Dawn Skelton (FRCP Edin, Hon FCSP, M.D.h.c) is an exercise physiologist and is currently Professor in Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. She is an academic with a strong interest in exercise programme implementation (dose, fidelity, motivation, adherence, choice) and in the development of apps with older people.

She was a coauthor on the World Falls Guidelines and received the British Geriatrics Society Marjory Warren Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in translating falls prevention research into practice. She has chaired the Older Adults Panel of the Chief Medical Officers Physical Activity for Health Guidelines and the Royal Osteoporosis Society’s Consensus Statement on Exercise for Osteoporosis. She is also a Director of Later Life Training, a not-for profit training company.