Dr Saliu Balogun is a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University’s Goldfields University Department of Rural Health. His research focuses on social determinants of health, the health workforce, rural and Indigenous health promotion, and health service improvement related to chronic diseases, including musculoskeletal and cardiovascular diseases. He has a clinical background in physiotherapy and expertise in epidemiology and statistical analysis of large-scale and longitudinal data. He completed his PhD at the University of Tasmania, investigating long-term risk factors for, and the impact of, sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and quality with ageing) on falls, fractures, osteoarthritis, and mortality. Dr Balogun enjoys mentoring clinicians interested in combining research with their clinical practice, and he is available to supervise PhD and research master’s students.