Dr Stephanie Filbay is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow within the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne. She is also an Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences at the University of Oxford.
Stephanie’s research expertise includes evaluating and optimising outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament injury, developing and evaluating strategies to improve quality of life in people with knee osteoarthritis, comparing surgical and non-surgical approaches for managing musculoskeletal conditions, and evaluating the long-term musculoskeletal and psychological impacts of sports participation. She has expertise in a range of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Stephanie supervises a number of multidisciplinary researchers at various career stages, and has received fellowships to support her research at University of Southern Denmark, Linköping University and University of Oxford. She has presented over 30 times at national and international conferences and won numerous grants, scholarships and awards for her work. Dr Filbay serves on several committees for international organisations, including the Osteoarthritis Research Society International. She was recently awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant to fund five years of research aimed at reducing the personal and societal burden of knee injury and post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis.
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FEATURED Journal article
Baseball pitching biomechanics in relation to pain, injury, and surgery: A systematic review.
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Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Australian Physiotherapy Association Conference 2015, Gold Coast, Australia.
ASICS Sports Medicine Australia Conference 2015, Sanctuary Cove, Australia
ASICS Sports Medicine Australia Conference 2015, Sanctuary Cove, Australia
School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences final and Faculty of Health and Behaviour Sciences Final, The University of Queensland, 2014
Australian Physiotherapy Association Conference 2013, Melbourne, Australia.
NHMRCF - NHMRC Fellowship
Arthritis Research UK, Centre for Sport, Exercise & Osteoarthritis - Research Fellowship
Credentials
Positions
Research Fellow – Health, Exercise & Sports Med
Physiotherapy
Registered Physiotherapist
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Queensland
Bachelor in Physiotherapy (first class honours)
La Trobe University