Australasian Podiatry Conference 2011: three keynote speakers announced

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Three keynote speakers for the forthcoming Australasian Podiatry Conference, to be held in Melbourne from April 26-29, 2011, have now been confirmed:



Professor Irene Davis
PT, MEd, PhD

Prof Davis currently works in the McKinly Laboratory in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware where she is researching the relationship between lower extremity structure, mechanics and injury. Prof Davis is probably best known for her research into barefoot running, which is the subject of much debate amongst podiatrists. She has been published in countless peer reviewed journals and was recently featured in Nature. She has recently accepted a position at Harvard Medical School to develop and direct a National Centre for Running beginning in January 2011.




Professor Andrew Boulton
MB BS, MRCP, MD, FRCP

Leading diabetologist Prof Boulton is Professor of Medicine with a special interest in diabetes and its complications at the University of Manchester, UK, and Consultant Physician at Manchester Royal Infirmary. He is currently Vice-President and Director of International Postgraduate Education for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Prof Boulton's DIALEX (Diabetes Lower Extremity) Research Group has been actively researching clinical aspects of diabetic foot disease over the last 20 years, and over 200 peer reviewed research articles have been published as a result of research in this group.



Dr Edward Roddy
MB BS, MRCP, DM, FRCP

Dr Edward Roddy is Clinical Lecturer in the Arthritis UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University and Consultant Rheumatologist, Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Dr Roddy's research interests include musculoskeletal conditions at the primary-secondary care interface, gout, hallux valgus, and the epidemiology of disabling foot pain.



The conference program will also feature several invited speakers, so watch this space for further announcements.

A/Prof Hylton Menz
On behalf of the Scientific Committee

 

Professor Irene Davis interviewed in Podiatry Bulletin

Prof Irene Davis, one of the keynote speakers for the forthcoming 2011 Australasian Podiatry Conference, is interviewed in the latest issue of the APodC publication Podiatry Bulletin.

In the interview, Prof Davis discusses her future barefoot running research plans, her views on the role of orthoses in the management of lower limb injury, and how she is looking forward to her Australian visit.

 

Keynote speaker topics confirmed

Prof Irene Davis

Shifting paradigms in the approach to footstrikes, footwear and treatment of the foot

Evaluation of the injured runner: developing the clinical hypothesis

Gait retraining: altering the fingerprint of gait​

Prof Andrew Boulton

The diabetic foot in 2011

Diabetes: the 21st century epidemic

Diagnosis and management of diabetic neuropathy​

Dr Edward Roddy

Foot pain: common, of consequence, and consulted about

Why does gout target the foot? The pathogenesis of podagra

Epidemiology and impact of hallux valgus: more than just "bunions"​