MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH, INTEGUMENTARY AND TRAUMA
Musculoskeletal The osteoarthritis and back pain clinical research groups at NSLHD are interdisciplinary teams that focus on musculoskeletal health. The group achieved great success in 2020, with highlights detailed below.
Staff Achievements: › The University of Sydney Higher Degree by Research supervisor award – Professor David Hunter › Three Minute Thesis Finalist – Ms Emma Ho (Back Pain Group) › CRE infographics prize - Ms Vicky Duong (Osteoarthritis Group) › Three PhD awards › Three PhD submissions › Two new PhD enrolments (Osteoarthritis Group) › One new Honours student (Back Pain Group)
The osteoarthritis and back pain clinical research groups secured more than
$2 million in funding in 2020. Some of the grants and fellowships received include: › NHMRC Partnership Grant › NIH › China Studies Centre
In 2020, the group released 64 publications including: › 10 Early Career Researcher first author publications
› RACGP fellowship › Investigator Grant › ACI seed funding › APA seeding grant › Lincoln Grant
› 11 PhD student first author publications › 5 Lancet publications (Impact Factor [IF]: 59.102) › 1 New England Journal of Medicine publication (IF:76.70) › 1 Nature Reviews Rheumatology publication (IF:18.545) › 1 BMJ publication (IF:30.223)
› Pfizer education grant › NSLHD research support › NIHR/HTA stage 1 approval
› Philanthropy funding (Brennan Family Foundation) › Department of Health – Arthritis Education
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RESEARCH ANNUAL REPORT 2020
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