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Costas Tsakirides

Senior Lecturer

Costas is a Senior Lecturer (Exercise Physiology) and Course Leader for the MSc Sport and Exercise Physiology. He teaches across a range of (mainly clinical) exercise physiology modules and engages in research in the efficacy and effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation.

Costas completed his BEd (Phys. Ed. and Sports Science) in Greece, prior to moving to the UK for post-graduate studies in 1990. Here, he completed an Adv. Dip. in Coaching Studies (Tennis) and an MSc in Sports Science (at Loughborough University). In addition, he successfully completed a wide range of health and fitness qualification (including the BACPR Phase IV Instructor's Certificate).

Costas served in the health and fitness industry for 11 years, delivering applied sports physiology services to athletes and the general public as well as managing and delivering the instructor training/education programme for Leeds City Council. The courses Costas managed gained accreditation from Leeds Becket University and this eventually led to Costas's employment at Leeds Beckett as a Senior Lecturer responsible for the Health-Related Exercise and Fitness courses in 2003.

Costas teaches across a range of (mainly clinical) exercise physiology modules, leads the MSc Sport and Exercise Physiology course, supervises UG and PG student projects, supervises PhD students in cardiovascular physiology. Despite the significant teaching and service load, Costas finds time to engage in research projects in several areas of exercise physiology: efficacy and effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation, altitude physiology, hydration/nutrition for sports. Costas coordinates the Cardiovascular Research Interest group and leads the Cardiac Physiology Applied Services. As part of the latter role Costas delivers a successful programme of athlete preparticipation screening.

Current Teaching

Exercise Physiology
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Clinical Exercise Testing
Cardiac Rehabilitation

Research Interests

Costas's main research area is cardiovascular physiology and the use of exercise testing for the monitoring of patients. Through a number of PhD and MSc projects which Costas supervised, he has published papers on the effectiveness of Phase IV cardiac rehabilitation in reducing mortality and has examined the efficacy of Phase III cardiac rehabilitation programmes as they are currently delivered in the UK. Costas is also involved in a study in cardiovascular health of retired rugby players.

Costas's applied work with cardiac patients (testing/monitoring patients in secondary prevention since 1997) has produced a wealth of data which demonstrate that well-delivered cardiac rehabilitation can reduce premature mortality. Costas is currently examining various aspects of longitudinal monitoring of physiological improvements in patients.