Rheumatology Research

The Department of Rheumatology is involved in multiple clinical trials, non-clinical research studies and registries in the areas of inflammatory arthropathies, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, connective tissue diseases, osteoarthritis, back pain, affordable healthcare, staff wellbeing and medical education.

Our Researchers

Dr Matthew Parker	Head of Department, Principal Investigator, PhD Candidate
Dr Bethan Richards	Research Investigator and Epidemiologist Chief Medical Wellness Officer and Director, Sydney Local Health District MDOK Centre Deputy Director, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District Senior Clinical Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Sydney.
Professor Peter Youssef	IMH Director of Commercial Clinical Trials Principal Investigator Clinical Professor of Rheumatology, University of Sydney
Professor Mandy Nikpour	Director Sydney MSK Flagship, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor Neil McGill	Chair of Royal College of Pathologists Synovial Fluid Quality Assurance Programme
Dr Christopher Needs	Research Investigator Co-Chair, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation Muscular Skeletal Network
Dr Michael Spies	Research Investigator Network Director of Physician Education and Training
Dr Abhishikta Dey	Research Investigator, PhD Candidate
Dorothy Fowler	Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Consultant
Rachel Thistlethwaite	Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Consultant
Dr Genevieve Fong	Clinical Trials Study Coordinator
Cor Fillarca	Commercial Clinical Trials Research Nurse

Selected Grants

Amount awarded	Grant and project details
$480,078	MRFF Preventive and Public Health, 2020-2023 Physical activity promotion by health professionals to increase physical activity: two hybrid type II implementation-effectiveness cluster randomised waitlist controlled trials in hospital outpatient settings Investigators: Hassett L, Sherrington C, Pinheiro M, Howard K, Jennings M, Greaves C, Alison J, Walkley J, Haynes A, Bauman A, Smith B, Brady B, Richards B, Vassallo G, Cole J, West K, D’Sousa M.
$315,764	2020 Traumatic Brain Injury Mission, Stream 2- incubator, 2021-2025 Optimising outcomes for patients with back pain by preventing hospital admission Investigators: Maher, C; Buchbinder, R; Needs, C; Richards, B; Shaw, M; Hutchings, O; Dearing, C; Edwards, J; Rogan, E; Coombs, D; Teng, MJ; Dodd, R; Ghinea, N; Harris, I.
$1,491,473	MRFF, 2022-2026 Restructuring musculoskeletal health services to ensure equitable access to effective, affordable allied health care. Investigators: Zadro J, Maher C, Machado G, Traeger A, Buchbinder R, Harris I, Shaw T, Harvey L, Ackerman I, Richards B, Abdel Shaheed C, Mathieson S, Swain M, Anderson D, Coombs D.

Our Publications

2023

Ciciriello S, Littlejohn G, Treuer T, Gibson KA, Haladyj E, Youssef P, Bird P, O'Sullivan C, Smith T, Deakin CT; OPAL Rheumatology. Comparative Effectiveness of First-Line Baricitinib in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Australian OPAL Data Set. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2023 Jul;5(7):345-353. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11577. Epub 2023 Jun 12.

Deakin CT, De Stavola BL, Littlejohn G, Griffiths H, Ciciriello S, Youssef P, Mathers D, Bird P, Smith T, O'Sullivan C, Freeman T, Segelov D, Hoffman D, Seaman SR; OPAL Rheumatology Network. Comparative Effectiveness of Adalimumab vs Tofacitinib in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis in Australia. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2320851. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20851.

Deakin CT, Littlejohn GO, Griffiths H, Ciciriello S, O'Sullivan C, Smith T, Youssef P, Bird P; OPAL consortium. Comparative effectiveness of etanercept originator and biosimilar for treating rheumatoid arthritis: implications for cost-savings. Intern Med J. 2024 May;54(5):795-801. doi: 10.1111/imj.16296. Epub 2023 Nov 27.

