Samantha Holdsworth

Samantha Jane Holdsworth is a medical physicist from New Zealand. She is an associate professor in medical imaging at the University of Auckland, a principal investigator at the Centre for Brain Research, and CE/Research Director at the Mātai Medical Research Institute in Gisborne, New Zealand.

Biography Holdsworth was born and grew up on a family farm near the small town of Te Karaka, near Gisborne, New Zealand. She initially studied engineering at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, but changed to physics and completed an honours degree in the subject. She then moved to Australia and completed a master's degree at Queensland University of Technology, followed by a doctorate in radiology at the University of Queensland.

Holdsworth's research has led to improvements in MRI methodologies, including improvements to the resolution, speed and motion-robustness of MRI. These methods have in turn led to better detection of brain injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative disease.

At the University of Auckland she teaches into courses ranging from physics for life sciences to specalised medical imaging.

Personal life Holdsworth is the daughter of businesswoman Bronwen Holdsworth and engineer Peter Holdsworth.