Institute Staff

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Professor Jim Woodburn
Interim Director

Jim Woodburn is a Professor in Rehabilitation Studies based in HealthQWest. With a background in Podiatry, Jim joined us in November 2005 from the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds where his research work was funded by two prestigious Medical Research Council Fellowships. He has previously studied the biomechanics of the foot in rheumatoid arthritis and 3D imaging analysis to quantify foot joint structures, tendon disease and inflamed synovial. This work was partly conducted at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Pennsylvania. He is widely published in the leading academic rheumatology journals including Arthritis and Rheumatism.

Professor Woodburn has three main research interests which include:

biomechanical analysis of foot structure and function in the rheumatic diseases with an emphasis on inflammatory arthritis;
3D imaging to locate and quantify inflammation in the foot; and
the development of therapeutic strategies for inflammatory joint disease with particular reference to customised orthoses.

His other works focuses on the identification of predictive and prognostic factors for foot disease in rheumatoid arthritis and the development of outcome measures based on the ICF model of function, disability and health. Professor Woodburn is collaborating with a number of internationally reputable research groups.

T: +44 (0)141 331 8483
E: jim.woodburn@gcu.ac.uk

Dr Jon Godwin
Reader in Statistics

Prior to joining the institutes, Jon worked in the School of Health at GCU. Previously he was based at the University of Oxford’s Clinical Trial Service and Epidemiological Studies Unit, where he worked mainly on meta-analysis of international overviews of randomised clinical trials in areas including breast cancer (EBCTCG), colorectal cancer and prostate cancer using innovative statistical methods. He has a background in astrophysics, mathematics and electronics.

T: +44(0)141 331 3482
E: jon.godwin@gcu.ac.uk

Dr Christie Abraham
Research Fellow (Statistics)

Christie has a strong interest in the application and translation of basic biomedical research into public health and health care therapies. She completed her PhD at the University of Reading in 2007, focusing on coronary heart disease risk in women, with a major emphasis on genetic epidemiology and gene-environment interactions within the context of lipoprotein metabolism.

T: +44(0)141 331 3027
E: christie.abraham@gcu.ac.uk

Linda Brady
Senior Research Administrator

Linda has worked in research administration in the Higher Education sector since 2003. Previously she was a Chartered Chemist at Scottish Water where her last post was Research Manager. Prior to this she spent 13 years in the NHS as a Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer (biochemistry).

T: +44(0)141 331 3004
E: linda.brady@gcu.ac.uk

Kirsty Cameron
Administrator

Tel: +44(0)141 331 3457
E: kirsty.cameron@gcu.ac.uk

Fiona Cassidy
Clerical Assistant

Tel: +44(0)141 331 3742
E: fiona.cassidy@gcu.ac.uk