Associate Professor
Cynthia Formosa qualified as a State Registered Podiatrist from the Department of Health,
Malta in February 1989. She worked as a Senior Podiatrist with this department from 1989 to
1994. She then left the Health Department to set up a private practice in Podiatry until 2009.
Cynthia Formosa is currently working on full-time basis as an Associate Professor with the
University of Malta and Head of Podiatry Department inside the Faculty of Health Sciences.
A post which she has occupied for the past 17years.
Cynthia Formosa was awarded the Masters of Science in Podiatry in April 2003 from the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. She was later awarded the PhD in
Podiatry in October 2009 from the same university. She was also President of the Association of Podiatrists, Malta for two years and is currently
helping the Association with all the educational activities it organises. She was also appointed as a Visiting Fellow on the 1st September 2011 at the Centre for Sport, Health and Exercise
Research, Faculty of Health, Staffordshire University.
She is also External examiner for two universities one in the UK and another in Ireland She is also Fellow of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine at the Royal College of Physcians and
Surgeons, Glasgow. She has published over 100 papers in both local and peer-reviewed international journals. She has also contributed in a number of book chapters. She has presented over 200 presentations in leading Congresses.
Malta
May 29, 2023
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