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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
Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
Osteopathy Australia Chief Executive Officer
Osteopath and former Osteopathy Australia Board Member
Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT
Professor of Allied Health (Strategic Partnerships), University of Sydney
Osteopathy Australia Research and Education Officer
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 new Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) funding scheme, is causing allied health job losses across residential aged care facilities, and in turn contributing to poorer health outcomes for residents.
In this submission, we focus on how the Scope of Practice Review should aim to achieve affordable and universal access to best-practice health services and value for the consumer and health system. Osteopathy Australia advocates for every Australian to have access to high-quality healthcare and support, regardless of where they live. Australians also deserve to have access to funded osteopathy. This will drive better health outcomes, improve the utilisation of our healthcare resources, and help overcome the inefficiencies in primary care. There is a significant opportunity within osteopathy to leverage existing skillsets and scope of practice to address system inefficiencies and reduce the burden on other health practitioners.
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