Michael is currently a senior lecturer, clinical educator, course coordinator, and early career researcher in exercise physiology at James Cook University, Townsville who has a passion for improving the assessment and provision of best practice care for those vulnerable older adults in the community and in aged care, including those with neurological conditions, frailty and dementia. He is particularly interested in expanding the scope of practice for future exercise physiologists through equipping students with broad neurological skillsets, including movement disorder and cognitive assessment. He is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with over 10 years of clinical and research trial experience in the assessment and treatment of frailty with high intensity progressive resistance training in older adults. As part of his role at James Cook University, he practices and supervises students within a student-led exercise physiology clinic which treats a diverse clientele including those with movement disorders, dementia and other neurological conditions. In 2020, he completed his PhD at the University of Sydney on physical activity and cognitive impairment. Michael has authored eight peer- reviewed publications, two e-book chapters, and has been an investigator on grants totalling more than $200,000 for projects to improve the lives of older adults.