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Curriculum Vitae
Dr Henry Netscher
Ph.D; LLB; Grad. Dip. Legal Practice; M.Ed. (Research), B.Ed: Dip. App. Sc. (Podiatry);Dip. Teach. (Secondary H& PE/Maths).
Employment History
| 1997 – Present | Podiatrist in private practice – Paediatrics and Adults with Chronic pain. |
| 2007 – 2014 | Director- The International Children’s Orthotic Laboratory. |
| 2009 – 2013 | Lecturer- Paediatric Podiatry- QUT School of Public Health (Podiatry). |
| 1996 – 2000 | Tutor- Orthotic Therapies – QUT School of Public Health (Podiatry). |
| 1990 – 1996 | Podiatrist in private practice – General Podiatry. |
| 1989 – 1990 | Health Management Consultant – Mutual Community Health Society (S.A.). |
| 1988 – 1989 | Injury Rehabilitation Instructor- Adelaide Sports Sciences Centre. |
| 1984 – 1987 | Secondary Teacher – Qld Department of Education (Health & Physical Education/ Mathematics). |
Qualifications and related Milestones
Admitted as a Lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales-
22 February 2016.
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice-
The College of Law (NSW) (2015).
Bachelor of Laws-
TC Berne School of Law, University of Queensland (2014
Doctor of Philosophy-
School of Human Movement Studies & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation,
Queensland University of Technology (2009).
Thesis Title-
The Neuro-muscular and Musculo-skeletal Characterization of Children with Joint Hypermobility.
Master of Education (Research)-
School of Curriculum Studies, Queensland University of Technology (1998).
Thesis Title-
The Professionalization of Podiatry:
Recognition of the need for participation in Continuing Professional Education.
Diploma Applied Science (Podiatry)-
School of Pharmacy, University of South Australia (1990).
Bachelor of Education (Post Graduate)-
Brisbane College of Advanced Education (1989).
Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Health and Physical Education/ Mathematics)-
Brisbane College of Advanced Education (1984).
Academic Awards and Other Honors
TG Mitchell Prize-
Academic prize, awarded by the Australian Podiatry Association (South Australia) in conjunction with the University of South Australia for excellence in Podology I, II, III (the study of the human foot).
Best Presentation:
Child Health Nurse Qld State Conference Toowoomba 2004.
Presentation Title:
Foot problems in Children: Will they or won’t they grow out of it? What’s normal and what’s not?
Best Podiatry Presentation:
Sports Medicine Australia (Qld) State Conference Coolum 2010.
Presentation Title:
Comparison of weight bearing and non-weight bearing foot morphology in children with joint hypermobility.
Valedictory Speech: Invited to give the speech at 2009 graduation ceremony QUT.
Professional Appointments and Memberships
| 1997-Present | Life Member: Sports Medicine Australia. |
| 2005-2014 | Podiatrists Panel of Assessors: Appointed by the Minister for Health. (QCAT Tribunal Member- when required) |
| 2010-2012 | Committee Member and Media Liaison Spokesperson- Paediatric Podiatry Special Interest Group Qld. |
| 2007-2008 | Consultant Designer: Paediatric Podiatry Clinical Facility QUT. |
| 2002-2005 | Journal Reviewer: Australasian Journal of Podiatric Medicine. |
| 2000-2005 | State Trustee: Australasian Academy Podiatric Sports Medicine. |
| 1993-1997 | Board Member: The Podiatrists Board of Queensland. Appointed by Minister for Health. |
| 1991-1996 | Sports Medicine Australia Sports Coverage Committee Member (Sports Podiatry Coordinator). |
| 1991-1996 | Sport Medicine Australia State Conference Committee Member (Podiatry). |
| 1994 | Sports Medicine Australia: International Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, Scientific Committee Member. |
| 1994 | Podiatrist- World Gymnastics Championships, Brisbane. |
| 1993 | Australian Podiatry Assoc. (Qld Inc.) State Conference Committee Chairperson. |
| 1992-1993 | Vice President: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. |
| 1991-1993 | Council Member: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. – Continuing Professional Education Committee Chairperson. |
| 1990-present | Member Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. |
| 1991-present | Member Australian Podiatry Council. |
| 1984-present | Member Sports Medicine Australia. |
| 1986 | Sports Coordinator: North Rockhampton State High School. |
| 1986 | Assistant to the Central Queensland Regional Sports Officer: Qld Dept. of Education. |
| 1986 | Manager: Queensland State Secondary Schools Sports Association Cross Country Team. |
| 1986 | Coach: Central Queensland State Secondary Schools Cross Country Team. |
| 1985-1986 | Convener: Central Queensland State Secondary Schools Hockey Championships. |
| 1984-1986 | Coach: Central Queensland State Secondary Schools Athletics Team. |
| 1984-1986 | Manager: Capricorn District State Secondary School Cross Country Team. |
| 1984 | Founding Committee Member: Rockhampton Sub-branch Australian Sports Medicine. |
| 1984-1985 | Foundation Secretary: Rockhampton Sub-branch Australian Sports Medicine Federation. |
| 1985 | ASMF Level One Sports Trainers Certificate |
| 1986 | ASMF Level Two Sports Trainers Certificate |
Publications and Presentations.
