Dr Dinesh Samuel PhD, MSc, PG Cert Academic Practice, FHEA

Lead for International Recruitment and Academic Support, Staff Engagement Champion

Dr Dinesh Samuel’s research focuses on evaluating muscle function and physical performance and their impact on quality of life, and technologies for investigating movement dysfunction, and interventions for preventing sarcopenia, falls and frailty. Dr Samuel was part of a multi-disciplinary project investigating the biomechanical and psychological parameters which limit functional performance of older adults, with a view to integrating these into an inclusive design package. He led an interdisciplinary research involving collaborators from the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre at University Hospital Southampton and the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research in Engineering at the University of Southampton.