Dr Lucy S Gates BSc Hons Sports therapy, BSc Hons Podiatry, PhD

Senior Research Fellow Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis

Dr Lucy Gates is a Senior Research Fellow within the Foot and Ankle Research programme at the University of Southampton.

I believe that to facilitate the generation of robust clinical foot and ankle interventional research, we must first understand the burden of conditions and profile them according to clearly defined epidemiological methods, whilst taking a collaborative approach to research.

Lucy joined the University of Southampton in 2011 to undertake her doctoral research, funded by an Arthritis Research UK fellowship, which formed part of body of work to predict outcomes of knee arthroplasty. Her particular work focused on the use of foot and ankle assessment to determine arthroplasty outcomes and involved the development of a novel foot and ankle assessment protocol.

She is currently undertaking a postdoctoral position within the Centre for Sport, Exercise & Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis. Her current research portfolio is centred around lower limb musculoskeletal epidemiology, with a primary focus on the societal burden of foot conditions and the exploration of foot and ankle osteoarthritis. The vision for Lucy’s research over the next few years is to reduce the impact of foot and ankle musculoskeletal conditions. This will be achieved through clinical research to determine the burden of foot conditions, apply novel approaches to population data, inform personalized care and create novel digital tools.

Lucy takes a collaborative approach to the use of international cohort data and has undertaken work involving the analysis of patient level data across worldwide cohorts to identify i) the burden of foot pain ii) the association between physical activity and osteoarthritis iii) the association between occupation and osteoarthritis iv) the association between osteoarthritis and mortality. Her work to date has seen her lead several international consensus studies.

Lucy maintains strong links with NDORMS at University of Oxford, were she holds an honorary contract.

Date	Responsibilities
2019-2020	Centre for Sport, Exercise and OA Research Versus Arthritis Early Career Research Representative
2018-ongoing	Health Sciences Early Career Researcher Concordat Champion
2018-ongoing	Health Sciences Ethics board reviewer
2017 – ongoing	Research collaboration between the University of Southampton, University of Oxford, University of North Carolina, Harvard University, The University of Adelaide, La Trobe University, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Arthritis Research UK Sports, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Centre of Excellence, University of Southampton, Oxford and Nottingham, involving the investigation of foot health on physical activity.
2015 - ongoing	Research collaboration between the University of Southampton, University of Oxford, University of Southern Denmark, Arizona State University, University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina and University of Edinburgh involving the investigation of physical activity in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip.
2015- ongoing	Research collaboration between the University of Southampton, University of Oxford, University of California, San Francisco, University of Boston, University of North Carolina, University of Maryland, Lund University, University of Leeds, Erasmus University and University of Southern Denmark involving the definition of osteoarthritis and the association of physical activity to osteoarthritis of the knee and hip and the association of osteoarthritis to mortality.
2015 - ongoing	Research collaboration with the MRC epidemiology resource centre, University of Southampton and the University of Oxford involving the investigation of osteoarthritis within the knee and hip.
2011 - ongoing	Honorary clinical contract with Southampton Universities Hospital Trust (SUHT) for the implementation and delivery of a specialist foot and ankle assessments within research and the study of English cricketers.
2012 - ongoing	Honorary contract with University of Oxford and The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre for the implementation and delivery of a specialist foot and ankle assessments within research and epidemiological project contributions.
2011 - ongoing	Member of the OARS (osteoarthritis research syndicate) group as part of the Southampton/Oxford musculoskeletal research partnership.

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2019-2020

Centre for Sport, Exercise and OA Research Versus Arthritis Early Career Research Representative

2018-ongoing

Health Sciences Early Career Researcher Concordat Champion

2018-ongoing

Health Sciences Ethics board reviewer

2017 – ongoing

Research collaboration between the University of Southampton, University of Oxford, University of North Carolina, Harvard University, The University of Adelaide, La Trobe University, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Arthritis Research UK Sports, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Centre of Excellence, University of Southampton, Oxford and Nottingham, involving the investigation of foot health on physical activity.

2015 - ongoing

Research collaboration between the University of Southampton, University of Oxford, University of Southern Denmark, Arizona State University, University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina and University of Edinburgh involving the investigation of physical activity in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip.

2015- ongoing

Research collaboration between the University of Southampton, University of Oxford, University of California, San Francisco, University of Boston, University of North Carolina, University of Maryland, Lund University, University of Leeds, Erasmus University and University of Southern Denmark involving the definition of osteoarthritis and the association of physical activity to osteoarthritis of the knee and hip and the association of osteoarthritis to mortality.

2015 - ongoing

Research collaboration with the MRC epidemiology resource centre, University of Southampton and the University of Oxford involving the investigation of osteoarthritis within the knee and hip.

2011 - ongoing

Honorary clinical contract with Southampton Universities Hospital Trust (SUHT) for the implementation and delivery of a specialist foot and ankle assessments within research and the study of English cricketers.

2012 - ongoing

Honorary contract with University of Oxford and The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre for the implementation and delivery of a specialist foot and ankle assessments within research and epidemiological project contributions.

2011 - ongoing

Member of the OARS (osteoarthritis research syndicate) group as part of the Southampton/Oxford musculoskeletal research partnership.

Dr Lucy S Gates BSc Hons Sports therapy, BSc Hons Podiatry, PhD

Senior Research Fellow Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis

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SPIDERSOLE: Optimal insole design for people who have foot arthritis.

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