Publications available online
Netscher, HG. (2009) The Neuro-muscular and Musculo-skeletal Characterization of Children with Joint Hypermobility. PhD thesis.
Netscher, HG. (1998) The Professionalization of Podiatry: Recognition of the need for participation in Continuing Professional Education. Master of Education by research Thesis.
Qui, Feng; Cole, MH; Davids, KW; Hennig, EM; Silburn, PA; Netscher, HG; Kerr, GK. (2013). ‘Effects of Textured insoles on balance in people with Parkinson’s Disease.’ PLOS ONE, Dec, Vol. 8, Issue 12, e83309.
Qui, Feng; Cole, MH; Davids, KW; Hennig, EM; Silburn, PA; Netscher, HG; Kerr, GK. (2012). ‘Enhanced somatosensory information decreases postural sway in older people.’ Gait and Posture, 35(4), pp. 630-635.
Presentations: Conferences, Lectures, Workshops
| 1991 | Presenter: Australian Podiatry Assoc. (Qld) Inc. Shoe Fitter’s Seminar Presentation Title: Common Foot Conditions. |
| 1992 | Presenter: Australian Sports Medicine Federation Level One Sports Trainers Course |
| 1993 | Presenter: Australian Sports Medicine Federation Qld. State Conference Terenora. Presentation Title: Plantar Fasciitis. |
| 1993 | Presenter: Australian Sports Medicine Federation Level One Sports Trainers Course |
| 1994 | Presenter: Australian Sports Medicine Federation Level Two Sports Trainers Course |
| 1995 | Presenter Australian Podiatry Assoc (Qld) Inc. State Conference. Presentation Title: CADCAM Orthotic Devices. |
| 1995 | Presenter: Australian Sports Medicine Federation Level Two Sports Trainers Course |
| 1996 | Presenter Australian Sport Medicine Qld. State Conference Coolum Presentation Title: CAD CAM Orthotic devices. |
| 1998 | Presenter: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. State Conference. Presentation Title: Plaster Cast Modification Technique for Children’s Orthotic Devices: Application of plaster expansion to the medial aspect of the calcaneus. |
| 2000 | Invited speaker: South Australian Podiatry Association State Conference: Presentation 1 Title: Balance in Children. Presentation 2 Title: Plaster Cast Modification Technique for Children’s Orthotic Devices: Application of plaster expansion to the medial aspect of the calcaneus. |
| 2000 | Invited speaker: Pre-Olympic Congress 2000- International Congress of Sport Science, Sports Medicine and Physical Education. Presentation Title: Symposium on Orthoses verses exercise therapy in the treatment of foot conditions. |
| 2000 | Invited Chair of Keynote presentation at the Pre-Olympic Congress 2000- International Congress of Sport Science, Sports Medicine and Physical Education. Presentation: McPoil, T. Use of static foot angle to predict dynamic foot pressure during running. |
| 2001 | Invited speaker: Child Health Nurse Clinical Meeting, Wesley Hospital. Presentation Title: Postural Development: An amazing feat. |
| 2001 | Presenter: Australasian Podiatry Conference, Canberra. Presentation 1 Title: Assessment of Joint Hypermobility in Children: Theoretical update and clinical implications. Presentation 2 Title: Orthotic Design for the Paediatric Hypermobile Foot: Medial plaster expansion technique. (Poster Presentation). Presentation 3 Title: Metatarsus Adductus: A case study. |
| 2001 | Invited speaker Child Health Nurse State Conference, Emerald Presentation Title: Foot conditions in Children |
| 2002 | Presenter: University of Queensland/ Queensland University of Technology Postgraduate Conference, North Stradbroke Island. Presentation Title: Joint Hypermobility: Methods of Assessment and Classification. |
| 2003 | Presenter: University of Queensland/ Queensland University of Technology/ Griffith University Postgraduate Conference, North Stradbroke Island. Presentation Title: The effectiveness of foot orthoses for children with joint hypermobility. |
| 2004 | Presenter: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. Conference, Brisbane Presentation Title: Children’s foot Problems: What Normal and what’s not: Will they or won’t they grow out of it? |
| 2004 | Presenter: Child Health Nurse State Conference, Toowoomba Presentation Title: Foot problems in Children: Will they or won’t they grow out of it? What Normal and what’s not? |
| 2004 | Presenter: Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine 3×3 presentation SMA conference Alice springs Presentation Title: Heel pain in Children. |
| 2004 | Invited speaker: Child Health Nurse Clinical Meeting, Logan Central Presentation Title: Foot problems in Children: Will they or won’t they grow out of it? What Normal and what’s not? |
