Rate My Professor Mark Ross

Ross's research examines how immune cells contribute to inflammation and tissue repair, with a focus on using exercise to modulate the immune system, reduce inflammation, and promote repair processes. His work employs immunological techniques, including flow cytometry, to assess immune cell number, activation, and function in human samples from acute and long-term exercise interventions. Core research interests encompass exercise physiology, immunology, ageing, flow cytometry, physical inactivity, T-cells, monocytes, macrophages, cardiovascular health, tissue repair, and regeneration. Prominent publications include 'Exercise-induced skeletal muscle angiogenesis: impact of age, sex, angiocrines and cellular mediators' (European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2023), 'The exercise IL-6 enigma in cancer' (Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2023), 'Vascular Manifestations of COVID-19–Thromboembolism and Microvascular Dysfunction' (Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020), 'Lower resting and exercise-induced circulating angiogenic progenitors and angiogenic T cells in older men' (American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2018), and 'Resistance exercise increases endothelial progenitor cells and angiogenic factors' (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2014). His scholarship has garnered over 1,100 citations, advancing knowledge in vascular ageing, angiogenesis, and exercise-induced immune responses.