ProfessorRobin Daly

Professor Robin Daly holds the position of the Chair in Exercise and Ageing and leads the Musculoskeletal Health and Mobility Research Group within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. He is also a member of the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN).

He completed his PhD in 1998 and was awarded a 3-year National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC Australia) early-career research fellowship in 2001 followed by a 5-year NHMRC Career Development Award in 2007. In 2006 he held an Osteoporosis Australia Research fellowship and from 2008-10, he was the Director of Research and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Western Health) at the University of Melbourne. In 2011, he returned to Deakin University as a Professor and the Chair of Exercise and Ageing.

He has over 30 years of experience in conducting human clinical, translational and implementation intervention trials to evaluate the role of exercise and nutrition for preventing and managing common chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, fracture, sarcopenia, falls, type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer as well as cognitive related disorders and dementia. He is also interested in health issues related to vitamin D deficiency (and treatment), dietary protein, omega-3 fatty acids and chronic low-grade systemic inflammation, and the translation of evidence-based research into practice. His recent research has focused on the role of digital health technologies as a model of healthcare service delivery to manage chronic conditions in older adults, including the remote delivery and monitoring of evidence-based exercise and dietary programs.

He has been an active contributor nationally and internationally to clinical guidelines in the area of exercise, sarcopenia/frailty, and calcium and vitamin D for osteoporosis and fracture prevention. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSFR); former council member of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS); a long-standing (current) member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of Healthy Bones Australia; Co-chair of the past three International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health (formerly Osteoporosis) meeting; current Co-chair for the Sarcopenia Special Interest Group, European Geriatric Medicine Society; and a member of the Canadian OsNET Bone Health Research Network Advisory Board. His is also a fellow of Sports Medicine Australia and the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).