Steering committee

The Directors of the Centre are:

Dr Rob Herbert, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
Dr Catherine Sherrington, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Dr Anne Moseley, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Chris Maher, School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney.
Mr Mark Elkins, Respiratory Investigation Unit, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Advisory Panel

The Centre has an advisory panel consisting of experts in various fields related to evidence-based practice. Advisory panel members are:

Professor Rob de Bie is Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Maastricht and convenor of the Rehabilitation and Related Therapies Field of the Cochrane Collaboration. His specific expertise is in systematic review methodologies.
Professor Nikolai Bogduk is Director of the Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute. He has published extensively on the anatomy, biomechanics, diagnosis and management of neck pain, headache and low back pain.
Tracy Bury is Head of Research and Development with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. With her colleagues at Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's Research and Clinical Effectiveness Unit she has pioneered the introduction of evidence-based practice to physiotherapy in the United Kingdom.
Associate Professor Ian Cameron is Motor Accidents Authority Chair in Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Sydney. His primary research interest is in rehabilitation after hip fracture.
Dr Sally Green works with the Australasian Cochrane Centre as a lecturer and also conducts a private practice in physiotherapy. She is an experienced Cochrane reviewer.
Marion Haas is Deputy Director and Principal Research Officer of the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation. Her research interests include the applications of economics to health services and health policy, and describing and understanding patients' perspectives of health care.

Researchers

A primary role of the Centre is the conduct and support of research that will contribute to the effectiveness of physiotherapy healthcare. To achieve this goal the Centre collaborates with experts in a range of disciplines on projects ranging from clinical trials and systematic reviews to evaluation of methods to rate the quality of clinical trials.

Supporters

The Centre has a number of supporters who have provided financial support, facilities or other resources, advice on promoting the Centre's goals, and professional services (business/legal/computing).
The Centre's major supporters are the Australian Physiotherapy Association, The School of Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney, the Physiotherapists Registration Board of NSW, and the Rehabilitation and Related Therapies Field of the Cochrane Collaboration.

Friends of the Centre

The Centre's "Friends" are volunteers. To date Friends have provided important assistance in development of the PEDro database.