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Associate ProfessorStephen Gill

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • +61 3 522 73776 (Work)
  • St John of God Hospital, Myers Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Knowledge Areas
Musculoskeletal health conditions and treatments, health services research, service redesign and evaluation, physiotherapy, orthopaedic surgery, clinical research methods.

Projects
Current major projects:

1. Shoulder Biomarker Studies (AdCaB, CUBA, ShOA)
a. Investigating gene expression and clinical biomarkers in people with adhesive capsulitis, shoulder instability, rotator cuff tears and osteoarthritis

2. Injuries in Australian Football and netball players
a. Investigating injuries and their consequences in female footballers in South West Victoria
b. Investigating injuries in netball players in South West Victoria

3. RAPSODI study
a. International randomised study comparing anatomical and reverse total shoulder replacement

4. Embolisation for musculoskeletal condidtions
a. Investigating the effects of micro-embolisation for knee osteoarthritis and other chronic musculoskeletal conditions

5. Barwon Joint Registry (BJR)
a. Routine surveillance of patients before and after joint replacement surgery at St John of God Hospital Geelong and Barwon Health Geelong.

 

6. Shoulder dislocations

a. Investigating risk factors for primary and recurrent shoulder dislocation

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    STUDENT APPLICATION: Clinical Biomarker Shoulder Study: Transcriptomic differences between inflammatory conditions of the shoulder: osteoarthritis and rotator cuff tears -The SHOaW Study.
    19 Aug 2022 - 31 Aug 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation - 18085 - $19,976.00
  • GRANT
    Reverse vs conventional shoulder replacement for adults with osteoarthritis
    1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Page R,
    • Foster N,
    • Harris I,
    • Buchbinder R,
    • Gill S
    NHMRC-NIHR Collaborative Research - APP2008140 - $1,540,874.00
  • GRANT
    Clinical biomarker shoulder study: transcriptomic differences between osteoarthritis of the shoulder, capsulitis and rotator cuff tears
    1 Feb 2021 - 31 Jan 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation - $50,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Injury profiles of female Australian Rules Football players: a survey of Geelong and South-Western Victoria (AFLW Injury Study).
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    AFL Grant - Research - Australian Football League - $30,000.00