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Dr Alexandros Mitropoulos BSc, MSc, PhD

Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow in Clinical Exercise Physiology

Summary

Following my undergraduate studies in Sports Science and Physical Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), and MSc course in Sports and Exercise Physiology at Leeds Beckett University, I completed a PhD in Clinical Exercise Physiology with a special focus on microvascular physiology at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Following my PhD, I completed a two-year post-doctoral at Royal Brompton Hospital in London. I joined Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in 2021 and I have been working since then as a research fellow. I have extensive experience in the design, development, and implementation of lifestyle (e.g., exercise, diet, behavioural change, education) interventions aiming to improve physiological and clinical outcomes for pre-clinical (e.g., older adults) and clinical populations. I am also an active member of the Lifestyle, Exercise and Nutrition Improvement (LENI) Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Group at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.

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About

I am a member of the British Society of Rheumatology. I have presented my work in many international rheumatology conferences (such as the EULAR conferences in Amsterdam and Milan). I have also been invited to become a founding member of the EULAR non-pharmacological study group for connective tissue diseases, having also delivered invited seminars and workshops both in the UK and overseas.

I am currently leading a European multi-centre research clinical trial aiming to assess the effects of exercise on pain and fatigue in people living with systemic sclerosis. Our European collaborators in this study are the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki, Greece), Leiden Medical School (Leiden, The Netherlands), Copenhagen University (Copenhagen, Denmark), L. Vanvitelli University (Naples, Italy). I am interested to examine the effects of exercise on the cardiovascular and haematological markers in people living with systemic sclerosis.

I am also quite passionate about the reduction of percentages for people living with excess weight and thus preventing and/or reducing the risk for the excess weight-related non-communicable diseases such diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension and cancer. Finally, another area of interest, is the use of technology and digital health to improve the cardiopulmonary and musculoskeletal rehabilitation in people living with respiratory and heart conditions.

Teaching

Current Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Projects
a) "Exploring the effects of a combined exercise programme on pain and fatigue outcomes in people with systemic sclerosis: A large multi-centre randomised controlled trial.'' Funded by a FOREUM research project grant.
b) "Online Cardiac Rehabilitation Intervention to Support People with Heart Failure (PORIAS-HF).” Funded by a Creating Knowledge SHU grant.
c) “Exploring the cardiovascular effects of vaping in long-term e-cigarette users (LIGER study)." Funded by a a Creating Knowledge SHU grant.
d) "Exploring the effect of aquatic exercise on prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults (ACELA II)." Supported by Sheffield International Venues. 

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Collaborators and sponsors
UK Higher Education Institutions: Northumbria University, University of Sheffield, King’s College London, Manchester Metropolitan University, Leeds Beckett University.

ii) Non-UK Higher Education Institutions: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), Karolinska Institute (Sweden), L. Vanvitelli University (Italy), Copenhagen University (Denmark), Leiden University Medical Centre (The Netherlands).

iii) NHS Organisations: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT, Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS FT.

Publications

Journal articles

Ntovoli, A., Mitropoulos, A., Anifanti, M., Koukouvou, G., Kouidi, E., & Alexandris, K. (2025). . Sensors, 25 (3).

Mitropoulos, A., & Klonizakis, M. (2024). . Rheumatology (Oxford, England), keae657.

Mitropoulos, A., Anifanti, Μ., Koukouvou, G., Ntovoli, Α., Alexandris, K., & Kouidi, E. (2024). . BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 16 (1).

Mitropoulos, A., Anifanti, M., Koukouvou, G., Ntovoli, A., Alexandris, K., & Kouidi, E. (2024). . Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 11.

Ntovoli, A., Anifanti, M., Koukouvou, G., Mitropoulos, A., Kouidi, E., & Alexandris, K. (2024). . Sports, 12 (2).

Prokopidis, K., Triantafyllidis, K.K., Kechagias, K.S., Mitropoulos, A., Sankaranarayanan, R., & Isanejad, M. (2023). . Clinical Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Cardiology.

Prokopidis, K., Therdyothin, A., Giannos, P., Morwani-Mangnani, J., Ferentinos, P., Mitropoulos, A., & Isanejad, M. (2023). . Heart Failure Reviews, 28 (6), 1417-1425.

Klonizakis, M., & Mitropoulos, A. (2023). . Frontiers in Physiology, 14.

Parodis, I., Girard-Guyonvarc’h, C., Arnaud, L., Distler, O., Domján, A., Van den Ende, C.H.M., ... Boström, C. (2023). . Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Anifanti, M., Teloudi, A., Mitropoulos, A., Syrakou, N., Pagkopoulou, E., Triantafyllidou, E., ... Kouidi, E. (2023). . Life, 13 (2).

Mitropoulos, A., Boström, C., Mattsson, M., Kouidi, E., Dimitroulas, T., Liem, S.I.E., ... Klonizakis, M. (2022). . Trials, 23.

Mitropoulos, A., Goodwill, S., Copeland, R., & Klonizakis, M. (2022). . European Journal of Public Health.

Mitropoulos, A., & Klonizakis, M. (2021). . International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.

Mitropoulos, A., Song, W.-.J., Almaghlouth, F., Kemp, S., Polkey, M., & Hull, J.H. (2021). . ERJ Open Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 7 (3), 00055-2021.

Mitropoulos, A., Gumber, A., Crank, H., Akil, M., & Klonizakis, M. (2020). . Clinical Rheumatology, 39 (6), 1889-1898.

Mitropoulos, A., Gumber, A., Akil, M., & Klonizakis, M. (2019). . Microvascular Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 125.

Mitropoulos, A., Gumber, A., Crank, H., Akil, M., & Klonizakis, M. (2018). . Trials, 19, 647.

Mitropoulos, A., Gumber, A., Crank, H., Akil, M., & Klonizakis, M. (2018). The effects of upper and lower limb exercise on the microvascular reactivity in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis patients. ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY, 20.

Mitropoulos, A., Gumber, A., Crank, H., & Klonizakis, M. (2017). . Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 16, 558-564.

Conference papers

Mitropoulos, A., Gumber, A., Crank, H., Akil, M., & Klonizakis, M. (2018). . Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77, 1788.

Theses / Dissertations

Mitropoulos, A. (2018). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Klonizakis, M.

Other activities

  • Founding member of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) nonpharmacological 
    treatment of autoimmune connective tissue diseases study group.
  • Active member of the British Society for Rheumatology and EULAR
  • Member of the Editorial Board in Frontiers of Physiology Journal
 

 

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