ProfessorChristopher Williams

Academic Lead Research (L3 Supervisor)

Faculty of Medicine and Health

  • Academic Lead Research (L3 Supervisor)
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

Musculoskeletal health and chronic disease prevention:

HEALTHY 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 risks (MRFF Rural Primary Care Grant)

RESOLVE-D - Implementing new and effective treatments for low back pain. (MRFF EMCR Grant)

HeLP-R - Adaptation and implementation of an effective lifestyle program for musculoskeletal pain in rural populations (MRFF Maternal Health and Health Lifestyle Grant)

A Hybrid Trial of an effective lifestyle program for low back pain in the elderly (HCF Foundation Translation Research Grant)

Advancing integration of care for musculoskeletal conditions and chronic disease risks (NHMRC Investigator Grant)

Weight for Surgery - the effectiveness of weight loss prior to orthopaedic surgery to reduce surgery complications (NHMRC Investigator Grant)

PAIN SMART - Integrating education and clinical care for adolescents with pain (MRFF Musculoskeletal Conditions in Children and Adolescents Grant)

RESHAPED - Reshaping the management of low back pain in emergency departments (MRFF Efficiency and Effectiveness of Acute Care Grant)

NOTUS - NOn-pharmacological Treatment for chronic low back pain USing digital health technology (MRFF Primary Health Care Digital Innovations)

CAPACITY - A telehealth effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial to increase physical activity in adults with low back pain (MRFF Effective Treatments and Therapies)

 

Learning Health Systems, embedded clinical trials and research capacity building:

Rural Regional and Remote Clinical Trials Enabling Program - Northern Cluster (NSW Health, MRFF Critical Research Infrastructure)

RR-CLaN - Rural Research Collaborative Learning Network (NSW Health)

REACT SIG - Raising Equity of Access to Clinical Trials (Australian Clinical Trials Alliance)

Embedding clinical trials into health care - International Best Practice for Learning Health Systems (Australian Clinical Trials Alliance)

RiPN - Physiotherapy Research in Practice Network (NSW Regional Health Partners)

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    HeLP (a Healthy Lifestyle programme for Pain) Implementation Trial for Older Australians with Musculoskeletal conditions
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: Insights into Risk and Prognosis
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Pain Education for School Students
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Quality care for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with musculoskeletal pain conditions
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Translating Evidence into Practice: Integrating Lifestyle-focused Care for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Physiotherapy in rural and regional settings