Ms Cherie Wells

Cherie Wells joined the University of Western Sydney in November 2009 as a Lecturer in Physiotherapy. Prior to this appointment Cherie was employed for two years as a Lecturer and Clinical Educator in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at Curtin University of Technology (Perth).

After graduating from The University of Sydney with her Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) degree in 2001, Cherie spent a year working at Royal North Shore Hospital and Lismore Base Hospital rotating around numerous specialist areas.  Since then, however, Cherie has worked primarily in private practices around Perth, Sydney, and the Central Coast, or the academic sector.

In 2005, Cherie completed her Master of Manipulative Therapy at Curtin University of Technology. Currently Cherie is undertaking PhD studies at UWS investigating the evidence-base, definition, use and effectiveness of Pilates exercise for people with chronic low back pain within a physiotherapy context.  

Cherie currently works in several capacities at the University of Western Sydney. Within the physiotherapy department Cherie is the Clinical Education Coordinator and Lecturer in Physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal).  Cherie also has been recruited to work within the Increased Clinical Training Capacity Project at UWS. Her role as Education Development Consultant is to help with design and creation of resources for interdiciplinary clinical placements and health challenge workshops for students studying medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, podiatric medicine and psychology.

This information has been contributed by Ms Wells.