Dr Wilby Williamson

Dr Wilby Williamson is a consultant sports and exercise medicine physician and clinical academic. They have dual clinical and academic appointments. Their research and clinical practice span population health to personalised precision medicine delivering in the area of primary and secondary disease prevention and rehabilitation. Common threads to their research include developing and testing risk stratification tools which expand on ideal cardiovascular health scores and adopt applied physiological metrics including physical function and exercise measures.

Dr Williamson uses risk stratification tools in combination with heart health and brain health metrics which include imaging and self-reported measures to understand phenotypes at risk of early ageing and physiological decline. They also plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support early intervention. Intervention work includes health promotion, lifestyle medicine and physical activity.