Picture: Charlotte McLennan and Min Jiat Teng At the IMH, we work hand-in-hand with health service managers and commissioners, clinicians, patients and people with lived experience to optimise musculoskeletal health and physical activity. This commitment was recognised this week when members of our team received the Inclusivity and Consumer Partnership in Clinical Trials Award at the SLHD International Clinical Trials Day. The award celebrates the team’s work embedding consum

Ima Strkljevic | Photo credit: James Levingston, Rotary Club of Walcha This National Volunteer Week, we are proud to acknowledge and celebrate the work of Ima Strkljevic, physiotherapist and one of our PhD candidates. Ima is a passionate advocate for volunteering, and this commitment sits at the heart of her PhD research. Her work explores the health benefits of volunteering among health professionals, an area where evidence is still emerging. While professional volunteering

We are excited to share the launch of our international collaboration between the University of Sydney (Australia) and the Universidade Cidade de São Paulo – UNICID (Brazil), approved by the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) and funded by NHMRC (Australia) and FAPESP (Brazil). The project, “Optimising mobility for older adults with chronic diseases in Brazil: implementing a co‑design evidence‑based digital solution”, is delivered in Brazil under the name “De Pé com

Last week was a busy week for our team with Falls Prevention Alliance Australia. Prof Anne Tiedemann spent some time at the NSW Seniors Expo with The Hon Kevin Anderson MP, NSW Shadow Minister for Seniors and Member for Tamworth, and Strive Motion. Events like this are a great opportunity to connect with older Australians, share practical information about strength and balance exercises, and raise awareness about how we can all reduce the risk of falls. Ima Strkljevic, one of

Congratulations to Gemma Altinger (PhD Candidate), Dr Sweekriti Sharma and Dr Priti Kharel who won presentation awards at this year’s Wiser Healthcare 2025 Meeting. Gemma was winner of the inaugural Prof Alexandra Barratt Persistence for the Most Difficult Publication Award for a recently published PhD paper in JAMA Network Open . Sweekriti was winner of the Best ECR Publication Award (Quantitative category) for her pitch on an RCT paper published in JAMA Network Open . Priti

Falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospitalisations among older Australians, yet New South Wales has no coordinated prevention strategy. The 2023 NSW Falls Prevention White Paper, supported by the Clinical Excellence Commission, highlighted this gap and called for a systems-level response to address the fragmentation of falls prevention efforts. Dr Marina Pinheiro and team have been awarded an Australian Public Policy Institute (APPI) Policy Challenge Grant to tran

Institute for Musculoskeletal Health researchers secure over $2 million in MRFF funding to boost physical activity in people with intellectual disability and improve chronic pain management in people with chronic low back pain and opioid-managed chronic pain.

Only 1 in 7 adults with intellectual disability meet the recommended physical activity guidelines. In contrast, around 1 in 2 adults in...

Falls are one of the greatest health risks for older adults. In Australia, 17 older people die as a direct result of falls every day and...

Ana Helena Salles Dos Reis, PhD Candidate, presenting on the GACD grant, September 2025 An exciting new international research...

Spring school holidays are coming up in NSW. You might be wondering how to keep the kids entertained and fit in some activity for...

What better time to reflect and focus on our health than Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week (1-5 September 2025 ). This year’s theme is...