Dr Tom Walsh
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences,
Podiatry
Biography
Tom Walsh is a Lecturer at QUT and a Visiting Research Fellow at Gold Coast Health. Following his undergraduate training, Tom completed his Masters degree in 2011 at UniSA and his PhD in 2018 at Flinders University, for which he was selected for the Vice Chancellor’s Prize for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. Tom has over 10 years of clinical experience working in the public and private sectors, and is endorsed to prescribe scheduled medicines. Tom has a clinical interest in the orthopaedic management of foot and ankle conditions, particularly in the context of obesity and chronic pain. Tom has a long history of collaborative work and research with orthopaedics and remains actively engaged with clinicians. Tom has published widely and regularly presents his work at international and national conferences, he is engaged with industry and clinicians, both in Australia and abroad.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer in Podiatry
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences,
Podiatry
Discipline
Clinical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Flinders University of SA)
- Master in Health Science (Podiatry) (University of South Australia)
- Bachelor of Podiatry (University of South Australia)
Professional memberships and associations
Registered: Podiatry Board of Australia
Member: Australian Podiatry Association
Member: Indigenous Allied Health Australia
Teaching
Units I teach and/or coordinate:
- CSB536 Clinical Therapeutics for Podiatrists (2018-21)
- CSB539 Podiatric Anaesthesiology and Surgery (2018-21)
- CSN500 Podiatric Therapeutics 1 (2019)
- CSN501 Podiatric Therapeutics 2 (2019)
- CSB531 Radiographic Image Interpretation (2018-19)
Other teaching responsibilities:
- Clinical supervisor
- CSH545 Podiatric Medicine 5 (2019-21)
- CSB549 Podiatric Medicine 6 (2018-21)
- Guest lecturer / speaker
- PYB007 Communication for Health Professionals (2021)
- CSB522 Podiatric Medicine 2 (2019)
- CSH547 Current Theory in Podiatric Medicine (2019)
Experience
Tom entered academia after 13 years of working in clinical roles in the private and public sectors. In addition to working in a private practice, Tom's work in the public sector predominately involved collaboration with foot and ankle orthopaedics. Tom developed and implemented clinical triage clinics across two health networks, ultimately reducing waiting-times and improving patient flow through orthopaedic clinics. Along with working in metropolitan clinics, Tom previously worked in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory and he has spent some time working in the UK.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Tom, explore their research on ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Functional Quadriceps Muscle-Tendon Properties in Knee Pain
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Scott Wearing, Professor Michael Schuetz - Dynamic plantar force patterns in athletes with plantar fasciopathy
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Scott Wearing, Dr Indira Prasadam - Pressure pain thresholds in sub-elite athletes with and without plantar heel pain
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Scott Wearing