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Nick Brown is the Head of School for QUT’s School of Clinical Sciences, which includes the disciplines of Medical Imaging, Optometry, Paramedicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, and Radiation Therapy. The School also includes key research staff contributing to the Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI) and the Herston Imaging Research Facility (HIRF).

Previously, he served as Professor of Allied Health Research at the University of Canberra and Director of the UC Clinical School at Canberra Health Services. Before that, he was Deputy Director of Performance Science and Innovation at the Australian Institute of Sport, where he led applied research and innovation for Australian Olympic and Paralympic sport. He also worked and lectured as a podiatrist in Brisbane before completing a PhD in Biomechanics and a postdoctoral fellowship in Bioengineering at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. In addition, he worked in the Departments of Orthopaedics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah, USA.