ProfessorChristopher Williams
Academic Lead Research (L3 Supervisor)
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Academic Lead Research (L3 Supervisor)Faculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
My research interests focus on enabling Learning Health Systems and rural healthcare, in particular to reduce the burden of musculoskeletal conditions, chronic pain and preventable chronic diseases over the life course.
This work includes:
- Enabling meaningful consumer involvement in research priorities and decision making;
- Co-producing pragmatic, embedded clinical trials and research to understand the effects of complex treatments and prevention strategies;
- Implementation research to test the effects of research translation and implementation strategies on improving healthcare quality, safety and policy;
- Understanding and supporting research capacity building, culture, infrastructure and quality improvement initiatives that enable Learning Health (eco)Systems;
- Evidence to strengthen health system policy and action on health technology, integrated care, data use and governance, and workforce development.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTSMART-ED: a sequential multiple assignment trial in emergency departments testing optmial implementation stretegies of back pain guidelinesDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2031People funded by this grant:
- Abdel Shaheed C,
- Lung T,
- Hassett LM,
- Bonner C,
- De Carvalho Machado G
- GRANTCulturally appropriate model of care for Aboriginal people with osteoarthritis - OCHRE Maali Hub - HDR Top Up and Travel Grant AwardNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jul 2025People funded by this grant:
- Williams C
- GRANTHealthy Back: building capacity and safe access to integrated primary care support options for people living in rural areas with chronic back pain and healthy lifestyle risksDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029
- GRANTRESOLVE-D, Implementing new and effective treatments for low back painDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Mar 2024 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Williams C,
- De Carvalho Machado G,
- Traeger AC,
- Haynes A,
- Ferreira M
- GRANTThe HeLP-R trial: Adaptation and implementation of an effective lifestyle program for with musculoskeletal pain in rural populationsDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Flood V,
- Davidson S,
- Williams K,
- Williams C,
- Tiedemann A
- GRANTRewarding Research 2024Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Williams C
- GRANTHeLP (a Healthy Lifestyle program for Pain) for older people with musculoskeletal conditions and comorbid chronic disease risksHCF Research Foundation1 Aug 2023People funded by this grant:
- Davidson S,
- Williams C,
- Davidson S
- GRANTCAPACITY: A telehealth, effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial toincrease physical activity in adults with chronic low back painDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2027People funded by this grant:
- Stamatakis EE,
- Parmenter B,
- Jones MD,
- Refshauge K,
- Schutte AE
- GRANTDeveloping excellence in regional and rural clinical trials and research translationFaculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Williams C
- GRANTThe NOTUS trial (NOn-pharmacological Treatment for chronic low back pain USing digital health technology)Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Byambasuren O,
- Williams C,
- McCaffery K,
- Cashin A,
- De Carvalho Machado G
- GRANTPain Smart: Integrating education and clinical care for adolescents with painDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Apr 2022 - 31 Dec 2027People funded by this grant:
- Wolfenden L,
- Kamper S,
- Angell B,
- Swain M,
- Pate J
- GRANTReshaping low back pain management in emergency departmentsDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Apr 2022People funded by this grant:
- Maher C,
- Williams C,
- Harvey L,
- Kinsman L,
- Naganathan V
- GRANTAdvancing the integration of care for musculoskeletal conditions and chronic disease risksNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Williams C
- GRANTHELP - A healthy lifestyle intervention for patients with chronic low back painNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant: