Our vision is to find the cure for low back pain and other musculoskeletal conditions, and contribute to reduce the burden of these conditions globally.

Our research expands from discovery research in genetics, twins, and families through clinical and implementation research in healthy lifestyle, digital solutions, evidence-based, and partnership projects in low back pain and other musculoskeletal conditions.

Our program of research will:

• significantly advance the field of musculoskeletal pain
• reduce the burden of low back pain and other musculoskeletal conditions to patients, society, and government,
• help to improve efficiency of health care services, and
• improve the lives of millions of Australians currently living with musculoskeletal pain.

• The Get Healthy Coaching Service® to reduce the burden of low back pain 
• EHealth to empower patients with Musculoskeletal Pain in Rural Australia (EMPoweR)
• Buddy-assisted intervention to increase physical activity in older people with low back pain
• The AUstralian Twin low BACK pain study (AUTBACK study)
• Musculoskeletal Pain Resilience
• Efficacy of a drug education tool to reduce Paracetamol use in people with low back pain
• Influence of initial health care and triage systems on outcomes and subsequent healthcare utilisation for patients with a new onset of low back pain
• Sleep interventions for low back pain
• Multicultural dance interventions for low back pain
• Familial influences on mortality rates in people with low back pain
• Genetics and environmental influences in spinal pain and biomechanics
• Artificial Intelligence in back pain triage and clinical research
• Financial burden of low back pain

University of Sydney

• Prof Emeritus Adrian Bauman
• Dr Paula Beckenkamp
  
• Dr Ana Paula Carvalho-e-Silva
• Mr Carlos Mesa Castrillon
• Prof Paulo Ferreira (Group Leader)
• Prof Manuela Ferreira
• Dr Allan Fu
• Ms Carolina Fritsch
• A/Prof Christopher Gordon
• Prof Ron Grunstein
• Prof Paul Hodges
• Prof Chris Maher
• Prof Natasha Nassar
• Ms Ana Salles dos Reis
• Prof Emmanuel Stamatakis

External

• Mr Munkh-erdene Bayartai
• Prof Kim Bennell
• Mrs Dragana Ceprnja
• Mr Lingxiao Chen
• Ms Josielli Comachio
• Mr Julian Comis
• Prof Nadine Foster
• Mr Jose Antonio Gregorio
• Dr Mark Halliday
• Prof Ian Hartvigsen
• Ms Emma Ho
• Prof John Hopper
• Mr Matthew Jennings
• Mr Chen Liu
• Prof Paul Mork
• Mrs Katherine Maka
• Ms Alessandra Cory Marcelo
• Mr Thomas Patterson
• Mr James Puterflam
• Mrs Katharine Elizabeth Roberts
  
• Mr Daniel Xin Mo Wang
• Mr James Zouch