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Keep up to date on the awards, media apperances and contributions of Wiser Healthcare Researchers
Dr Gemma Altinger and Dr Ray Moynihan awarded separate University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health Bright ideas Awards!
This competitive funding initiative provides much needed support to seed and pilot projects of early and mid-career researchers.
Dr Chathurani Sigera, Winner of best oral presentation in the Pain and Musculoskeletal Category!
Chathurani’s oral presentation was awarded at the recent University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health HDR Conference.
Dr Andrew Gamble, Winner of Excellence in Consumer-Researcher Partnerships Award!
Andrew (third from right) co-leads a program that connects consumers with research projects. This Award was part of the the Sydney Health Partners Celebrates Impact with Annual Awards | Sydney Health Partners.
The IMH RECITAL Trial Team were Highly Commended at the 2026 Sydney Excellence Awards in the Health Research and Innovation category!
Special congratulations to Wiser Healthcare’s Jiat Teng, Josh Zadro, Tessa Copp, and Kristen Pickles featured in the picture above!
The Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (IMH) RESHAP-ED Trial Team Awarded the Health Research and Innovation Category at the 2026 Sydney Excellence Awards!
Congratulation to Wiser Healthcare’s Gustavo Machado and Chathurani Sigera, featured in the picture above!
2026 University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health Early to Mid-Career Researcher Outstanding Publication Award Winners!
Congratulations to Dr Deonna Ackermann, Dr Julie Ayre, Dr Brooke Nickel, Dr Jenna Smith and A/Prof Carissa Bonner on their award winning publications!
The Australian - The US military is about to start T-maxxing. Weshould be worried
Featuring Dr Brooke Nickel.
Financial Review - Testosterone is having a major moment. It’s based on a delusion
Featuring Dr Brooke Nickel and Emma Grundtvig Gram.
Wiser Healthcare NetZero Leads Partnership shortlisted for the “Powerful Partnerships” Category of the 2026 Green Gown Awards Australia
Congrats and good luck to Luise Kazda, Erin Mathieu, Katy Bell, Kristen Pickles, Scott McAlister, Philomena Colagiuri, Abigail Acosta, Alexandra Barratt, Krista Verlis.
60 Minutes Australia - More Harm than Help
60 Minutes Australia on Sunday (S2026 Ep22) Wiser Healthcare’s Prof Chris Maher contributes his expertise. Dubious medical devices and their impacts are good examples of low value care that has the potential for significant harms.
Systematic Review named one of the BMJ Quality and Safety Top 10 papers of 2025!
Well done to Wiser’s Gemma Altinger, Caitlin Jones, Giovanni Ferreira, Tammy Hoffman, Chris Maher and Adrian Traeger on this important systematic review!
Yves Saint James Acquino and Team Secure an MRFF Grant worth $1.5M for a study into human embryo and stem-cell research!
Wiser’s Dr Yves Saint James Aquino will lead a work package to conduct a national citizens’ jury, a deliberative democratic method to engage citizens from the wider community in decision-making processes.
The Conversation - When celebrities talk about their prostate cancer, here’s what happens next
Authored by Dr Brooke Nickel, Adj Prof Jeremy Millar, Prof Katy Bell, Prof Mark Morgan
IMH Chats: Can a nudge change healthcare?
In this episode of IMH Chats, Betty Ramsay sits down with Dr Gemma Altinger to explore how behavioural science can help improve healthcare decisions.
Article ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the MJA in 2024
Fantastic research by Prof Stacy Carter and Dr Yves Saint James Acquino
University of Sydney Institute for Musculoskeletal Health Group Awarded the Sydney Local Health District Award for ‘International Clinical Trials Day’
The RECITAL Fracture Clinical Trial Team, which includes Min Jiat Teng, Adrian Traeger, Chris Maher, and Rowena Charteris, were one of two research groups given this Award.