Jessica Piasecki

Dr Piasecki completed her undergraduate degree at University of Manchester in Anatomical Sciences, she then went on to complete a MSc By Research part-time at Manchester Metropolitan University part-time whilst competing internationally in athletics. From here, she worked as a Senior Research Assistant at Manchester Metropolitan University, managing research activities at Manchester as part of a multi cohort study funded by the MRC (2014). From September 2016, she enrolled as a PhD student at Manchester Metropolitan University which she completed in May 2018 before joining NTU as a lecturer in Exercise Physiology in June 2018.

Dr Piasecki is a member of the Musculoskeletal Physiology Research group within Sport Science at NTU. She has over 6 years of experience working within physiology research projects. Her interests began in bone health, predominantly in female athletes and how nutrition and menstrual cycles influence bone mass and geometry. She has delivered several workshops to clinicians and sports women on the importance of nutrition for menstrual cycle maintenance and bone health.

Dr Piasecki also has strong research interests in musculoskeletal health during ageing and how exercise may or may not counter act these affects. She has been involved in running several large-scale multi cohort studies investigating changes during ageing and has numerous publications around these topics.

She has also worked with large epidemiology data sets and has advanced statistical skills to be able to analyse such data appropriately.

During her PhD Dr Piasecki has researched cell and molecular topics, investigating the influences of circulating factors on muscle and bone health during ageing. In particular, she is currently researching the effects of Osteoprotegrin on skeletal muscle, and how this molecule may counter act the effects of inflamm-ageing during older age.