Professor Garry Tew

Teaching

My main teaching experience is in the areas of research methods and exercise physiology. I have designed and delivered modules in these areas at undergraduate study and postgraduate levels. I also deliver a range of workshops to our staff and postgraduate research students on research-related topics.

Research

My research explores the role of physical activity and exercise in the prevention, management and treatment of long-term health conditions. I am particularly well-known for my work on exercise for intermittent claudication and exercise-based prehabilitation to increase readiness for major surgery.

My research is typically interdisciplinary and involves collaborating with healthcare professionals, patients, researchers, and other stakeholders.

My research has been funded by several organisations, including the National Institute for Health and Care Research, The Chief Scientist Office - Scotland, The Health Foundation, and Sport England.

Publications and Conferences

Selected publications

• Tew, G.A., Peckham, E., Ker, S., Smith, J., Hodgson, P., Machaczek, K.K. and Faires, M. Physical activity in adult users of inpatient mental health services: a scoping review. PLoS ONE.
• Myers, A.M., Barlow, R.C., Baldini, G., Campbell, A.M., Carli, F., Carr, E.J., Collyer, T., Danjoux, G., Davis, J.F., Denehy, L., Durrand, J., Gillis, C., Greenfield, D.M., Griffiths, S.P., Grocott, M., Humphreys, L., Jack, S., Keen, C., Levett, D.Z.H., Merchant, Z., Moore, J., Moug, S., Ricketts, W., Santa Mina, D., Saxton, J.M., Shaw, C.E., Tew, G.A., Thelwell, M., West, M.A., Copeland, R.J. British Journal of Anaesthesia.
• Jones, G.M., Bailey, L., Beeken, R.J., Brady, S., Cooper, C., Copeland, R.J., Crosland, S., Dawson, S., Faires, M., Gilbody, S., Haynes, H., Hill, A., Hillison, E., Horspool, M., Lee, E., Li, J., Machaczek, K.K., Parrott, S., Quirk, H., Stubbs, B., Tew, G.A., Traviss-Turner, G., Turton, E., Walker, L., Walters, S., Weich, S., Wildbore, E. and Peckham, E. Supporting physical activity through co-production in people with severe mental ill health (SPACES): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 10, 2024, 32.
• Powley, N., Tew, G.A., Durrand, J., Carr, E., Nesbitt, A., Hackett, R., Gray, J., McCarthy, S., Beatty, M., Huddleston, R. and Danjoux, G. Digital health coaching to improve patient preparedness for elective lower-limb arthroplasty: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Quality. 12, 2023, e002244.
• Machaczek, K.K., Firth, J., Tew, G.A., Stubbs, B. and Peckham, E. Towards the standardization of physical activity programs for severe mental ill health: a survey of current practice across 54 Mental Health Trusts in England. Psychiatry Research. 330, 2023, 115602.
• Mazzolai, L., Belch, J., Venermo, M., Aboyans, V., Brodmann, M., Bura-Rivière, A., Debus, S., Espinola-Klein, C., Harwood, A.E., Hawley, J.A., Lanzi, S., Madarič, J., Mahé, G., Malatesta, D., Schlager, O., Schmidt-Trucksäss, A., Seenan, C., Sillesen, H., Tew, G.A. and Visonà, A. Exercise therapy for chronic symptomatic peripheral artery disease: a clinical consensus document of the ESC Working Group on Aorta & Peripheral Vascular Diseases in collaboration with the European Society of Vascular Medicine, and the European Society for Vascular Surgery. European Heart Journal. 2023, ehad734.
• Tew, G.A., Wiley, L., Ward, L., Hugill-Jones, J., Maturana, C., Fairhurst, C., Bell, K., Bissell, L., Booth, A. Howsam, J., Mount, V., Rapley, T., Ronaldson, S., Rose, F., Torgerson, D.J., Yates, D. and Hewitt, C. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of offering a chair-based yoga programme in addition to usual care in older adults with multiple long-term conditions: a pragmatic, parallel group, open label, randomised controlled trial [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. NIHR Open Research. 2023.
• Abraham, P., Wennberg, P.W., Bauer, P., Gu, Y., Ouedraogo, N., Guo, L., Tew, G.A., Mazzolai, L., Martini, R. and Henni, S. New paradigms for thoracic outlet compression, thoracic outlet syndrome, with or without complications or sequelae: a trans-continental and trans-disciplinary opinion paper. Journal of Vascular Diseases. 2023, 2(4), 413-418.
• Tew, G.A., Wiley, L., Ward, L., Hugill-Jones, J., Maturana, C., Fairhurst, C., Bell, K., Bissell, L., Booth, A., Howsam, J., Mount, V., Rapley, T., Ronaldson, S., Rose, F., Torgerson, D.J., Yates, D. and Hewitt, C. Chair-based yoga programme for older adults with multimorbidity: RCT with embedded economic and process evaluations. Health Technology Assessment.
• Peckham, E., Tew, G.A., Lorimer, B., Bailey, L., Beeken, R., Cooper, C., Gascoyne, S., Gilbody, S., Jones, G., Machaczek, K., Pickering, K., Traviss-Turner, G. and Stubbs, B. Interventions to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in severe mental ill health: how effective are they?’- a systematic review. Mental Health and Physical Activity. 25, 2023, 100547.
