Dale is an applied sport scientist with a specialisation in sport and exercise muscle physiology and strength & conditioning. He received his doctorate in 2008 from Edith Cowan University and spent 14.5yrs in an applied sport industry (clinical) role rising to a senior executive level. Dale is currently a Teaching and Research academic (Associate Professor) in the School of Allied Health, within Curtin University. Before joing Curtin School of Allied Health, during his time as an applied sport science practitioner Dale has been an Olympic team member at four Olympic games (2010, 2014, 2018 and 2020/21) and multiple world championships. He was the Sliding Sports (Skeleton, Bobsleigh and Luge) Sports Scientist at the 2010 Olympic Winter games in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada. Following the 2010 games, Dale assumed the role of High Performance Manager for the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia’s Skeleton program and then led the skeleton team to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. At the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, Dale was the Performance Manager for Skeleton and Bobsleigh. Most recently Dale was the Deputy Head of Performance services for the Australian Olympic Team in Tokyo 2020. Throughout Dale has continued to maintain a research focus on applied sports research that leads to practical solutions to problems that are limiting an athlete’s performance or their development into elite athletes while seeking opportunities to expand these concepts and practices to broader community health related issues. Dale leverages his industry experiences to deliver high quality curricula using innovative and blended learning approaches that have a high industry relevance within the undergraduate Exercise and Sport Science degree program.