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As a professional association, the association is engaged in a diverse range of activities with an overarching goal to enhance and promote osteopathy, and research is a critical element of this.
The Research Committee advises the association on research activities and developing strategies and priority areas to promote research and scholarship in osteopathy. In addition, it has delegated responsibility for reviewing the scientific worth, validity and proposed methodology of research proposals. The Research Committee then recommends such research proposals to the Osteopathy Australia Board for consideration and also reports on its meetings and activities to the Board.
Donald Hunter (Chair) - Osteopath and Osteopathy Australia Board Member
Jack Feehan - Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT
Amie Steel - Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
Kathryn Refshauge - Professor of Allied Health (Strategic Partnerships), University of Sydney
Georgia Ellis - Osteopath and former Osteopathy Australia Board Member
Shamona Eaves - Osteopathy Australia Senior Research and Project Officer
Antony Nicholas - Osteopathy Australia Chief Executive Officer
View the Research Committee's Terms Of Reference
All committee members, regardless of staff or director status, will be required to declare any conflict (real or perceived) to be declared prior to any participation in each individual meeting. The committee will then record any conflict and the action they have undertaken.
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