I am a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology & Coaching at the University of Stirling. My expertise spans across health and wellbeing, and sport performance. My health research interests focus on ways to increase population physical activity and decrease sedentary behaviour to improve health outcomes. My sport performance research interests focus on elite football settings, specifically women's football, and strength and conditioning to improve health and performance.
I teach across both postgraduate and undergraduate programmes, and I supervise student research at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I also engage in applied practice at a football academy and use my skills and experience to inform students looking to pursue a career in sport science.
My philosophy is to bring theory and practice together to offer students an insight as a practitioner working in potentially a field they wish to pursue.
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Developing Early Career Researchers’ Self-efficacy for Academic Writing
McLellan G, Smith M, Hardy A, Murray R & Thow M (2024) Developing Early Career Researchers’ Self-efficacy for Academic Writing. Journal of Academic Writing, 14 (2). https://doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v14i2.1142
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Donnelly S, Buchan DS, McLellan G, Roberts R & Arthur R (2023) Exploring the feasibility of a cluster pilot randomised control trial to improve children’s 24-hour movement behaviours and dietary intake: Happy homework. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41 (19), pp. 1787-1800. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2300562
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McLellan G, Arthur R, Donnelly S, Bakshi A, Fairclough SJ, Taylor SL & Buchan DS (2022) Feasibility and Acceptability of a Classroom-Based Active Breaks Intervention for 8–12-Year-Old Children. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 93 (4), pp. 813-824. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.1923627
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Donnelly S, Buchan DS, McLellan G & Arthur R (2022) The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Parent and Child Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Body Mass Index. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 93 (4), pp. 758-768. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.1918322
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Academic writing during a pandemic: Using the writing meeting framework to develop self-efficacy.
Smith M, McLellan G, Murray R, Thow M & Hardy A (2021) Academic writing during a pandemic: Using the writing meeting framework to develop self-efficacy.. International SRHE Conference - (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times, Virtual, 06.12.2021-10.12.2021.
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Buchan DS, Boddy LM & McLellan G (2020) Comparison of Free-Living and Laboratory Activity Outcomes from ActiGraph Accelerometers Worn on the Dominant and Non-Dominant Wrists. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 24 (4), pp. 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367x.2020.1801441
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Donnelly S, Buchan DS, Gibson A, Mclellan G & Arthur R (2020) An Insight Into the Involvement of Mothers of Low Socioeconomic Status in Scottish Primary School Health Education Activities. Health Education & Behavior, 47 (1), pp. 111-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198119871329
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Buchan DS, McLellan G, Donnelly S & Arthur R (2019) The use of the intensity gradient and average acceleration metrics to explore associations with BMI z-score in children. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37 (23), pp. 2751-2758. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1664536
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Buchan DS, Donnelly S, McLellan G, Gibson A & Arthur R (2019) A feasibility study with process evaluation of a teacher led resource to improve measures of child health. Martinuzzi A (Editor) PLOS ONE, 14 (7), p. e0218243. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218243
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Buchan DS & McLellan G (2019) Comparing physical activity estimates in children from hip-worn Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometers using raw and counts based processing methods. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37 (7), pp. 779-787. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1527198
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McLellan G, Arthur R & Buchan DS (2018) Wear compliance, sedentary behaviour and activity in free-living children from hip-and wrist-mounted ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers. Journal of Sports Sciences, 36 (21), pp. 2424-2430. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1461322