Selected Major Research Grants

• Grants 2008
• Grants 2007
• Grants 2006
• Grants 2005
• Grants 2004
• Grants 2003

Grants 2008

• 2008-2011: Dr Ilana Ackerman. Equitable treatment of severe osteoarthritis in Australia: A population-based assessment of burden and barriers. NHMRC Public Health (Australia) Postdoctoral Training Award. $274,000.

Grants 2007

• 2007-2010: A/Prof Richard Osborne, A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, A/Prof Lyn March, Prof Ian Wicks, Dr Ilana Ackerman. The consequences of osteoarthritis in Australia: Work productivity loss and health service utilisation. Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project grant, in partnership with the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. $_________
• 2007-2010: A/Prof Richard Osborne, Ms Jenni Livingston, A/Prof Kim Bennell, Mr Chris Stecki, A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder. The Australian WorkHealth Program™ - Arthritis. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. $1,056,000

Grants 2006

• 2006-2011: A/Prof Richard Osborne. Advancing arthritis public health research and evidence-informed policy in Australia. NHMRC Population Health Career Development Award. $436,250
• 2006-2008: A/Prof Richard Osborne, A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, Prof  Stephen Graves, Mr Graeme Brown, Mr Stan O'Loughlan, Mr Richard de Steiger, Prof Ian Wicks, Prof Paul Dieppe, Mr Andrew Dalton, Can patient self-management education programs improve outcomes of people with osteoarthritis? NHMRC Project grant,  $340,500
• 2006-2007: Dr Ilana Ackerman and A/Prof Richard Osborne.  Is post-operative physiotherapy management associated with Health-Related Quality of Life after primary total hip or knee replacement surgery? Physiotherapy Research Foundation, $4842
• 2006-2007: A/Prof Richard Osborne, A/Prof Caroline Brand and Ms Kerry Haynes.  Referral for joint replacement – a management guide for health providers. RACGP / DHA, $59,400
• 2006-2007: A/Prof Richard H Osborne. Implementation and evaluation of heiQ pilot and testing the heiQ with a range of self-management interventions and with six culturally and linguistically diverse groups (CALD). Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Chronic Disease Management Section, Primary Care Programs Branch, Primary Care Division, $399,544
• 2006/07: Prof Stephen Graves, A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Prof Ian Wicks, A/Prof Caroline Brand, Development and implementation of a model for comprehensive prioritsation and management of orthopaedic waiting lists (OWL) - owl #2, Victorian Department of Human Services, $698,519
• 2006: A/Prof Richard Osborne, Advancing arthritis public health research and evidence-informed policy – an Australia – Lund collaborative, Solander Fellowship, $7,000
• 2006: A/Prof Richard Osborne, A/Prof Caroline Brand, Ms Kerry Haynes, Development of guidelines for referal to Joint Replacement Surgery, RACGP / DHA, $55,000
• 2006/7: A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Ms Joanne Jordan, Systematic application of a program evaluation tool; Health Education Impact Questionnaire nationally across various self-management health education programs, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Sharing Health Care Initiative, $363,522

Grants 2005

• 2005-2008: A/Prof Kim Bennell, Dr Rana Hinman, A/Prf Flavia Cicuttini, Dr Chris Payne, A/Prof Anthony Harris, A/Prof Richard Osborne, Dr A Smith, Effects of laterally wedged insoles on symptoms and disease progression in knee osteoarthritis, NHMRC, $476,575
• 2005-2006: A/Prof Richard Osborne, A/Prof Caroline Brand, Dr Steve Bunker, Ms Kate Dalton, Ms Desleigh Gilbert, Dr Victoria White, MsSally Hoffmann, Mr Garry Irving, Mr Greg Johnson, Ms Liz Bongetti , Ms Rosa Schattner, Chronic disease self-management and education programs: Where should Victoria go? Victorian Government Department of Human Services, $72,000

Grants 2004

• 2004-2007: A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, Dr David Connell, A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Prof John Wark, A/Prof Peter Ebeling, Prof Stephen Graves, Efficacy and safety of vertebroplasty for treatment of painful osteoporotic spinal fractures: a randomised trial, NHMRC Project Grant, $612,360
• 2004-2006: Prof John Wark, Ms Cathy Segan, A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Dr Carly Nowson, A/Prof Peter Ebling, Smoking cessation and bone health: observational and intervention studies in twins and a Quitline population, NHMRC Standard Project Grant, $634,612
• 2004-2005: Prof Stephen Graves, A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Prof Ian Wicks, A/Prof Caroline Brand, Development and implementation of a model for comprehensive prioritsation and management of orthopaedic waiting lists (OWL), Victorian Department of Human Services, $791,704
• 2004-2005: Prof John Wark, A/Prof Richard Osborne, Mr Andrew Dalton, A naturalistic (real-life) comparison of osteoporosis therapies: the comprehensive cohort study (CCS) design including a nested randomized controlled trial (RCT): A pilot study, Novatis Consumer Health Inc, $62,618
• 2004/5-2005/6: A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Evaluation of Chronic Disease Self-management courses for Veterans, Health Promotion & Aged Care Branch, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, $110,000
• 2004/5-2005/6: A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Systematic application of the Stanford model of  Chronic Conditions Self-Management (CCSM) in Australia, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Sharing Health Care Initiative, $350,118
• 2004: A/Prof Richard H Osborne, A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, Dr Catherine Hill, Prof Stephen Graves, Quality of Life, disability and prioritization of people waiting for joint replacement surgery, Arthritis Foundation of Australia, $10,000
• 2004: Prof Stephen Graves, A/Prof Kim Bennell, A/Prof Richard H Osborne. Monitoring and management of orthopaedic waiting lists to improve outcomes from total hip and knee replacement surgery, Melbourne University Grants Scheme, $38,000

Grants 2003

• 2003-2004: A/Prof Caroline Brand, A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Dr D Roberts, Barriers to best practice management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: development of a clinical pathway, National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Improvement Grants Program, $66,000
• 2003-2004: Prof Stephen Graves, A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Orthopaedic waiting lists and waiting-related deterioration: Development and validation of a self-management model to better manage long waiting lists and prevent declining wellbeing, National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Improvement Grants Program, $66,000
• 2003-2004: A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Development and implementation of a National Self-Management Quality and Monitoring System, National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Improvement Grants Program, $66,000
• 2003-2004: A/Prof Richard H Osborne, Evaluation of the Better Health Self Management Course delivered to people with arthritis and related disorders, AXA Australia Health Insurance Pty Ltd., $12,600
• 2003: A/Prof Richard H Osborne, A/Prof Rachelle Buchbinder. Measurement of outcomes of patient self-management course in arthritis: Validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Instrument, Arthritis Foundation of Australia, $10,000