Expanding knowledge and improving outcomes

Medical student, Matthew Bellamy, was awarded 2nd place for the Joint OBB Fund 2023, for research into 3D modelling and idiopathic scoliosis at Sheffield Children's Hospital.

Hariharan Subbiah Ponniah was awarded 3rd place for the Joint OBB Fund 2023 for research into FAI at Imperial College School of Medicine.

Dr Matthew Wilcox from UCL Centre for Nerve Engineering is a recipient of our Early Career Research Fellowship for his research into regenerative treatments for nerve injury and disease.

Computational models have been developed to measure the effect of material thickness and reinforcement design on stiffness of Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO) . This research project aims to translate this lab-based research into clinical practice.

Dr Elise Pegg, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath and recipient of an ORUK Early-career Research Fellowship, aims to create a fully open-source finite element ankle model, including bones, ligaments, and cartilages, appropriate musculoskeletal loading for a standardised representation of ankle biomechanics and pre-clinical ankle joint analysis.

The team behind this research project aims to recruit a nationally representative cohort of patients receiving hip and knee replacements to track outcomes from procedures and facilitate clinical trials.