Doctor Pete Worsley

Doctor Pete Worsley

Associate Professor

Research interests

Skin and Soft Tissue Health
Bioengineering
Healthcare Technologies

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Pete

Email: p.r.worsley@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD (View in Google Maps)

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Research

Research groups

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Research interests

Skin and Soft Tissue Health
Bioengineering
Healthcare Technologies
Intelligent Sensing
Medical Device Design

Research projects

Active projects

Intelligent Sensing to Promote Self-management of Posture and Mobility in Community dwelling Individuals

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

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Professor Liudi Jiang ,

Doctor Euan Sadler ,

Doctor Davide Filingeri

Sponsor: EPSRC

oPtimising caRe fOr ThE prevention of inContinence-associaTEd Dermatitis (PROTECTED)

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

,

Professor Mandy Fader

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

Completed projects

Combing Biomarker and Actimety Sensing to Assess the Risk of Pressure Ulcers in Individuals with Mental Illness

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: EPSRC

Combining physiological sensing and biomarkers with intelligent support surfaces for closed loop prevention of chronic wounds

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: EPSRC

Development of the fundamental 3D face-mask model and multi-individual model using mesh morphing approaches

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: Philips

Sensing technologies for pressure ulcer prevention

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: Care of Sweden AB

Bioengineering approaches for the SAFE design and fitting of Respiratory Protective Equipment

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Investigation of the interaction between pad surface wetness and skin barrier function - follow on grant

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: Essity Hygiene and Health AB

Quality Improvement study

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Investigating the efficacy of an air mattress system

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: HIVIX CO., Ltd

NIHR Surgery MedTech Co-operative Funding

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

A Step Change in LMIC Prosthetics Provision through Computer Aided Design, Actimetry and Database Technologies

Researchers:

Doctor Alex Dickinson

,

Professor James Batchelor ,

Doctor Margaret Donovan-Hall ,

Professor Cheryl Metcalf ,

Doctor Gary Wills ,

Doctor Pete Worsley ,

Professor Richard Oreffo

Sponsor: EPSRC

Medical Devices and Vulnerable Skin: Intelligent sensing to promote self-management

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: EPSRC

SR Soft Vision - Closed

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited

Investigating skin biomechanics and biomarkers during periods of pressure and shear

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: SCA Hygiene Products AB

Complementary Tests for Moisture and Temperature Path with PCM

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: Hill-Rom SAS

Dan Bader, Hill-ROM - Enhanced MCM

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: Hill-Rom SAS

Investigating the Effects of Pulse Therapy during Prolonged Lying Postures.

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: Care of Sweden AB

A device to prevent pressure ulcers using novel pressure equalisation technology

Researchers:

Doctor Pete Worsley

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

Biography

Dr Peter Worsley is an Associate Professor within Health Sciences at the University of Southampton. He has a balanced academic portfolio, co-leading the Skin Health research group based in a Clinical Academic Facility, and is the deputy programme lead for BSc and MSc Physiotherapy programmes (No1 or 2 ranked programme in the UK since 2018, according to the complete university guide). His research and clinical experience has fuelled a passion for scientific understanding of key healthcare challenges. He has successfully translated bioengineering approaches and healthcare technologies to promote skin and soft tissue health. This has included in-vivo (healthy volunteers and patient studies) and in-silico research studies, funded by UKRI, NIHR, EU, industry, and charities.

His research incorporates a multidisciplinary approach including academics from UoS, the UK, and international collaborators. 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 his research field, where his role include being the scientific chair of the EPUAP, member of International Standards Organisation groups (ISO/TC 173/WG11), and a member of the editorial board of Journal of Tissue Viability.

He collaborates with a number of industrial partners, testing and developing medical device innovations. With colleagues in the Faculty of Engineering, he has successfully spun out a company, Radii Devices Ltd, which provides cutting edge technologies to support medical device design in prosthetics and orthotics. The company has attracted funding from both hedge fund investors and UKRI (Innovate UK).

Prizes

Novice Investigator Award (2018)
All rounder early career award (FELS) (2018)
(Shortlisted) World Congress Best Paper (Advancing Science) Prize, ISPO World Congress 2019, Kobe, Japan. (2019)
Collaborate to Innovate Awards (Healthcare): Highly Commended (2023)
Most Cited Paper in 2022 - International Wound Journal (2023)

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