Expanding knowledge and improving outcomes

The winner of this year’s Inspiration Fund is a project researching Virtual Reality (VR) and sensory feedback–assisted rehabilitation for the management of chronic shoulder pain.

Early Careers Research Fellow and Clinical Lecturer in Trauma & Orthopaedics, Salma Chaudhury, is using MRI techniques to research the relationship between shoulder dislocations and early arthritis.

Becca Stoner, the recipient of this year’s Joint Orthopaedic Research Fellowship (co-funded by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), is researching the use of statistical modelling to help better predict trauma patient outcomes.

A team from Imperial College London’s Biomechanics Group is testing the use of a ceramic implant in hemiarthroplasty to establish whether this material can deliver lower revision rates.

We are partnering with Embryo Ventures, a London-based venture firm which backs pioneering start-ups and entrepreneurs.

This research project with the British Hip Society will examine where and how revision surgery is undertaken and analyse the effectiveness of a more networked approach, focused on dedicated centres.

A partnership with a team from UCL to research the design and development of surgical guides for spinal surgery for the treatment of scoliosis, especially for young children.

A innovative research project with the University of Brighton into the use of stem cell therapy for the treatment of orthopaedic patients.

Testing the effectiveness (in laboratory conditions) of a new fluorescent dye to guide surgeons operating on sarcoma patients.