Rate My Professor Kristin Graham

Dr. Kristin Graham is a Senior Lecturer in Podiatry in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance within the College of Health at Adelaide University. She earned her PhD in Medicine from the University of Adelaide in 2015, with a thesis titled Hyperarousal: the Critical Determinant of Post-Trauma Sequelae conducted at the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies. Her earlier qualifications include a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) from Flinders University (2012-2014) and a Diploma in Applied Science (Podiatry) from the University of South Australia (1984-1987). Possessing over 25 years of clinical podiatry experience, Graham has worked across public, community, private, urban, and rural settings. She founded and operated Spare Feet Podiatry Locum Service, South Australia's first such service (2000-2015), and owns Performance Podiatry (1988-present), maintaining private practice to remain attuned to current health issues. Other roles encompass Adjunct Fellow in the Discipline of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide, Tutor at the University of South Australia since 2017, and Mentoring Coordinator for the Podiatry Association of Australia (South Australia) from 2014-2016.

Graham's academic interests span biological psychology, posttraumatic stress disorder, and cognitive sciences, with a focus on the impacts of Australian Defence Force deployment, including overlaps between physical and mental health symptoms, associations with suicide, and lifetime trauma effects on physiological dysregulation. Additional research examines telehealth and virtual reality for improving diabetes-related foot disease management in rural, remote, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander communities; social determinants of foot ulcers and amputation rates; the influence of health practitioner-patient relationships on outcomes; and podiatrists' pharmacological endorsement and prescribing practices. Key publications feature 'A qualitative exploration of the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using a real-time video-based telehealth service for diabetes-related foot disease' (Rural and Remote Health, 2024), 'The experiences of health workers using telehealth services for diabetes-related foot complications: a qualitative exploration' (Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2023), 'Australian podiatrists scheduled medicine prescribing practices and barriers and facilitators to endorsement: a cross-sectional survey' (Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2022), 'Longitudinal relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms and physical symptoms in military veterans' (Psychosomatic Medicine, 2022), 'Barriers to and facilitators of endorsement for scheduled medicines in podiatry: a qualitative descriptive study' (Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2021), and 'Use of a novel toe-thumb pressure index for assessing arterial status in the lower limb: a reliability and validity study' (Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2024). She is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students and available for media comment.