| 2005 | Invited speaker: Nestle Child Health Symposium, Brisbane Presentation Title: Foot problems in Children: Will they or won’t they grow out of it? What Normal and what’s not? |
| 2005 | Invited speaker: Nutricia Child Health Symposium, Brisbane Presentation Title: Foot problems in Children: Will they or won’t they grow out of it? What Normal and what’s not? |
| 2005 | Invited Speaker: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. Continuing Professional Education Paediatric Symposium Presentation Title: Children’s foot conditions and Footwear: Facts and Fables. |
| 2005 | Presenter: 21st Australasian Podiatry Conference, Christchurch New Zealand Presentation Title: Quantification of factors that influence joint mobility and stability in children. |
| 2005 | Presenter: 13th Annual Child Health Conference Gladstone Presentation Title: Musculo-skeletal pain in children: Why should they suffer? |
| 2005 | Lecture: Queensland University of Technology Presentation Title: Common Foot Conditions in Children |
| 2006 | Lecture: Queensland University of Technology Presentation Title: Common Foot Conditions in Children |
| 2007 | Invited Presenter of Weekend Workshop – Port Macquarie and District Podiatrists, Port Macquarie Presentation Title: Splint Making, Orthotic therapy and key characteristics of foot morphology of children with joint hypermobility. |
| 2007 | Presenter: 22nd Australasian Podiatry Conference, Hobart Presentation Title: The effect of foot orthoses upon standing balance stability of children with joint hypermobility |
| 2008 | Presenter: Podiatry New Zealand Conference: Christchurch Presentation 1 Title: Transverse plane splints for Metatarsus Adductus in Children with Joint Hypermobility. Presentation 2 Title: Centre of Pressure Displacement in children with joint hypermobility. |
| 2008 | Lecture: Queensland University of Technology Presentation Title: Common Foot Conditions in Children. |
| 2008 | Invited Speaker: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. Continuing Professional Education Paediatric Symposium Presentation Title: Diagnosis and Treatment of Juvenile Hallux Valgus, In-toeing, and Tip-toe walking in children. |
| 2008 | Presenter: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. State Conference Presentation 1 Title: Centre of Pressure Displacement in Children with Joint Hypermobility. Presentation 2 Title: Transverse plane splints for Metatarsus Adductus in Children with Joint Hypermobility. |
| 2008 | Presenter: Weekend Workshops- Diagnosis and Treatment of Foot Conditions in Children |
| 2009 | Presenter: Paediatric Podiatry Special Interest Group (Qld) Meeting. Presentation Title: Characteristics of Healthy Shoes for Children. |
| 2009 | Presenter: Weekend Workshops- Diagnosis and Treatment of Foot Conditions in Children |
| 2010 | Presenter: Sports Medicine Australia Qld. State Conference. Coolum. Presentation 1 Title: Comparison of weight bearing and non-weight bearing foot morphology in children with joint hypermobility. Presentation 2 Title: Joint Hypermobility: Challenges to development of posture control. |
| 2010 | Presenter: Paediatric Podiatry Special Interest Group (Qld) Meeting. Presentation Title: Developmental Milestones in Organisation and Control of Posture |
| 2010 | Invited Speaker: Marfan Association of Queensland Presentation Title: Joint Hypermobility: Managing the effects on posture throughout a lifetime. |
| 2010 | Presenter: Australian Podiatry Association (Qld) Inc. State Conference. Presentation 1 Title: Comparison of weight bearing and non-weight bearing foot morphology in children with joint hypermobility. Presentation 2 Title: Joint Hypermobility: Challenges to development of posture control. Presentation 3 Title: Joint Hypermobility Tip-toe Walking Syndrome. |
| 2010 | Convenor and Presenter: Weekend Workshops- Diagnosis and Treatment of Foot Conditions in Children |
| 2011 | Presenter: Pan Pacific Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport. Hawaii. Presentation Title: Chronic Heel Pain in Active Children: A quantitative approach to clinical assessment and evaluation of treatment outcomes. |
| 2011 | Convenor and Presenter: Weekend Workshop: Diagnosis and Treatment of Foot Conditions in Children |
| 2012 | Invited Speaker: NSW State Podiatry Conference, Sydney Presentation Title: Developmental Milestones in Organisation and Control of Posture |
| 2012 | Lecture: Queensland University of Technology. Presentation Title: Common Foot Conditions in Children. |
| 2013 | Lecture: Queensland University of Technology. Presentation Title: Common Foot Conditions in Children. |
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