Dr. Katie de Luca
Senior Lecturer - Chiropractic-605835School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Dr. Katie de Luca is a Senior Lecturer at CQU, Brisbane Campus. She teaches into the units Advanced Clinical Development and Research Literacy. Her research interests focus on the epidemiology and management of musculoskeletal conditions, with expertise in older adults.
Katie has received competitive research funding in excess of $2.5M. She leads the industry funded (Australian Chiropractors Association), internationally collaborative, 12 month longitudinal study on BAck Complaints in the Elderly:Chiropractic - Australia.
Katie has more than 40 peer-reviewed journal publications and more than 50 conference presentations, which includes several invited keynote presentations on back pain in older adults, women's health conditions and sports chiropractic.
Katie is on the editorial board of Chiropractic and Manual Therapies and is the section editor for the JMPT Women's Health section. She is Chair of the Chiropractic Australia Research Foundation and is the Research Chair for Sports Chiropractic Australia.
Universities Studied At
Doctor of Philosophy: The University of Newcastle
Masters of Chiropractic: Macquarie University
Bachelor of Applied Science (exercise & sport science): The University of Sydney
Universities Worked At
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: Macquarie University
Responsibilities
Chair, Chiropractic Australia Research Foundation
Research Chair, AICE Sports & Exercise
Editor
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Frontiers in Pain Research
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 4208 Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
- 4299 Other health sciences
- 4202 Epidemiology
- 4206 Public health
At the level of Principal Supervisor
Current Capacity
Allied health and rehabilitation science - Allied health and rehabilitation science not elsewhere classified
Allied health and rehabilitation science - Rehabilitation
Epidemiology - Epidemiological modelling
Public health - Injury prevention
