Musculoskeletal

  • Kolling Institute Year in Review 2025

    Kolling Institute Year in Review 2025

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    Our Year in Review highlights the significant impact, collaboration and momentum across the Kolling Institute, and comes as we mark an important milestone with the launch of our 2026–2030 Research Strategy. Kolling researchers achieved great success in 2025, expanding the scale, reach and influence of their research across their discovery, translational and clinical disciplines. These achievements…

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  • Researchers unveil the key to ageing well

    Researchers unveil the key to ageing well

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    Clinical and research experts across the Kolling Institute passionately discussed the potential of their research to provide crucial new knowledge and effective treatments to support healthy ageing during a recent event. Hosted by the NORTH Foundation, more than 150 people came together for the Living Longer, Living Better showcase, including donors, supporters and health professionals.…

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  • Internationally-recognised researchers join the Kolling

    Internationally-recognised researchers join the Kolling

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    Our cancer and musculoskeletal expertise has been strengthened with the appointment of two senior researchers and their teams to the Kolling Institute. Professor Marina Pajic has been appointed the Paul and Katherine Gobits (Koh) Chair of Pancreatic Cancer Research following a remarkable $11 million gift. It is the largest individual philanthropic gift to pancreatic cancer research in Australia.…

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  • New funding to shift fragmented osteoarthritis care towards prevention, earlier prediction and better outcomes

    New funding to shift fragmented osteoarthritis care towards prevention, earlier prediction and better outcomes

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    The unique expertise of our osteoarthritis researchers at the Kolling Institute has been recognised, with world-leading clinician researcher Professor David Hunter receiving a remarkable $3 million NHMRC Leadership Investigator Grant. These grants are the NHMRC’s flagship funding scheme, offering valuable research support and flexibility. They are highly competitive, with just 234 of the nearly 1,900…

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  • Physiotherapist’s quest to understand muscle fat 

    Physiotherapist’s quest to understand muscle fat 

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    Kolling researcher and physiotherapist Brian Kim has spent most of his career in orthopaedic clinics, helping patients recover from or prepare for surgery.  Over time, he noticed something unusual in MRI scans, some muscles showed streaks or “marbling” of fat. While tears and inflammation were easy to spot, this fatty appearance was harder to interpret. …

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  • Recognition for invaluable support

    Recognition for invaluable support

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    The Kolling Institute hosted a special event to acknowledge NSLHD Board Chair Trevor Danos AM, who is stepping down after 10 years in the role. Trevor has been a tireless advocate for the Kolling, championing research excellence across the Royal North Shore Hospital campus. He provided leadership during an important period for the institute, delivering…

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  • Recognition for excellence in research

    Recognition for excellence in research

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    In a sign of the emerging research talent across northern Sydney, a group of impressive up-and-coming investigators have taken out a host of coveted awards at a special event at the Kolling Institute. More than 75 people attended the HDR/ECR Research Forum, which showcased outstanding research across neuroscience and pain, cardiology and renal, cancer and…

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  • Kolling NEWS – May feature

    Kolling NEWS – May feature

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    Check out our Kolling Institute newsletter – profiling the latest impactful research across the Kolling. It’s an insight into the talented investigators behind the scenes, and their exciting progress to improve the care we all receive. Our researchers are driving investigations into new cancer therapies, diabetes, and painful, musculoskeletal conditions, and crucially, developing new life-changing…

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  • 2026 Beryl and Jack Jacobs Travel Awards announced

    2026 Beryl and Jack Jacobs Travel Awards announced

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    A collection of five early-to-mid career researchers will share close to $40,000 in funding through the Skipper Jacobs Charitable Trust. The Skipper family has generously supported emerging research talent at the Kolling Institute for many years, providing invaluable travel and career opportunities. This year’s group has welcomed the chance to travel internationally, meet with research…

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  • Lessons in space to improve our muscle health at home

    Lessons in space to improve our muscle health at home

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    With the world’s attention on spaceflight following the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon, our researchers at the Kolling Institute are supporting the expert team working to protect the health of astronauts before, during and after their trips into space. The institute’s Academic Director, Professor James Elliott, a member of NASA’s Spine Working Group,…

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