Fairley JL, Hansen D, Ross L, Proudman S, Sahhar J, Ngian GS, Walker J, Host LV, Morrisroe K, Apostolopoulous D, Ferdowsi N, Wilson M, Tabesh M, Stevens W, Nikpour M; Australian Scleroderma Interest Group. Clinical characteristics and survival of pulmonary arterial hypertension with or without interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2023 May 12;25(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s13075-023-03059-x.

Ferreira GE, Zadro J, Jones C, Ayre J, Lin C, Richards B, Needs C, Abdel Shaheed C, McLachlan A, Day RO, Maher C. General practitioners' decision-making process to prescribe pain medicines for low back pain: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2023 Oct 29;13(10):e074380. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074380.

Jee AS, Stewart I, Youssef P, Adelstein S, Lai D, Hua S, Stevens W, Proudman S, Ngian GS, Glaspole IN, Moodley YP, Bleasel JF, Macansh S, Nikpour M, Sahhar J, Corte TJ; Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study, Australian Scleroderma Interest Group, Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry, and associated investigators. A Composite Serum Biomarker Index for the Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Multicenter, Observational Cohort Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Aug;75(8):1424-1433. doi: 10.1002/art.42491. Epub 2023 May 15.

Jones CMP, Day RO, Koes BW, Latimer J, Maher CG, McLachlan AJ, Billot L, Shan S, Lin CC; OPAL Investigators Coordinators. Opioid analgesia for acute low back pain and neck pain (the OPAL trial): a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2023 Jul 22;402(10398):304-312. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00404-X. Epub 2023 Jun 28. Erratum in: Lancet. 2023 Aug 19;402(10402):612.

Li N, Leong R, Youssef P. Combination non tumour necrosis factor biologic and small-molecule therapy in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis and Crohn disease. Intern Med J. 2023 Jun;53(6):1083-1084. doi: 10.1111/imj.16120.

Melman A, Maher CG, Needs C, Richards B, Rogan E, Teng MJ, Machado GC. Management of patients with low back pain admitted to hospital: An observational study of usual care. Int J Rheum Dis. 2023 Jan;26(1):60-68. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14449. Epub 2022 Oct 7.

Melman A, Vella SP, Dodd RH, Coombs DM, Richards B, Rogan E, Teng MJ, Maher CG, Ghinea N, Machado GC. Clinicians' Perspective on Implementing Virtual Hospital Care for Low Back Pain: Qualitative Study. JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol. 2023 Nov 21;10:e47227. doi: 10.2196/47227.

Oliveira CB, Coombs D, Machado GC, McCaffery K, Richards B, Pinto RZ, O'Keeffe M, Maher CG, Christofaro DGD. Process evaluation of the implementation of an evidence-based model of care for low back pain in Australian emergency departments. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2023 Jun 26;66:102814. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2023.102814. Online ahead of print.

Pisaniello HL, Lester S, Russell O, Black R, Tieu J, Richards B, Barrett C, Lassere M, March L, Buchbinder R, Whittle SL, Hill CL. Trajectories of self-reported pain-related health outcomes and longitudinal effects on medication use in rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort analysis using the Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD). RMD Open. 2023 Jul;9(3):e002962. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002962.

Solomon JJ, Danoff SK, Woodhead FA, Hurwitz S, Maurer R, Glaspole I, Dellaripa PF, Gooptu B, Vassallo R, Cox PG, Flaherty KR, Adamali HI, Gibbons MA, Troy L, Forrest IA, Lasky JA, Spencer LG, Golden J, Scholand MB, Chaudhuri N, Perrella MA, Lynch DA, Chambers DC, Kolb M, Spino C, Raghu G, Goldberg HJ, Rosas IO; TRAIL1 Network Investigators. Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of pirfenidone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study. Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Jan;11(1):87-96. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00260-0. Epub 2022 Sep 5.

