Research Assistant Professor
Dr Ignacio MORENO SUAREZ
Research Assistant Professor (Exercise Physiology)
BSc (Hons; UAH, Spain), MSc (UM, The Netherlands), PhD (CU, Australia)
- ST527
- 2766 4202
- ignacio.morenosuarez@polyu.edu.hk
Biography
Dr Moreno Suarez is an exercise physiologist by training. After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Alcala (Madrid, Spain) and Master of Science at Maastricht University (The Netherlands), he worked as a researcher and clinician in the field of exercise-based geriatric rehabilitation for hospitalised elderly patients in Pamplona and Madrid. In 2015, as a recipient of an international postgraduate research scholarship offered by Curtin University and the Heart & Lung Transplant Foundation of Western Australia, Dr Moreno Suarez moved to Perth to pursue his PhD with leading exercise physiologists from Curtin University and Fiona Stanley Hospital (Australia). His research focused on the impact of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation in people with advanced heart failure on physical activity levels, and the acute and chronic physiological responses to exercise on peak oxygen consumption, vascular function and cerebral perfusion in patients implanted with an LVAD. Before joining RS of PolyU in 2021, he also served at the Innovation Centre of the local Health Service Department of Western Australia. His main research interests include exercise physiology and rehabilitation for people with cardiovascular diseases and other clinical populations.
Research Interests
Research Output
- Moreno-Suarez, I., Scheer, A., Lam, K., Dembo, L., Spence, A. L., Hayward, C., ... & Maiorana, A. (2020). High-intensity interval training in patients with left ventricular assist devices: A pilot randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 39(12), 1380-1388.
- Moreno-Suarez, I., Liew, S., Dembo, L. G., Larbalestier, R., & Maiorana, A. (2020). Physical activity is higher in patients with left ventricular assist device compared with chronic heart failure. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 52(1), 1-7.
- Smith, K. J*., Moreno-Suarez, I*., Scheer, A., Dembo, L., Naylor, L. H., Maiorana, A. J., & Green, D. J. (2020). Cerebral blood flow responses to exercise are enhanced in left ventricular assist device patients after an exercise rehabilitation program. Journal of Applied Physiology, 128(1), 108-116. (* co-first authorship)
- Smith, K. J*., Moreno-Suarez, I*., Scheer, A., Chasland, L. C., Thomas, H. J., Correia, M. A., ... & Green, D. J. (2019). Cerebral blood flow during exercise in heart failure: Impact of ventricular assist devices. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 51(7), 1372-1379. (* co-first authorship)
- Martínez-Velilla, N., Casas-Herrero, A., Zambom-Ferraresi, F., Moreno-Suarez, I., Alonso-Renedo, J., Contín, K. C., Izquierdo, M. (2015). Functional and cognitive impairment prevention through early physical activity for geriatric hospitalized patients. BMC Geriatrics, 15(1), 1-9.
