Prof Sam Adie in the School of Clinical Medicine and the St George and Sutherland Centre for Clinical Orthopaedic Research (SCORe) lead the orthopaedic research programme at the clinical campus. They aim to improve the health and wellbeing of people with musculoskeletal diseases and injuries.
Our goals
Our aims are to produce impactful research on unanswered clinical questions that are important, timely and relevant, and immediately applicable to clinical care. We want to answer questions on what works and what doesn鈥檛 so that patient outcomes are improved, and our health system becomes more sustainable. We have developed a culture of evidence-based-medicine in the provision of clinical services at our associated institutions. We nurture and support the development of research and academic skills in our junior healthcare staff.聽
Research strengths
- We produce research with a focus on rigorous study design-systematic reviews, randomised trials, and registry/outcome studies.聽聽
- Systematic reviews synthesise the available evidence from the existing literature. These studies follow precise methods aimed at reducing the bias inherent in review research in order to answer specific research questions.聽聽
- Randomised clinical trials compare different interventions with 鈥渞andom鈥 allocation and therefore reduce the selection and confounding bias inherent in many clinical studies. They are widely regarded as producing the highest level of evidence.聽聽
- Registry/outcome studies are conducted when randomised trials are unethical and not feasible, and leverage routinely collected data, such as those from the Australian National Joint Replacement Registry.聽聽
- We educate clinicians and the wider community on the research produced both by SCORe as well as the academic community.聽
- Teach research principles and supervise research conducted by our junior healthcare staff, including medical students, training specialists, and allied health staff.聽聽
- Research supervision and training will be formalised through our association with the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney.聽聽
Our results
- Informed clinical practice by generating high-quality evidence that shapes surgical decision-making and post-operative care.聽
- Contributed to national and international clinical guidelines through systematic reviews and randomised trials.聽
- Supported policy and funding decisions using real-world data from registry-based studies, such as those from the Australian National Joint Replacement Registry.聽
- Improved patient outcomes through evidence-based innovations in surgical care and rehabilitation.聽
- Built research capacity across clinical disciplines by supervising over 30 junior researchers, medical students, and allied health professionals.聽
- Strengthened academic partnerships and teaching through formal research supervision with 黑料网大事记 and The University of Sydney.聽
Our people
Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Dr Rob Molnar, Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Dr Geoffrey Smith, Conjoint Senior Lecturer & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Researchers
- Deanne Jenkin, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Blake McCall, Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering
- Jaden Lin, Adjunct Associate Lecturer
Key collaborators
- ANZMUSC- ANZ Musculoskeletal Trials Network
- Institute of Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
- The George Institute
- Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research聽
- NeuRA
- NDORMS- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford
- York Trials Unit, University of York