Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research

19/08/2024

Introducing Dr. Moody Gayed, Our New PhD Student!

🩺 Dr. Moody Gayed, a seasoned public health physician, brings a wealth of experience in medical epidemiology, health policy, healthcare analytics, and health economics. With multiple postgraduate degrees and a broad expertise, Dr. Moody is now pursuing his PhD focused on the economic evaluation of osteoarthritis management, alongside the MOA-PIP clinical trial.

💡 We’re excited to see how Dr. Moody’s extensive knowledge and innovative approach will contribute to CMOR’s ongoing research.

Stay tuned for updates on his impactful work and its potential to enhance osteoarthritis care!

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18/02/2024

🌟 Introducing Lívia, Our Collaborating PhD Student! 🎓

Lívia is a Brazilian physiotherapist that moved to Aotearoa to do her PhD at the University of Otago.

🔍 She is focused on developing work that can bridge the gap between academia and the real world. Her PhD investigates how Māori with chronic pain represent and symbolize the pain they experience. She is curious about meaningful ways of collecting and interpreting data, including participatory research methods such as arts-based and collaborative ethnography. She is excited to collaborate with CMOR whānau.

💡 Stay tuned for updates on Lívia's impactful work and her contributions to our community.

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21/12/2023

🌟 Celebrating Success at the University of Otago 2023 Graduate Student Research Symposium! 🎓

🔍 CMOR Early Career Researchers showcased their work at the symposium, a platform emphasizing whanaukataka (whanaungatanga) — a celebration of relationships and connections formed through shared experiences in the world of graduate research.

🌐 CMOR PhD students Yen Wei Lim and Richelle Caya attended and are pictured here with Associate Professor Diane Ruwhiu, dean of the Graduate Research School.

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27/11/2023

🌟 CMOR Early Career Researchers Shine at Osteoarthritis Conference! 🌐 We're thrilled to share the success of our Early Career Researchers who recently presented the results of a scoping review update at the Osteoarthritis Aotearoa New Zealand Research Network-Te Anga Kaikōiwi o Aotearoa annual conference.

📚 Their presentation, titled "Osteoarthritis in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review update, 2021-2023," showcased the landscape of osteoarthritis research in our community.

👥 The conference, a platform to hear about exciting current research, facilitate new collaborations, and build capability and capacity in the osteoarthritis research sector, provided an excellent opportunity for our researchers to contribute to this important dialogue.

💡 Stay tuned for more updates on our team's impactful contributions to osteoarthritis research in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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08/11/2023

🌟 Introducing Yen Wei LIM, our new PhD student! 🎉

🩺 We are delighted to welcome Yen Wei to our CMOR research community. With a wealth of experience as a Malaysian pharmacist and an MSc in Pharmacoeconomics, he's set to make a significant impact.

💹 Yen Wei's PhD will revolve around the economic perspective of managing multimorbidity in Aotearoa New Zealand. His research promises to shed light on crucial aspects of healthcare in our community.

💪 Join us in extending a warm welcome to Yen Wei as he embarks on this important journey of research and knowledge creation.

20/10/2023

We invite people living with osteoarthritis (OA) to join researchers, clinicians, and others with OA in Dunedin at the Otago Museum for a National Summit.

Registration is free for people with OA. You can attend one, two or three days.

Thursday Nov 2 - Learn about exciting current research
Friday Nov 3 – Hear from OA leaders and people with OA
Saturday morning Nov 4 – Help build a national response plan that better supports people with OA.

04/07/2023

CMOR Director Prof. Haxby Abbott was in Nelson giving a public lecture for the Community Health Lecture Series, with a local health provider and Arthritis New Zealand https://www.arthritis.org.nz/2023/07/03/osteoarthritis-support-for-people-in-nelson-tasman-and-marlborough/

29/06/2023

🌟 Introducing Rory Christopherson, our new PhD Student! 🎉

"Kia ora koutou katoa! Ko Rory McMahon Christopherson tōku ingoa."

🦵 Rory is a physiotherapist and lecturer at Wintec Te Pūkenga Physiotherapy programme. He is excited to join the CMOR community, with doctoral research focused on the impact of hip and knee osteoarthritis on work participation in employed individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand.

🌟 Stay tuned for updates on this research and its implications for knee and hip osteoarthritis.

01/06/2023

🌟 Introducing Andrés Pierobon, our Collaborating PhD Student! 🎉

Andrés, a physical therapist from Argentina, is focused on developing an objective outcome measure for assessing physical function in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Based in Wellington, his expertise in chronic pain, sports injuries, and outcome measures brings valuable insights to our research collaboration.

🦵Stay tuned for updates on Andrés's work in improving our understanding of knee osteoarthritis and enhancing patient care.

16/05/2023

🌟 Introducing Dr Richelle Caya, our newest PhD researcher!🎉

🔬 We are excited to welcome Richelle Caya to our research community at CMOR. With a background as a dedicated physiotherapist from the United States, she brings a wealth of experience to her exploration of the impact of depression on interventions for osteoarthritis.

19/04/2023

We report a focus group workshop study on the views of a wide range of people within the health sector regarding current and future priorities for health service delivery for people with osteoarthritis in the public health system in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Globally, osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability. In Aotearoa New Zealand, OA affects one in 10 people and prevalence is predicted to increase by 76% in the next 20 years due to obesity and population demographics and to drive healthcare costs up by 86%.