Dr Simon Lack
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MSc Lead (Sports Medicine), Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physiotherapist
Centre: Sports and Exercise Medicine
Email: s.lack@qmul.ac.uk Telephone: +44(0) 207 882 5012Twitter: @simonthephysio
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ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1732-9606
LinkedIn: simon-lack-06357745
Dr Lack currently leads the Post-Graduate Taught (PGT) Sports and Exercise Medicine programmes. He completed his PhD in 2017, having investigated the interaction of hip and foot biomechanics in the development and management of patellofemoral pain. During his doctoral studies, he continued to work as a specialist physiotherapist within private sports medicine facilities (Pure Sports Medicine) and with elite scholarship athletes at the University of East London.
He graduated from Queen Mary University in 2011 with a Masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine and has been building his clinical academic career since. His leadership of the Sports and Exercise Medicine MSc programme, combines his clinical and academic experience to help guide the delivery and development of the programme. His main research interests centre on the assessment and delivery of targeted interventions, through a greater understanding of treatment effect mechanisms, for common knee complaints, in particular, patellofemoral pain and patellofemoral osteoarthritis.
Research
Group members
Within the Centre of Sports and Exercise Medicine I am very fortunate to work alongside some fantastic colleagues. This team includes, but is not limited to:
Professor Dylan Morrissey, Ms Claire Small, Dr Bradley Neal, Dr Stuart Miller, Dr Manuela Angioi, Dr Ritan Mehta, Dr Nikos Malliaropoulos, Mr Trevor Prior, Dr Nat Padhiar, Dr Markus Laupheimer, Mr Osama Aweid, Mr Richmond Stace.
Summary
The clinical application and implementation of evidence-based medicine is the primary objective of my academic endeavours. I have had the privilege of working with fantastic collaborators both nationally and internationally, producing peer-reviewed publication and translational resources to help achieve this objective. Research studies completed as part of my MSc and PhD studies have included both laboratory and clinical based measurements, in combination with audit and questionnaire studies, which have been conducted within both asymptomatic and patient populations. I have secured multiple small project grants to complete these studies and look forward to developing these research ideas to deliver within larger scale, pragmatic clinical trials.
Collaborators
External
- Dr Christian Barton (LaTrobe University, Melbourne)
- Dr Danilo Oliveria De Silva (LaTrobe University, Melbourne)
- Dr Michael Rathleff (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Teaching
Dr Lack leads the teaching across all of the Sports and Exercise Medicine post-graduate taught programmes. Currently there are 5 programme routes that are specific to the student’s profession;
Sports and Exercise Medicine – Medic
Sports and Exercise Medicine – Physio/Osteo
Podiatric Sports Medicine
Sports and Exercise Medicine – Physio MACP accredited
Advanced Musculoskeletal Clinical Practice (for Allied Health Professionals)
Dr Lack’s teaching on the PGT programmes primarily focuses on the development of clinical skills, specifically in the accurate clinical diagnosis of MSK conditions, the development and delivery of rehabilitation programmes, and the advanced assessment approaches using further investigation tools (e.g. ultrasound and MRI).
Other teaching activities include deliver of professional education courses that he delivers internationally on the topic of Patellofemoral Pain.
Intercalated BSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London