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The Centre undertakes world-class research to improve outcomes for people with musculoskeletal conditions, with a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus approach that encompasses clinical management, basic and clinical research and education.
The Centre’s world-class work encompasses all aspects of orthopaedic research, including clinical management, basic science, bioengineering, pathology and epidemiology.
COTR’s multidisciplinary, multi-campus approach builds on a history of excellence in bone and joint research at the University, and is recognised as one of Australia’s leading academic centres in orthopaedics.Our research is undertaken across various campuses of the Adelaide Central Health Network, including the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Women's and Children's Hospital, the Lyell McEwin Hospital and Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, as well as at affiliated private institutions.
Research themes
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Identification and Treatment of Orthopaedic Infections
Research theme leaders: Professor Gerald Atkins and Professor Bogdan Solomon
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Improving Arthroplasty Outcomes
Research theme leaders: Professor Bogdan Solomon and David Campbell
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Novel Approaches to and Optimising Outcomes for Musculoskeletal Trauma
Theme leaders: Professor Brian Freeman and Associate Professor Mark Rickman
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Neuromusculoskeletal Trauma: Mechanisms and Management
Theme leaders: Dr Claire Jones
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Novel Application of Musculoskeletal Imaging
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Natural History and Disease Progression of Musculoskeletal Conditions
Theme leaders: Dr Nicole Williams and Associate Professor Dominic Thewlis
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News
19 May
Dzenita Muratovic awarded New Investigator Award ECTS Digital congress 2021
Dzenita Muratovic is a Bone and Osteoarthritis researcher at the University of Adelaide and received the New Investigator Award at the ECTS 2021 virtual meeting which was held on 6th to 8th of May 2021. 12 May
Congratulations! ORS ISFR 2021 Young Investigator 3-Minute Thesis Competition Winner
Congratulations to Jonghoo Sung, University of Adelaide and student of A/Prof Peter Smitham for his work An Unbiased Gene Expression Analysis of the Delayed Fracture Healing Observed in Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) Rats. 03 May A paper describing a new semiautomated method to measure osteolytic lesion volume and bone mineral density within regions of interest of the acetabulum using CT segmentation