Rate My Professor Mark Catley

Dr. Mark Catley serves as Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the School of Allied Health and Human Performance, College of Health, Adelaide University. He earned his Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) in 2011 and Doctor of Philosophy in 2015 from the University of South Australia, complemented by a Graduate Diploma in Education Studies in 2025 from the same institution. Since 2013, Catley has coordinated the Pain Sciences curricula, transitioning from UniSA to Adelaide University. He teaches in programs including Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Human Movement, and Clinical Exercise Physiology, and directs the postgraduate Professional Certificate in Pain Sciences, equipping clinicians to educate on pain.

A member of the Innovation, Implementation & Clinical Translation (IIMPACT in Health) group, Catley's research centers on therapeutic pain sciences education like Explain Pain for pain management, sensorimotor impairments in persistent pain, psychometric properties of assessment tools, and pain clinician training. His publications appear in leading journals such as the Journal of Pain, BMJ Open, and Supportive Care in Cancer. Notable works include "Assessing pain science education; the measurement properties of assessment instruments of conceptual change: A narrative and rapid review" (2026), the PECAN trial protocol on eHealth for breast cancer survivors (2025), scale development for the Osteoarthritis Conceptualisation Questionnaire (2025), and validation of the Pelvic Pain Psychological Screening Questionnaire (2025). Catley reviews for pain and physiotherapy journals, sits on the Scientific Committee of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, and has delivered keynote and invited talks at conferences nationally and internationally. He has authored book chapters on pain assessment, management, and education, contributing significantly to advancing pain science education and clinical translation. Eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD students, his work influences physiotherapy practice and research.