Rate My Professor Hayley Uden

Hayley Uden is a Lecturer in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance within the College of Health at Adelaide University. She graduated from the University of South Australia and has professional experience in both the public and private podiatry sectors. In her current role, she teaches and coordinates various courses in the undergraduate Podiatry program, including Podiatry Studies 101 and Podiatry Professional Studies 200.

Hayley Uden's research interests center on Paediatric Podiatry. She is currently on a leave of absence from her PhD candidature with the School of Health Sciences in the Exercise for Health and Human Performance research centre, where her PhD concentrates on 'Asymptomatic flexible flat foot in children'. Her key publications include: 'The typically developing paediatric foot: How flat should it be? A systematic review' (Uden, H., Scharfbillig, R., & Causby, R., 2017, Journal of Foot and Ankle Research); 'The effectiveness of non-surgical intervention (Foot Orthoses) for paediatric flexible pes planus: A systematic review: Update' (Dars, S., Uden, H., Banwell, H. A., & Kumar, S., 2018, PLOS ONE); 'When, why and how foot orthoses (FOs) should be prescribed for children with flexible pes planus: A Delphi survey of podiatrists' (Dars, S., Uden, H., Kumar, S., & Banwell, H. A., 2018, PeerJ); 'The iPhone Measure app level function as a measuring device for the weight bearing lunge test in adults: a reliability study' (Banwell, H. A., Uden, H., Marshall, N., Altmann, C., & Williams, C. M., 2019, Journal of Foot and Ankle Research); 'Plantar fasciitis–to jab or to support? A systematic review of the current best evidence' (Uden, H., Boesch, E., & Kumar, S., 2011, Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare); 'Non-surgical management of a pediatric "intoed" gait pattern–a systematic review of the current best evidence' (Uden, H., & Kumar, S., 2012, Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare); 'The effect of footwear and foot orthoses on transverse plane knee motion during running–a pilot study' (Hutchison, L., Scharfbillig, R., Uden, H., & Bishop, C., 2013, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport); and others. She took maternity leave from March 2013 to July 2015 and now works two days per week at the university.