Spiera R, Kuwana M, Khanna D, Hummers L, Frech TM, Stevens W, Matucci-Cerinic M, Kafaja S, Distler O, Jun JB, Levy Y, Leszcyzński P, Gordon J, Steen V, Lee EB, Jankowski T, Litinsky I, Chung L, Hsu V, Mayes M, Sandorfi N, Simms RW, Finzel S, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Constantine S, Dgetluck N, Dinh Q, Bloom BJ, Furst DE, White B, Denton CP; RESOLVE-1 Study Group. Efficacy and Safety of Lenabasum, a Cannabinoid Type 2 Receptor Agonist, in a Phase 3 Randomized Trial in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Sep;75(9):1608-1618. doi: 10.1002/art.42510. Epub 2023 Jun 15.

Taylor WJ, Willink R, O'Connor DA, Patel V, Bourne A, Harris IA, Whittle SL, Richards B, Clavisi O, Green S, Hinman RS, Maher CG, Cahill A, McPherson A, Hewson C, May SE, Walker B, Robinson PC, Ghersi D, Fitzpatrick J, Winzenberg T, Fallon K, Glasziou P, Billot L, Buchbinder R. Which clinical research questions are the most important? Development and preliminary validation of the Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network Research Question Importance Tool (ANZMUSC-RQIT). PLoS One. 2023 Mar 17;18(3):e0281308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281308.

Tymms K, O'Sullivan C, Smith T, Littlejohn G, Freeman T, Hoffman D, Segelov D, Griffiths H, Ciciriello S, Youssef P, Mathers D, Deakin CT. A novel electronic patient-reported outcome delivery system to implement health-related quality of life measures in routine clinical care: An analysis of 5 years of experience. Front Digit Health. 2023 Jan 9;4:1074931. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.1074931.

Youssef M, Youssef P. Methotrexate osteopathy. Intern Med J. 2023 Nov;53(11):2141-2142. doi: 10.1111/imj.16265.

2022

Anandacoomarasamy, A., Richards, B., Ward, L., Langford, K., Wallace, G., Sinclair, T., Anderson, T. and Barnsley, L. (2022), Design and Implementation of Flexible Advanced Training in Rheumatology: Report of a pilot program. Intern Med J. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15403.

Caterson HC, Youssef P. Sulfasalazine-induced myopathy in a patient with an acute spondyloarthritis. Intern Med J. 2022 Jan;52(1):155. doi: 10.1111/imj.15654.

Hanna S, Youssef P, Lowe P. Novel combination biologic therapy for recalcitrant psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in a medically complex patient. Australas J Dermatol. 2022 Feb;63(1):e63-e66. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13752. Epub 2021 Nov 23.

Karjalainen T, Richards B, Buchbinder R. Platelet-rich plasma injection for tennis elbow: did it ever work? BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2022;8:e001258. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001258.

Melman, Alla & Maher, Chris & Needs, Chris & Machado, Gustavo. (2022). Many people admitted to hospital with a provisional diagnosis of nonserious back pain are subsequently found to have serious pathology as the underlying cause. Clinical rheumatology. 10.1007/s10067-022-06054-w.

Pavic, Katrina & McGill, Vicki & D'Souza, Mario & McGill, Neil. (2022). The preservation of synovial fluid using dimethyl sulfoxide. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 000456322210763. 10.1177/00045632221076349.

Spies, M.C., Gutjahr-Holland, J.A., Bertouch, J.V. and Sammel, A.M. (2022), Prevalence of Neuropsychiatric Lupus in Psychosis Patients Who Have Tested Positive for Antinuclear Antibodies. Arthritis Care Res, 74: 427-432. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24472

Wallbank G, Sherrington C, Hassett L, Canning CG, Shepherd R, Richards B, Mackay C, Tiedemann A. Active Women over 50. Promoting Physical Activity in Women Over 50: A Randomized Trial. Am J Health Promot. 2022 Feb;36(2):305-309. doi: 10.1177/08901171211045678. Epub 2021 Dec 2. PMID: 34854695.

