Dr Robert MacKinnon is Deputy Head of School for Psychology, Sports and Sensory Sciences. His research interests focus on music-induced and noise-induced hearing loss, vestibular pathologies and hearing screening (including remote healthcare).
Robert completed his undergraduate studies for his MA Hons (Cantab.) in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge and his PhD in Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Nottingham.
Robert trained clinically as a HCPC-registered Clinical Scientist in Audiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This allows him to practice not only as an Audiologist but also in more complex clinics as a Clinical Scientist, with experience in paediatric, vestibular, complex adult, and single sided clinics among other specialist as well as routine clinics.
Robert is also a HCPC-registered Hearing Aid Dispenser.