A career dedicated to improving the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injury has been recognised with the highest honour by the International Spinal Cord Society. Leading physiotherapist and researcher Professor Lisa Harvey was presented with the gold medal in front of the world’s best spinal cord injury clinicians and researchers in Belgium. Professor Harvey, who works at the Joh.....
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Researchers from Royal North Shore Hospital and the Kolling Institute will lead Australia’s first study of whole-body screening for young people with neurofibromatosis type 1. Led by Dr Sue-Faye Siow from the department of clinical genetics, the study was awarded a grant through the RNSH Campus Research Grants Scheme, and an additional $30,000 in support from the NORTH Foundation. Neurofibromatosis.....
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International Clinical Trials Day provided the chance to recognise the many people contributing to our life-changing clinical trials. Two key events were staged to mark the day, including a presentation in the Kolling auditorium from leading clinical trial investigators, and a public display within Royal North Shore Hospital.  More than 300 trials are underway across Northern Sydney including .....
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An innovative study, led by a team of researchers from the Kolling Institute, has the potential to change the way osteoarthritis and low back pain are managed. More than $4.7 million has been awarded to the project through the Medical Research Future Fund’s program for early to mid-career researchers. Study lead Associate Professor Michelle Hall said we know that chronic muscle pain and poor sleep .....
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Thank you to Northside Living News for profiling an exciting clinical trial to prevent knee osteoarthritis. Our researchers at the Kolling Institute are now recruiting to the large-scale trial which will offer long-term support to lose weight and avoid knee osteoarthritis all together. If you would like to know more about the trial and to sign up, click here: To read about the details in North.....
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An innovative tool which could revolutionise the detection and treatment of musculoskeletal and neurological conditions will be further developed following a $230,000 gift. The donation was made following a campaign by the University of Sydney’s Advancement team and the NORTH Foundation to support the world’s first open-source dataset of whole-body muscle composition. The Kolling Institute’s Academ.....
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If you're looking for the best advice for osteoarthritis care, have a listen to one of our leading clinicians and Kolling Institute researchers Professor David Hunter as he highlights the most effective treatment approaches and the low-value ones to avoid. Thank you to Dr Norman Swan and the team at the ABC's Health Report for the chance to discuss the condition and an exciting clinical trial .....
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The burble of high-powered motorcycles was heard across the Kolling Institute forecourt as part of a 2000 kilometre ride from Melbourne to Armidale to raise awareness and funds for life-changing research. The ride is an initiative of Robert Hunt from the Ulysses Club which has been supporting rheumatoid arthritis research for nearly three decades. The late Stephen Dearnley established the club in 1.....
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A federal government funding boost will pave the way for a much-needed, tailored program for culturally diverse communities experiencing musculoskeletal pain. Dr Saurab Sharma, the Chief Clinical Scientist from the Pain Management and Research Centre at Royal North Shore Hospital, has received a National Health and Medical Research Council investigator grant to progress his research and develop an .....
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For the past 20 years, Professor Sarah Hilmer has dedicated her career to optimising medicine use for older people and has achieved recognition as a national and world leader in geriatric pharmacology. Not only has the Royal North Shore Hospital clinical pharmacologist and geriatrician set about improving medication practices for older people, but she has long advocated for ‘age-friendly’ clinical .....
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