Gladys Pearson is a Professor of Musculoskeletal Frailty and Rehabilitation. She holds a BSc (Hons) from the University of East London, UK from 1997, an MSc in Physiology from University College London, UK from 1997, a PhD in Physiology from University College London from 2002, as well as a number of teaching qualifications. She has since held positions as a postdoctoral researcher, fellow, reader, and now professor at the Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, UK, where she also held a Research Centre Director position for over 11 years (Musculoskeletal Science & Sports Medicine; previously Health Exercise & Active Living). Her research spans fundamental (e.g., identifying genetic, cellular, and endocrine factors influencing the skeletal muscle system) to applied (e.g., refining the computation of B-mode ultrasonography; designing accelerometry algorithms) interests in aging, obesity, sarcopenia, and other chronic illnesses. She held the Physiological Society of London role of Theme Lead for Human, Environment & Exercise Physiology (2014-Dec. 2021) and is a member of a number of other academic societies including the “UK Space Biomedicine Consortium”, the “British Society for Research on Aging”, and the “Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology”. Her work has informed local, national, and international government policies and supported the commercial success of a number of exercise equipment companies (e.g. Technogym, Exxentric, etc).