Dr Oliver Price
- Position: Associate Professor
- Areas of expertise: Respiratory Physiology and Exercise Medicine
- Email: O.Price1@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2909
- Location: 7.53b Garstang
- Website: Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
Dr Oliver Price is an Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Leeds and an Honorary Research Fellow in Respiratory Medicine at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He completed doctoral research in exercise and respiratory physiology (Newcastle) and postdoctoral training in cardiovascular physiology (London), before moving to Leeds, where he established his independent research group.
The group focuses on several interrelated themes, including: diagnosing and managing exertional breathlessness; understanding the mechanisms underpinning exercise intolerance; identifying treatable traits to inform personalised lifestyle interventions in chronic airways disease, preventing respiratory muscle weakness in ageing and clinical populations; and applying wearable technologies and digital biomarkers to support the early detection and monitoring of lung disease.
Oliver has secured competitive funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Asthma + Lung UK, and pharmaceutical industry partners, supporting a portfolio of applied, clinical and translational respiratory research and early-career scientific training. He is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences and has chaired two expert task force position statements commissioned by the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), addressing the diagnosis and management of exercise-related allergic and respiratory disorders, and the practicalities of personalised exercise prescription in the context of asthma management.
Oliver is an elected member of the EAACI Asthma Section Board and former Chair of the EAACI Allergy, Asthma and Sport Working Group (2022-2026). He is a European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Research Fellowship recipient and an active member of ERS Assembly 1 (Respiratory Clinical Care and Physiology). He is also an expert member of the International Olympic Committee Respiratory Sub-Group, Associate Editor for Physiological Reports, and a Steering Committee Member of the Leeds Movement and Physical Activity Interdisciplinary Research Network.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Primary investigator (PI)
- Impact of chronic cough on activities of daily living and response to acute high intensity exercise
- Impact of physical activity promotion on clinical remission in adults with severe asthma receiving tezepelumab: a multicentre, open label, randomised controlled trial
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons.) - Sport and Exercise Science, Nottingham
- MRes - Exercise Physiology, Nottingham
- PhD - Exercise and Respiratory Physiology, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Leeds
Professional memberships
- British Thoracic Society (BTS)
- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
- The Physiological Society
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Research groups and institutes
- Cardiovascular and Exercise Sciences