The Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology brings together scientific researchers and medical clinicians with a common interest in improving outcomes for those with musculoskeletal conditions.
We are currently conducting research into the causes, impact and treatment of a wide range of disorders in addition to raising awareness of the burden of musculoskeletal conditions.
Our aim is to advance the understanding of the musculoskeletal system. The main focus of our research includes clinical and translational research in inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain and other rheumatic diseases. While these areas are a focus, our clinicians and researchers are also investigating osteonecrosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.
Our researchers are members of national and international advisory committees that raise awareness and promote care and research on musculoskeletal conditions. We are the Home Office for the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Conditions.
We are the national lead site for A3BC – the Australian Arthritis and Autoimmune diseases Biobank Collaborative, and we encourage the involvement of patient research partners in all our projects.
We aim to make precision medicine – giving the targeted right treatment to the right patient at the right time – a reality. Through all of our work we are building a national resource to work towards a cure for musculoskeletal conditions
Musculoskeletal and rehabilitation
Team Lead
Professor Lyn March AM
Project Lead and Coordinating Principal Investigator
Australian Arthritis and Autoimmune Biobank Collaborative (A3BC), The University of Sydney
Liggins Professor of Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Epidemiology
Head of Department, Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital
Team Members
Associate Professor Sean O’Neill
Associate Professor Rheumatology, Northern Clinical School
Dr Rodger Laurent
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Dr Premarani Sinnathurai
Clinical Lecturer. Northern Clinical School
Dr Shirley Yu
Clinical Lecturer, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney
Dr Marita Cross
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northern Clinical School
Lyndall Henderson
Medical Research Officer
Tom Lynch
National A3BC Project Officer
Jie Yi
Clinical Trials Coordinator
Tahnee McEwan
Research Fellow
- The causes, impact and treatment of a wide range of musculoskeletal/ rheumatological disorders.
- Key research areas: inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, etc), systemic lupus erythematosus, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, low back pain.
- Development and implementation of evidence-based clinical guidelines.
- Global Burden of Diseases Study (Musculoskeletal disorders).
- A3BC Registry & Biobank
- https://www.arad.org.au/Public/Home.aspx
- Clinical trials (several): Commercial (Industry-Sponsored) and Non-Commercial (Academic/Investigator-Initiated)
The aim of the rheumatology department is to advance the understanding of the musculoskeletal system. The main focus of our research includes clinical and translational research in osteoarthritis, low back pain and other rheumatic diseases.
- https://kollinginstitute.org.au/osteoarthritis-research
- https://kollinginstitute.org.au/back-pain-research – need correct link
- https://kollinginstitute.org.au/sutton-arthritis-research-laboratory
- https://kollinginstitute.org.au/research-group/global-alliance-for-musculoskeletal-health/
