Rate My Professor Belinda Durey

Belinda Durey is a researcher in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance, College of Health, at Adelaide University. She is an ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) and a member of ARENA. Durey holds a Master of Exercise Science (Clinical Exercise Physiology) from the University of Queensland and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement and Health Studies) from the University of South Australia. She is currently undertaking a PhD focused on the use of exercise to optimise patient health before major elective surgery. In parallel, she serves as Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at the University of New South Wales School of Health Sciences, with specialist training in cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).

Durey holds an honorary role as principal investigator for the BARI-Prehab randomised controlled trial at University College London Hospital, investigating telehealth prehabilitation programs for bariatric surgery patients across three London hospitals. Her research specializations include pre-operative exercise interventions and their impact on patient outcomes following bariatric surgery, objective cardiovascular assessments to inform clinical exercise prescriptions, and methods for adjusting VO2max for body size in metabolic and bariatric surgery candidates. Key publications include Dostan, R., Slayman, S., Durey, B., Tarca, B., Bessell, J., & Davison, K. (2025). Exploring Methods of Adjusting VO₂max for Body Size to Estimate Aerobic Capacity in People Presenting for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Obesity Science & Practice; Gower, B., Girard, D., Maiorana, A., Durey, B., Holland, D. J., & Davison, K. (2023). Recommendations for objective cardiovascular assessment to inform clinical exercise prescription: An Exercise Physiologist and Physiotherapist expert consensus, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport; Durey, B. J., Fritche, D., Martin, D. S., & Best, L. M. J. (2022). The effect of pre-operative exercise intervention on patient outcomes following bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Obesity Surgery; and two 2015 papers on exercise responses in older adults published in Journal of Aging and Physical Activity and European Journal of Applied Physiology.