Research interests

I am interested in the following research areas:

• Sensorimotor control of human balance and orientation
• Electrical vestibular stimulation
• Cognitive and emotive influence on balance control
• Balance and falls in older adults

Our research lab is equipped to assess human balance control in terms of muscle activity, ground reaction force and body sway. We can also elicit vestibular balance reflexes using electrical vestibular stimulation. Specifically, the following equipment is regularly used in our experiments:

• Delsys Trigno 8-channel wireless surface electromyography system 
• Kistler Type 9260AA6 multicomponent force plate
• Polhemus VIPER 4 electromagnetic motion tracker
• Digitimer DS5 isolated bipolar constant current stimulator

Enquiries from prospective postgraduate researchers are welcome at any time.

Recent publications

See Callum Osler's research at the University of Derby Repository

Also see ResearchGate, Google Scholar, or ORCID

Membership of professional bodies

• Physiological Society member and representative for University of Derby
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons), University of Birmingham (2008)
• PhD, University of Birmingham (2012)
• PGCHE, University of Derby (2014)

International experience

I have presented my research findings at a number of international conferences:

• International Posture Symposium, Smolenice, Slovakia (2011, 2018)
• Progress in Motor Control IX, Montreal, Canada (2013)

Teaching responsibilities

• Principles of sport and exercise physiology (BSc/BA year 1)
• Physiological assessment for sport, exercise and health (BSc year 2, Module Leader)
• Applied sports physiology (BSc year 3)
• Independent study (BSc year 3)
• Advanced sport and exercise physiology (MSc, Module Leader)
• Independent research in sport and exercise (MSc, Module Leader)

Additional interests and activities

• Grant reviewer for: Leverhulme Trust, Wellcome Trust
• Article reviewer for: The Journal of Physiology, PLOS ONE (Guest Academic Editor), European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Experimental Brain Research, Human Movement Science, European Journal of Sport Science, Aging and Health Research
• College Research Ethics Committee member
• Discipline Wellbeing Committee member