Zadro JR, Needs C, Foster NE, et al., Feasibility of delivering and evaluating stratified care integrated with telehealth ('Rapid Stratified Telehealth') for patients with low back pain: protocol for a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial.BMJ Open 2022;12:e056339. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056339

2021

Amorim AB, Coombs D, Richards B, Maher CG, Machado GC. Text Messaging and Web-Based Survey System to Recruit Patients With Low Back Pain and Collect Outcomes in the Emergency Department: Observational Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2021;9(3):e22732.

Caterson, H.C., McGill, N.W. and Brown, W. (2021), Acute calcific periarthritis of the hip joint. Intern Med J, 51: 1756-1757. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15526.

Coombs DM, Machado GC, Richards B, et al. Clinical course of patients with low back pain following an emergency department presentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal 2021;38:834-841.

Coombs DM, Machado GC, Richards B, Wilson R, Chan J, Storey H, Maher CG. Healthcare costs due to low back pain in the emergency department and inpatient setting in Sydney, Australia. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2021 Jan 29;7:100089. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100089.

Coombs, Danielle & Machado, Gustavo & Richards, Bethan & Needs, Chris & Buchbinder, Rachelle & Harris, Ian & Howard, Kirsten & Mccaffery, Kirsten & Billot, Laurent & Edwards, James & Rogan, Eileen & Facer, Rochelle & Li, Qiang & Maher, Chris. (2021). Effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve emergency department care of low back pain: A stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Quality & Safety. 30. bmjqs-2020. 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012337.

Fairley JL, Hansen D, Proudman S, Sahhar J, Ngian GS, Walker J, Strickland G, Wilson M, Morrisroe K, Ferdowsi N, Major G, Roddy J, Stevens W, Nikpour M; Australian Scleroderma Interest Group. Clinical Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Syndromes. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 May;73(5):732-741. doi: 10.1002/acr.24167. Epub 2021 Apr 3.

Ferreira, G. E., Zadro, J. R., O'Keeffe, M., Buchbinder, R., Maher, C., Latimer, J., & ANZMUSC Clinical Trials Network (2021). Challenges faced by musculoskeletal health research in Australia and New Zealand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Internal medicine journal, 51(4), 622. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15254.

Ferreira, G.E., Herbert, R., Machado, G.C., Richards, B., Harris, I.A., O'Keeffe, M., Zadro, J.R. and Maher, C.G. (2021), Low back pain presentations to New South Wales emergency departments: Trends over time and geographical variation. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33: 868-874. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13745.

Jee AS, Parker MJS, Bleasel JF, Troy LK, Lau EM, Jo HE, Teoh AKY, Adelstein S, Webster S, Corte TJ. Baseline Characteristics and Survival of an Australian Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features Cohort. Respiration. 2021;100(9):853-864. doi: 10.1159/000515396. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

Jee AS, Parker MJS, McGill N, Bleasel JF, Webster S, Troy LK, Corte TJ. Nailfold capillaroscopy by smartphone-dermatoscope for connective tissue disease diagnosis in interstitial lung disease: a prospective observational study. ERJ Open Res. 2021 Nov 8;7(4):00416-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00416-2021.

Jee AS, Sheehy R, Hopkins P, Corte TJ, Grainge C, Troy LK, Symons K, Spencer LM, Reynolds PN, Chapman S, de Boer S, Reddy T, Holland AE, Chambers DC, Glaspole IN, Jo HE, Bleasel JF, Wrobel JP, Dowman L, Parker MJS, Wilsher ML, Goh NSL, Moodley Y, Keir GJ. Diagnosis and management of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease in Australia and New Zealand: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Respirology. 2021 Jan;26(1):23-51. doi: 10.1111/resp.13977. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

Jee, A., Parker, M., Bleasel, J., Troy, L., Lau, E., Jo, H., Teoh, A., Webster, S., Adelstein, S., Corte, T. (2021). Diagnosis of myositis-associated interstitial lung disease: Utility of the myositis autoantibody line immunoassay. Respiratory Medicine, 187, 106581.

