Associate ProfessorGustavo Machado
(He/Him)
NHMRC Principal Research Fellow
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- NHMRC Principal Research FellowFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
He has secured over $27 million in NHMRC and MRFF funding as Chief Investigator. With over 12 years of experience in research, Associate Professor Machado is committed to bridging the gap between evidence and practice. His work focuses on large-scale clinical trials testing interventions for musculoskeletal pain, strategies to reduce opioid use, and implementation of new models of care. He applies innovative trial designs, such as stepped-wedge (SHaPED), multi-arm multi-stage (ADAPT-ED), pragmatic point-of-care (RESHAP-ED), and sequential multiple assignment (SMART-ED) to generate high-impact evidence.
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
- GRANTPROSPER: A pilot, pragmatic, registry-embedded, multi-centre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of oral oxycodone versus sublingual buprenorphine for postoperative pain control after pelvic exenterationDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Apr 2025 - 30 Sep 2027
- GRANTParamedic beliefs toward back pain and appropriate referral pathways: a pre-post measurement studyAustralian Chiropractors Education and Research Foundation1 Feb 2025People funded by this grant:
- De Carvalho Machado G,
- Vella S,
- Abdel Shaheed C,
- Maher C
- GRANTEffectiveness of CALD Assist versus professional interpreting service for the management of musculoskeletal pain in the emergency department: a pilot randomised trial.Sydney Local Health District1 Apr 2024People funded by this grant:
- De Carvalho Machado G,
- Maher C
- GRANTADAPT-ED: An adaptive trial of emergency department interventions for back painMedical Research Future Fund1 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2030People funded by this grant:
- Machado G,
- Billot L,
- Buchbinder R,
- Clerc-Hawke A,
- Day R
- 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
- GRANTSAGE: Safer AnalGEsiaDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2030People funded by this grant:
- Stanaway FF,
- Thompson R,
- Blyth F,
- De Carvalho Machado G,
- McLachlan A
- GRANTRewarding Research 2024Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- De Carvalho Machado G
- GRANTReshaping the management of musculoskeletal painDVC Research1 Jul 2023People funded by this grant:
- De Carvalho Machado G
- GRANTRestructuring musculoskeletal health services to ensure equitable access to effective, affordable allied health careDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jul 2027People funded by this grant:
- Coombs DM,
- Maher C,
- Richards B,
- Harris I,
- Swain M
- 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
- GRANTSydney Musculoskeletal Clinical Academic GroupSydney Local Health District1 Jun 2022People funded by this grant:
- Naganathan V,
- Cameron I,
- Sherrington C,
- Eyles J,
- De Carvalho Machado G
- 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
- GRANTReshaping the management of low back pain in emergency departmentsMedical Research Future Fund1 Apr 2022 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Maher C,
- Rogan E,
- Kinsman L,
- Howard K,
- Williams C
- GRANTThe feasibility of delivering and evaluating stratified care integrated with eHealth (Rapid Virtual Stratified Care) for patients with low back pain: a randomised controlled trialArthritis Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- McCaffery K,
- Zadro J,
- De Carvalho Machado G,
- Maher C
- GRANTImproving care for patients with low back pain in emergency departments: The SHaPED trialAgency for Clinical Innovation (NSW)1 Feb 2018People funded by this grant:
- Richards BL,
- Oliver M,
- Richards B,
- De Carvalho Machado G,
- Maher C
- GRANTImproving Healthcare for Patients with Low Back Pain in Emergency DepartmentsNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- De Carvalho Machado G
- GRANTIs acute low back pain poorly managed in Australian emergency departments?Sydney Medical School1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- De Carvalho Machado G