• Jones, K., Naisby, J., Baker, K. and Tew, G.A. Exercise perceptions and experiences in adults with Crohn's disease following a combined impact and resistance training programme: A qualitative study. Crohn's & Colitis 360. 5(2):otad019.
• Tew, G.A., Bailey, L., Beeken, R.J., Cooper, C., Copeland, R., Brady, S., Heron, P., Hill, A., Lee, E., Spanakis, P., Stubbs, B., Traviss-Turner, G., Walker, L., Walters, S., Gilbody, S., Peckham, E. Physical Activity in Adults with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: A Large Cross-Sectional Survey Exploring Patterns, Preferences, Barriers, and Motivating Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 2023, 2548. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032548.
• Durrand, J., Livingston, R., Tew, G.A., Gillis, C., Yates, D., Gray, J., Greaves, C., Moore, J., O'Doherty, A.F., Doherty, P., Danjoux, G. and Avery, L. Systematic development and feasibility testing of a multibehavioural digital prehabilitation intervention for patients approaching major surgery (iPREPWELL): A study protocol. PLoS ONE. 17(12), 2022, e0277143.
• Jones, K., Kimble, R., Baker, K. and Tew, G.A. Effects of structured exercise programmes on physiological and psychological outcomes in adults with inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 17 (12), 2022, e0278480. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278480.
• Fairhurst, C., Parkinson, G., Hewitt, C., Maturana, C., Wiley, L., Rose, F., Torgerson, D., Hugill-Jones, J., Booth, A., Bissell, L. and Tew, G.A. Enclosing a pen in a postal questionnaire follow-up to increase response rate: a study within a trial. NIHR Open Research. 2023, 2:53.
• Tew, G.A., Caisley, K. and Danjoux, G. Preoperative exercise training for adults undergoing elective major vascular surgery: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 17(1), 2022, e0263090. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263090.
• Tew, G.A., Bissell, L., Corbacho, B., Fairhurst, C., Howsam, J., Hugill-Jones, J., Maturana, C., Paul, S.S., Rapley, T., Roche, J., Rose, F., Torgerson, D.J., Ward, L., Wiley, L., Yates, D. and Hewitt, C. Yoga for older adults with multimorbidity (The Gentle Years Yoga Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 22, 2021, 269. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05217-5.
• Pymer, S., Ibeggazene, S., Palmer, J., Tew, G.A., Ingle, L., Smith, G.E., Chetter, I.C. and Harwood, A.E. An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Home-based Exercise Programmes for Individuals with Intermittent Claudication. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 74(6), 2021, 2076-2085.
• Ashton, R.E., Aning, J.J., Tew, G.A., Robson, W.A. and Saxton, J.M. Supported progressive resistance exercise training to counter the adverse side effects of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2021 Jan 23. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06002-5.
• Harwood, A.E., Pymer, S., Ingle, L., Doherty, P., Chetter, I., Parmenter, B., Askew, C.D. and Tew, G.A. Exercise Training for Intermittent Claudication: A Narrative Review and Summary of Guidelines for Practitioners. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 6(1), 2020, e000897.
• Tew, G.A., Ward, L., Hewitt, C. and Tiedemann, A. Does yoga reduce the risk of falls in older people? BMJ. 370, 2020, m3246.
• Jones, K., Baker, K., Speight, R.A., Thompson, N.P. and Tew, G.A. Randomised clinical trial: Combined impact and resistance training in adults with stable Crohn’s disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 52(6), 2020, 964-975.
• Tew, G.A., Bedford, R., Carr, E., Durrand, J., Gray, J., Hackett, R., Lloyd, S., Peacock, S., Taylor, S., Yates, D. and Danjoux, G. Community-based prehabilitation before elective major surgery: the PREP-WELL quality improvement project. BMJ Open Quality. 2020;9:e000898.
• Tew, G.A., Allen, L., Askew, C.D., Chetter, I., Cucato, G., Doherty, P., Garnham, A., Harwood, A., Ingle, L., Jenkins, M., Michaels, J., Pittack, S., Seenan, C. and Trender, H. Infographic: Exercise for Intermittent Claudication. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020;54:1443-1444.

Professional Activities

I am a member of the East Midlands Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee.

I review research grant applications for several funding bodies, including the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Medical Research Council, and British Heart Foundation. I am member of the Selection Committee for the NIHR Doctoral Fellowship Programme.

I review manuscripts for several journals, including International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, British Journal of Sports Medicine, and Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.