Loarce-Martos J, Lilleker JB, Parker M, McHugh N, Chinoy H. Polymyositis: is there anything left? A retrospective diagnostic review from a tertiary myositis centre. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Jul 1;60(7):3398-3403. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa801.

Oliveira CB, Amorim HE, Coombs DM, et al. Emergency department interventions for adult patients with low back pain: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Emergency Medicine Journal 2021;38:59-68.

Oliveira CB, Hamilton M, Traeger A, Buchbinder R, Richards B, Rogan E, Maher CG, Machado GC. Do patients with acute low back pain in emergency departments have more severe symptoms than those in general practice? A systematic review with meta-analysis. Pain Med. 2021 Sep 4:pnab260. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnab260. Epub ahead of print.

Sheikh ASF, Parker MJS, Gilbert R, Chinoy H. Focal hamstring muscle oedema and atrophy post-anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction mimicking focal myositis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Feb 1;60(2):984-985. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa397.

Taylor J, Stratton E, McLean L, et al. How junior doctors perceive personalised yoga and group exercise in the management of occupational and traumatic stressors. Postgraduate Medical Journal Published Online First: 09 March 2021. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-139191.

Wiles, Louise & Hibbert, Peter & Stephens, Jacqueline & Molloy, Charlotte & Maher, Chris & Buchbinder, Rachelle & Moseley, Lorimer & O'Sullivan, Peter & Lin, Ivan & Briggs, Andrew & Slater, Helen & Harris, Ian & Jan, Stephen & Dwyer, Andrew & Fallon, Kieran & Hogg, Malcolm & Fried, Kal & Needs, Chris & Casey, Petrina & Runciman, William. (2021). What Constitutes "Appropriate Care" for Low Back Pain?: Point-of-Care Clinical Indicators From Guideline Evidence and Experts (the STANDING Collaboration Project). Spine. Publish Ahead of Print. 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004274.

2020

Abdel Shaheed C, Maher CG, Buchbinder R, Ng B, Enke O, Guzowski R, McLachlan AJ, Day RO, Richards B, Latimer J, Lin CC. Efficacy and harms of orally, intramuscularly or intravenously administered glucocorticoids for sciatica: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Pain. 2020 Mar;24(3):518-535. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1505. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PMID: 31715647.

Buchbinder R, Bourne A, Latimer J, Harris I, Whittle SL, Richards B, Taylor WJ, Clavisi O, Green S, Hinman RS, March L, Day R, Ferreira ML, Billot L, Maher CG; ANZMUSC Clinical Trial Network. Early development of the Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network. Intern Med J. 2020 Jan;50(1):17-23. doi: 10.1111/imj.14191. PMID: 30548385.

Burgess, Annette & Bleasel, Jane & Hickson, John & Guler, Ceren & Kalman, Eszter & Haq, Inam. (2020). Team-based learning replaces problem-based learning at a large medical school. BMC Medical Education. 20. 10.1186/s12909-020-02362-4.

Burgess, Annette & Kalman, Eszter & Haq, Inam & Leaver, Andrew & Roberts, Chris & Bleasel, Jane. (2020). Interprofessional team-based learning (TBL): how do students engage?. BMC Medical Education. 20. 10.1186/s12909-020-02024-5.

Cao, JY, Waldman, B, O'Connell, R, et al. Uric acid predicts long‐term cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes but does not mediate the benefits of fenofibrate: The FIELD study. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020; 22: 1388- 1396. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.14046

Fairley JL, Hansen D, Proudman S, Sahhar J, Ngian GS, Walker J, Strickland G, Wilson M, Morrisroe K, Ferdowsi N, Major G, Roddy J, Stevens W, Nikpour M; Australian Scleroderma Interest Group. Clinical characteristics and survival in systemic sclerosis-mixed connective tissue disease and systemic sclerosis-overlap syndrome. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Feb 14. doi:10.1002/acr.24167. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32058672.

