Dr Andrea Coda is the Head of Discipline (HOD) and Program Convenor (PC) for Podiatry at the School of Health and Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing (CHMW), University of Newcastle (UON). He is a Fellow at CIFAL Newcastle – United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and an Affiliate for the Central Coast Research Institute (CCRI). Dr Coda is a founding member of the Equity in Health and Wellbeing Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and serves as an Honorary Allied Health Clinical Academic Conjoint for the Hunter New England Local Health District.
Andrea is also an Advisory Committee Member for the Catalan Government (Ministry of Research and Scientific Health Innovation).

Dr Coda is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of two AHPRA-accredited programs. The older program [code:11692] is currently in the teach-out phase, while the new Podiatric Medicine – Joint Podiatry Program (JPP) [code: 50021] jointly delivered with Western Sydney University (WSU) which includes Endorsement to Schedule Medicines. The JPP was successfully inaugurated early in 2024, marking a significant milestone in academic collaboration between UON and WSU.

With over 17 years of international clinical experience across Australia, the UK, Italy, Spain, and India, Dr Coda specialises in treating patients with lower limb complications across all age groups. His PhD at Queen Margaret University (Edinburgh, UK) featured a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT), providing cost-effective evidence for managing children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) within paediatric rheumatology teams.

Dr Coda’s research standing is reflected in his co-authorship of policymaking for the European Pain Federation in digital health (2021), as well as his contribution to the ‘Fall Prevention Strategy’ for the Australian Royal Commission on aged care (2019). He is a founding member of the Australian Paediatric Podiatry (APP) group. In 2022, he was elected as a part of the Academic Senate representing the CHMW and he was appointed as ‘AHPRA Professional Member’ for the Podiatry NSW Council’ to chair clinical panels, hearings, and undertake clinical performance assessments on behalf of the Council.

Dr Coda also serves as pro-active international Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Manresa/Barcelona (Cataluña, Spain).