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As a professional association, we are 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.
Interested in shaping the future of osteopathy in Australia? We are seeking passionate osteopaths to contribute to our research policy, direct research strategy and support the place of osteopathy in higher education and health care.
The following committee positions are currently available:
Expressions of Interest are now open. Please click on the link below to download the Expressions of Interest Application Form and learn more about the role. Please return your application via email at research@osteopathy.org.au by Friday, 11 July 2025, 5:00PM AEST.
Osteopathy Australia Research Committee Expression of Interest Application Form
For more information, contact: research@osteopathy.org.au
Chair, outgoing - Osteopath and Osteopathy Australia Board Member
Osteopath and former Osteopathy Australia Board Member
Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT
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Professor of Allied Health (Strategic Partnerships), University of Sydney
Osteopathy Australia Chief Executive Officer
Osteopathy Australia Research and Education Officer
Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
We thank the research committee members, Don, Georgia, Jack, Kathryn and Amie for generously volunteering their time.
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.
The team attended the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee budget estimates. Several relevant topics for osteopaths were discussed, including disability funding, financial challenges for allied health professionals, and aged care and hospital support investments.
On 27 February 2025, the team attended a workshop on National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) economics. The workshop looked at ways to shape and inform the future of NDIS policy reform.
Summary of our submission in response to the National Autism Strategy.
