Dr Julia Newton

I qualified from Manchester University in 1994 and completed my training as a Rheumatologist, sub specialising in sport and exercise medicine in Oxford in 2006. I am clinical lead for the NHS service in Musculoskeletal, Sport and Exercise Medicine which provides services for adults and children of all levels. In addition, I began working for the English Institute of Sport in 2008, which provides a network of medical services for elite athletes in Olympic and Paralympic sport, including athletics, swimming, modern pentathlon, gymnastics, as well as netball and womens rugby. I have extensive multi-sport experience in athletes of all ages, including children and adolescents and has particular interests in bone stress, bone health, specific female athlete problems and problems related to high volume training. I have an active research and education portfolio, working within the Arthritis Research Centre of Excellence in Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis and also study the role of exercise in the management of chronic disease. I lecture at national and international events. I set up the highly successful sport and exercise medicine training scheme in the Oxford Deanery in 2007 and has been the training program director for this since its inception.