Jee AS, Sheehy R, Hopkins P, Corte TJ, Grainge C, Parker MJS et al. Diagnosis and management of connective tissue disease‐associated interstitial lung disease in Australia and New Zealand: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Respirology 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13977

Khandkar C, Vaidya K, Penglase R, Cai K, Shin JS, Hunyor I, Keech A, McGill N. Rare case of infiltrative cardiomyopathy secondary to scleromyxoedema. Intern Med J. 2020 Jan;50(1):127-128. doi: 10.1111/imj.14695. PMID: 31943623.

Liu C, Abdel Shaheed C, McLachlan AJ, Latimer J, Li Q, Buchbinder R, Day RO, Maher CG, Richards B, Oliveira JS, Lin CC. OASIS-a randomised, placebo-controlled trial of oral glucocorticoids for leg pain in patients with acute sciatica: trial protocol. BMJ Open 2020;10:e040559. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040559

Loarce-Martos J, Lilleker JB, Parker MJS, McHugh N, Chinoy H. Polymyositis: is there anything left? A retrospective diagnostic review from a tertiary myositis centre. Rheumatology 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa801

Machado GC, O'Keeffe M, Richards B, Needs C, Storey H, Maher CG. Why a dearth of sports and exercise medicine/physiotherapy research using hospital electronic medical records? A success story and template for researchers. Br J Sports Med. 2020 May 21:bjsports-2019-101622. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101622. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32439629.

Oliveira CB, Amorim HE, Coombs DM, Richards B, Reedyk M, Maher CG, Machado GC. Emergency department interventions for adult patients with low back pain: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Emerg Med J. 2021 Jan;38(1):59-68. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209588. Epub 2020 Oct 9. PMID: 33037020.

Parker MJS, Corte TJ. First risk, next reward? A new clinico‐radiological risk model predicts mortality in rheumatoid arthritis‐associated interstitial lung disease. Respirology 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13924

Patel S, Morrisroe K, Proudman S, Hansen D, Sahhar J, Sim MR, Ngian GS, Walker J, Strickland G, Wilson M, Ferdowsi N, Major G, Roddy J, Stevens W, Nikpour M; Australian Scleroderma Interest Group. Occupational silica exposure in an Australian systemic sclerosis cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Dec 1;59(12):3900-3905. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa446. PMID: 32911541.

Ross L, Stevens W, Wilson M, Huq M, Strickland G, Walker J, Sahhar J, Ngian GS, Roddy J, Youssef P, Proudman S, Nikpour M. Performance of the 2017 EUSTAR activity index in an scleroderma cohort. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Dec;39(12):3701-3705. doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05126-z. Epub 2020 Jul 21. PMID: 32696281.

Sammel AM, Hsiao E, Schembri G, Bailey E, Nguyen K, Brewer J, Schrieber L, Janssen B, Youssef P, Fraser CL, Laurent R. Cranial and large vessel activity on positron emission tomography scan at diagnosis and 6 months in giant cell arteritis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2020 Apr;23(4):582-588. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13805. Epub 2020 Feb 26. PMID: 32100451.

Sammel AM, Spies MC, DeCarle R, Rayment M, Joshua F. Shear-wave elastographic ultrasound of metacarpophalangeal synovium in rheumatoid arthritis - A pilot study. Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2017. 20.2: 58-65 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajum.12047

Speerin R, Needs C, Chua J, Woodhouse LJ, Nordin M, McGlasson R, Briggs AM. Implementing models of care for musculoskeletal conditions in health systems to support value-based care. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 2020 Jul 25:101548.

