Kate Carter is a Senior Lecturer in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery in the School of Health and Clinical Sciences at the University of Western Australia. She is an experienced podiatrist with an extended scope of practice encompassing clinical training in rheumatology, diagnostic ultrasound imaging, and gait analysis. Kate has worked as a clinical specialist podiatrist in multidisciplinary rheumatology teams in Singapore and Australia. Her academic career includes teaching roles at the University of Brighton in the UK and Western Sydney University in Australia, where she managed undergraduate and postgraduate modules aligned with her expertise and contributed to interdisciplinary units. She holds a PhD in Rheumatology Podiatry from Western Sydney University, awarded in 2021 for her thesis on foot involvement among people with Psoriatic Arthritis. She also earned an MSc in Clinical Podiatric Biomechanics from Staffordshire University in 2008, a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from the University of Brighton in 2011, and a BSc (Hons) in Podiatric Medicine from University College London in 2002. During her time at the University of Brighton, she was nominated for a teaching excellence award.

Kate's research specializations include rheumatology podiatry, with a focus on the foot disease burden in Psoriatic Arthritis from patient-centered and multidisciplinary perspectives. Her key publications feature "Disabling foot pain and its impact on daily living among people with psoriatic arthritis in Singapore: a cross-sectional observational investigation" (BMC Rheumatology, 2024), "Exploring the learning experiences of non-medical prescribing among podiatry students on clinical placement" (Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2026), "Safeguarding data integrity in online podiatry research: Understanding and managing non-genuine participation" (Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2026), and conference contributions such as "Comparing the foot disease burden and its impact on daily living in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Axial Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis in Singapore" (2024). She has received major awards including the International Research Scholarship in 2016 and the Outstanding Clinical Practice Improvement Programme award from the National Healthcare Group Singapore in 2015. Kate serves as a member of the 26th Congress of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (2022-2024) and participates in a collaborative network of clinical academics to foster international research opportunities and build research capacity in podiatry rheumatology.

Professional Email: kate.carter@uwa.edu.au