Dawn Skelton is an exercise physiologist with a scientific research background. She is currently Professor of Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University and a Director of Later Life Training. She has has an Honorary Doctorate from Umea University in Sweden for her work with exercise and older people. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She is a Member of the British Geriatric Society Falls and Bone Health Committee and Chair of the National Osteoporosis Society’s Expert Exercise Working Group. She is a member of Public Health England’s National Falls Prevention Coordination Group.