Spies MC, Gutjahr-Holland JA, Bertouch JV, Sammel AM. Prevalence of neuropsychiatric lupus in psychosis patients with a positive antinuclear antibody. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published online October 1, 2020. doi:10.1002/acr.24472

Taylor J, McLean L, Richards B, Glozier N. Personalised yoga for burnout and traumatic stress in junior doctors. Postgrad Med J. 2020 Jun;96(1136):349-357. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-137413. Epub 2020 Apr 16. PMID: 32300055.

Youssef P, Marcal B, Button P, Truman M, Bird P, Griffiths H, Roberts L, Tymms K, Littlejohn G. Reasons for Biologic and Targeted Synthetic Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug Cessation and Persistence of Second-line Treatment in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Dataset. J Rheumatol. 2020 Aug 1;47(8):1174-1181. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.190535. Epub 2019 Dec 1. PMID: 31787605.

2019

Abdel Shaheed C, Maher CG, Buchbinder R, Ng B, Enke O, Guzowski R, McLachlan AJ, Day RO, Richards B, Latimer J and Lin CWC. Efficacy and harms of orally, intramuscularly or intravenously administered glucocorticoids for sciatica: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Pain 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1505

Andersen KM, Cheah JTL, March L, Bartlett SJ, Beaton D, Bingham CO 3rd, Brooks PM, Christensen R, Conaghan PG, D'Agostino MA, de Wit M, Dueck AC, Goodman SM, Grosskleg S, Hill CL, Howell M, Mackie SL, Richards B, Shea B, Singh JA, Strand V, Tugwell P, Wells GA and Simon LS. Improving Benefit-harm Assessment of Therapies from the Patient Perspective: OMERACT Premeeting Toward Consensus on Core Sets for Randomized Controlled Trials. The Journal of Rheumatology 2019 46(8): 1053-1058. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181123

Black RJ, Richards B, Lester S, Buchbinder R, Barrett C, Lassere M, March L and Hill CL. Factors associated with commencing and ceasing opioid therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 2019 49(3): 351-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.06.003

Bruyn GAW, Siddle HJ, Hanova P, Costantino F, Iagnocco A, Sedie AD, Gutierrez M, Hammer HB, Jernberg E, Loeille D, Micu MC, Moller I, Pineda C, Richards B, Stoenoiu MS, Suzuki T, Terslev L, Vlad V, Wonink R, D'Agostino M-A. Ultrasound of subtalar joint synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results of an omeract reliability exercise using consensual definitions. Journal of Rheumatology 2019 46(4): 351-359. http://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.171490

Burgess A, Haq I, Bleasel J, Roberts C, Garsia R, Randal N, Mellis C. Team-based learning (TBL): a community of practice. BMC Medical Education. 2019; 19:369. doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1795-4.

Cao J, Waldman B, O'Connell R, Sullivan D, Gebski V, Marschner I, Scott R, Taskinen M, Simes J, McGill N, Jenkins A, Keech A. Baseline and short-term change in plasma uric acid on fenofibrate predict cardiovascular risk: a post hoc analysis of FIELD. Heart Lung and Circulation. Conference: 67th Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, the International Society for Heart Research Australasian Section Annual Scientific Meeting and the 13th Annual Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting. Australia. 28 (Supplement 4) (pp S286-S287), 2019. Date of Publication: 2019.

Cao JY, Waldman B, O'Connell R, Sullivan D, Gebski V, Januszewski AS, Marschner I, Scott R, Taskinen M-R, Simes J, McGill N, Jenkins AJ, Keech AC. Baseline and short-term change in plasma uric acid on fenofibrate predict cardiovascular risk: a post hoc analysis of FIELD. Diabetes. Conference: 79th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association, ADA 2019. United States. 68 (Supplement 1) (no pagination), 2019. Date of Publication: June 2019.

