Name:
Professor Helen Jones
Job Title:
Chair of Clinical Exercise Physiology (CEP)-UK and Research Group Lead for Cardiovascular Health
Organisation / Company:
Liverpool John Moores University
Biography:
Professor Helen Jones is Chair of Clinical Exercise Physiology (CEP)-UK and Research Group Lead for Cardiovascular Health Science at Liverpool John Moores University. She leads a world-leading programme of research focused on exercise, healthspan and secondary prevention, with a strong emphasis on embedding exercise across cancer care pathways.
She was a contributing member of the expert group that developed the new Macmillan Cancer Support guidelines for cancer prehabilitation and is currently leading a service evaluation of exercise prehabilitation during treatment for people with stage 4 liver cancer. Professor Jones also runs the LJMU Clinical Exercise Physiology Clinic, delivering specialist exercise services for people living with complex and long-term conditions while providing high-quality clinical training placements.
She has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers, attracts substantial competitive research funding, and has supervised more than 30 PhD candidates. Professor Jones is internationally recognised for establishing Clinical Exercise Physiologists as a regulated healthcare profession in the UK and for developing the national CEP master’s accreditation framework. She was recently awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Academy for Healthcare Science for her contribution to workforce development and patient care.