Professor Joshua Burns

Dr. Burns received First Class Honours and the University Medal in Podiatry, a PhD in Physiotherapy, and completed postdoctoral training in Neuromuscular Disorders and Biomechanics at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network in Australia. In 2009, he was a Fulbright Scholar studying Peripheral Neuropathy at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit Michigan. Dr. Burns went on to become Dean of the University of Sydney School of Health Sciences, before moving his research program to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis Tennessee in 2024. Dr. Burns is the Jeweler’s Charity Fund Endowed Chair and Director of the Human Performance, Gait & Mobility Labs in the Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control. His clinical research interests focus on precision measurement and personalized healthcare for pediatric neurological diseases and childhood cancer survivors. Dr. Burns’ contributions to the field have earned him Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (Faculty of Podiatric Medicine) and Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.