Ferreira GE, Machado GC, Abdel Shaheed C, Lin CWC, Needs C, Edwards J, Facer R, Rogan E, Richards B and Maher CG. Management of low back pain in Australian emergency departments. BMJ Quality and Safety 2019 28(10): 826-834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009383

Flurey CA, Tugwell PS, Black RJ, Halls S, Page MJ, Robson JC, Sahbudin I, Siddle HJ, Sinnathurai P, Stok KS and Richards B. The OMERACT Emerging Leaders Program: The Good, the Bad, and the Future. The Journal of Rheumatology 2019 46(8): 1047-1052. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181126

Jee AS, Parker M, McGill N, Bleasel J, Troy L, Jo H, Lau EMT, Webster S, Geis M, Corte TJ. Nailfold capillaroscopy in a prospective interstitial lung disease (ILD) cohort: IPF, CTD-ILD and IPAF. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Conference: 2019 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society , ATS 2019. United States. 199 (9) (no pagination), 2019. Date of Publication: May 2019.

Jee AS, Sahhar J., Youssef P., Bleasel J, Adelstein S., Nguyen M, & Corte. TJ Serum biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease-frontiers and horizons. Pharmacology & therapeutics (2019).

Jee AY, Parker M, McGill N, Bleasel J, Troy L, Jo H, Lau EM, Webster S, Geis M, Corte TJ. Nailfold Capillaroscopy in a Prospective Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Cohort: IPF, CTD-ILD and IPAF. InA101. Translational studies in ILD, IPF, and sarcoidosis 2019 May (pp. A2416-A2416). American Thoracic Society.

Kennedy MB, Haq I, Ferns G, Williams SE, Okorie M. The role of undergraduate teaching, learning and a national prescribing safety assessment in preparation for practical prescribing: UK medical students' perspective. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Oct;85(10):2390-2398

Kennedy MB, Williams SE, Haq I, Okorie M. UK medical students' perspectives on practical prescribing teaching and learning provisions: a cross-sectional survey. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Oct;75(10):1451-1458

Lubomski M, Sy J, Buckland M, Lee AS, Richards B, Thompson E, Fulham M, Breen N, Morris K, Halmagyi GM. Rheumatoid leptomeningitis presenting with an acute neuropsychiatric disorder. Practical Neurology 2019 19(1):68-71. http://doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2018-001978

March L, Richards B, Gill M, Brooks PM, Shea BJ, Beaton DE, Maxwell LJ, Tunis SR, Grosskleg S, Tugwell P. OMERACT 2018: International consensus conference on outcome measures in rheumatology. Journal of Rheumatology 2019 46(8):962-968. http://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190105

Parker MJS, McGill NW. The established and emerging role of nailfold capillaroscopy in connective tissue diseases. Chapter in: Connective Tissue Disease - Current State Of The Art. 2019 Takeda A Editor

Pavic K, McGill V, McGill N. Preservation of synovial fluid with dimethyl sulfoxide. RCPA Pathology Update, Melbourne, February 2019. Pathology 2019; 51(1): 138.

Ramiro S, Page MJ, Whittle SL, Huang H, Verhagen AP, Beaton DE, Richards P, Voshaar M, Shea B, van der Windt DA, Kopkow C, Lenza M, Jain NB, Richards B, Hill C, Gill TK, Koes B, Foster NE, Conaghan PG, Smith T, Malliaras P, Roe Y, Gagnier JJ and Buchbinder R. The OMERACT Core Domain Set for Clinical Trials of Shoulder Disorders. The Journal of Rheumatology 2019 46(8): 969-975. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181070

To F, Parker MJS, Ventin-Rodriguez C, Lilleker JB, Chinoy H. Including myositis-specific autoantibodies improves performance of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies classification criteria. Rheumatology 2019 58(12):2331-2333

Wallbank GK, Sherrington C, Canning CG, Hassett L, Shepherd R, Richards B, MacKay C and Tiedemann A. Active women over 50: Study protocol for RCT of a low-dose information and support program to promote physical activity behaviour change. BMC Public Health 2019 19(1):1225 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7514-6

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