Belle is a Research Fellow in Exercise and Sport Physiology in the School of Sport and Education. She graduated from The Catholic University in Leuven ( Belgium ) in 2000 as a Bsc (Hons) Sport Science degree. She continued with a European Bsc (Hons) in Sport Psychology also from The Catholic University in Leuven ( Belgium ). She then left Belgium to obtain a Sport Physiology master degree (Hons) in the South of France at the University of Montpellier and continued with a PhD (Hons) in Exercise and Sport Physiology, which she completed in 2005.
While completing her PhD, she worked as an Exercise and Testing Physiologist with the French Triathlon Team and the French Youth Swimming Team and as an Assistant in Teaching and Research at the Sport Science Faculty at the University of Montpellier .
Research Interests
Belle's research focus is on the effects of natural and artificial altitude exposure (Living high-Training low, Living low-Training high, Intermittent hypoxic training and/or exposure) on performance, haematological variables, cardio-respiratory system, energy metabolism, muscle, and bio-molecular adaptations in humans and animals.
She has done her research on triathletes, cyclists, mountain bikers and swimmers, and in the case of animal with dark agouti rats.
Recent Research Publication
Roels B ., Hellard P., Schmitt L., Fauquet C., Robach P., Richalet J., Millet G.P. (2006) Is-it more effective to live and train at 1200 m than at 1850 m in term of performance and hematological benefits in highly trained swimmers? British Journal of Sports Medicine. 40 (2): e4.
Roels B ., Schmitt L., Libicz S., Bentley D.J., Richalet J.P., Millet G.P. (2005) Specificity of VO2max in free swimming and cycle ergometry: comparison between triathletes and swimmers. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Dec; 39 (12): 965-968.
Robach P., Schmitt L., Brugniaux J.V., Roels B ., Millet G. P., Hellard P., Nicolet G., Duvallet A., Fouillot J.P., Moutereau S., Lasne F., Pialoux V., Olsen N. V., Richalet J. P. (2005) Living high - training low: effect on erythropoiesis and aerobic performance in highly-trained swimmers. European Journal of Applied Physiology. Dec ; 3 :1-11.
Sirvent P., Bordenave S., Vermaelen M., Roels B . Vassort G., Mercier J., Raynaud E., Lacampagne A. (2005) Simvastatin induces impairment in skeletal muscle while heart is protected. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Dec; 338: 1426-1434.
Libicz S., Roels B ., Millet G.P. (2005) VO2 responses to intermittent swimming sets at velocity associated with VO2max. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology. Oct; 30 (5): 543-553.
Roels B ., Millet G.P., Marcoux C., Coste O., Bentley D.J., Candau R. (2005) Effects of hypoxic interval training on cycling performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Jan; 37(1): 138-146
Bentley D.J., Roels B ., Hellard P., Fauquet C., Libicz S., Millet G.P. (2005)
Physiological responses during submaximal interval swimming training: effects
of interval duration . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport: In Press.
Schmitt L., Hellard P., Millet G., Roels B ., Richalet J.P., Fouillot J. Heart rate variability and performance at two different altitudes in well-trained swimmers. International Journal of Sport Medicine: In Press
Book Chapter:
Millet G.P., Roels B . (2003) Les méthodes d'entraînement en hypoxie. In : Chatard J.C. (ed.), Lutter contre le dopage en gérant la récupération physique. Publications of the University of St-Etienne, France , 47-60.
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