Catherine Gooday

Dr Catherine Gooday graduated as a podiatrist from the University of Brighton. She has been the Principal Podiatrist within the Elsie Bertram Diabetes Centre, at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, England, since 2001.

She is a member of the Offloading and Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy working groups of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (2023). She was also a member of the group that developed the NICE guidance; Diabetic foot problems: prevention and management (2015), and the 2023 update.

She now combines a clinical and academic career. In 2025 she was appointed to a Clinical Associate Professor Role with the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 
Alongside her clinical academic role, Catherine is Health and Care Director NMAHPs, for the East of England Regional Research Delivery Network, National Institute for Health and Care Research. In this role she supports the development of research infrastructure, and workforce, to increase research activity, impact and inclusivity.