Dr Peter Worsley BSc, MCSP, PhD
Associate Professor
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Dr Peter Worsley is a Associate Professor within Health Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Medical devices can provide lifesaving interventions, but are often implicated in damaging vulnerable skin tissues.
His research and clinical experience has fuelled a passion for scientific understanding of key healthcare challenges. During his early research years he has gained experience in in-vivo (healthy volunteers and patient studies) and in-silico research techniques, funded by both industry (DePuy Research Consortium) and clinical partners (Solent NHS Trust).
In 2012 he joined a new Skin Health Research group within Health Sciences, where he is responsible for efficient functioning of state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and supervising student researchers, including PhDs, masters and internships. He is a local leader of the South Central Hub of the Council of Allied Health Professionals Research (CAHPR), participating in national strategy meetings. He has developed an international reputation in the field, becoming a trustee of the EPUAP and a member of the editorial board of Journal of Tissue Viability.
His research incorporates a multidisciplinary approach including academics from UoS, the UK, and an increasing number of international collaborators. His skills include physiological and biomechanical monitoring, imaging of musculoskeletal tissues and computational techniques to predict robust parameters which characterise medical device-body interactions. His research has been supported by UKRCs, NIHR, local University funding, NHS Trusts (PhD studentships) and industry.
He is co-investigator in the EPSRC funded Medical Devices and Vulnerable Skin NetworkPLUS working with colleagues from academia, industry and clinical practice.
