Stephen joined St Marys University, Twickenham in 2009 and is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology. He graduated with a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science from Napier University, Edinburgh (2005) before completing an MSc in Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise from Strathclyde University in Glasgow (2006). He then moved to Loughborough University where he completed his PhD specialising on the responses and adaptations to exercise with blood flow restriction. Stephens’s research fits into two main themes of Health and Sports Performance with significant overlap between the two. His main research focuses on the following: Blood flow restriction training for rehabilitation and performance Ischemic Preconditioning Physiology of team sport.