining factors of exercise tolerance (fatigue) and how these factors vary according to growth, maturation and sex.

1987 BSc (Hons) Exeter
1992 MSc Alberta
1995 PhD Exeter
2006 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

2012-present Professor of Paediatric Physiology and Health
2006-present Honorary Research Fellow at RD&E Hospital Trust, Exeter
2006-2012 Associate Professor, University of Exeter
2003-2006 Full time Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
1999-2003 Full time Lecturer, University of Exeter
1995-1999 Full time Lecturer, University of Brighton