In this episode, Danielle interviews Dr Matt Fernandez, who is a chiropractor and exercise physiologist, awarded his PhD in September 2017. His thesis was titled: back pain, comorbidities and interventions for sciatica, which resulted in several publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Matt is currently a full time lecturer at the Department of Chiropractic, Macquarie University in the area of orthopedics and has presented at numerous back pain conferences both nationally and internationally. His current research interest includes physical activity and exercise promotion within chiropractic practice and is exploring these topics as a Program Fellow of the Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL).

The paper that Danielle and Matt discuss is entitled "Is this back pain killing me? All-cause and cardiovascular-specific

mortality in older Danish twins with spinal pain". The reference and link is below:

Paper:

Fernandez, M. , Boyle, E. , Hartvigsen, J. , Ferreira, M. , Refshauge, K. , Maher, C. , Christensen, K. , Hopper, J. and Ferreira, P. (2017), Is this back pain killing me? All‐cause and cardiovascular‐specific mortality in older Danish twins with spinal pain. Eur J Pain, 21: 938-948. doi:10.1002/ejp.996

Link:

https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.996

In this episode we talk to Professor Simon French about his paper on undertanding chiropractic practice.

Simon is a Professor of Musculoskeletal Disorders at the Department of Chiropractic, Macquarie University. Simon completed his PhD at the Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash University, and undertook his post-doctoral position at the School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, where he was supported by a Primary Care Research Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council. From 2013 to 2018 he was based at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, and held the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation Professorship in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy.

Simon conducts research in the area of knowledge translation in primary healthcare settings with a focus on the management of low back pain and osteoarthritis. His research aims to improve the quality of healthcare by understanding, informing and improving health practices, including care provided by chiropractors. He also undertakes randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews of interventions relevant to primary care settings.

Paper details:

French SD, Charity M, Forsdike K, Gunn J, Polus B, Walker B, Chondros P, Britt H. Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (COAST): providing an understanding of current chiropractic practice. Medical Journal of Australia 2013;199(10):687-91

Link: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2013/199/10/chiropractic-observation-and-analysis-study-coast-providing-understanding

In this episode, Maddison interviews Dr Reidar P. Lystad about sports injury hospitalisations in children.

Dr Lystad is a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University. He is an injury epidemiologist with a particular interest in traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, paediatric trauma, and sports injury. His research is centred around conducting large population-based studies using data linkages of administrative data collections to investigate health outcomes following injury and to guide improvements in health service delivery and health policy. Dr Lystad is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the European College of Sport Science, and he is an appointed member of the Public Health Committee of the World Federation of Chiropractic and the Scientific Advisory Committee of Sports Medicine Australia.

Paper: Lystad RP, Curtis K, Browne GJ, et al. Incidence, costs, and temporal trends of sports injury-related hospitalisations in Australian children over a 10-year period: A nationwide population-based cohort study. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2019;22:175-80.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1440244018303979

In this episode, Luke Ross interviews Aron Downie, a health researcher and full-time lecturer at Macquarie University Department of Chiropractic, who has been in clinical practice for 23 years. He completed his Master of Philosophy in 2011 and is currently enrolled in a PhD at the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. Aron’s research interests include the accuracy of clinical tests commonly used to screen patients with back pain, spinal imaging, and understanding patterns of recovery. Aron is a committee member of the Tertiary Education and Research Committee for the Australian Chiropractors Association, which advises on educational and research standards within the Chiropractic profession.

Paper: Downie A, Hancock M, Jenkins H, Buchbinder R, Harris I, Underwood M, Goergen S, Maher CG. How common is imaging for low back pain in primary and emergency care? Systematic review and meta-analysis of over 4 million imaging requests across 21 years. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/02/13/bjsports-2018-10008

This is the first of our Psychology episodes.

In this episode, Paige talks to Dr Steven Most about his research with Myung Jin, Sandersan Onie, and Kim Curby on perceptual processing among video game players.

Steven is a Senior Lecturer at UNSW's School of Psychology and is Director of the Motivated Attention & Perception Lab (https://motivatedattentionlab.wordpress.com/).

His research is grounded in cognitive psychology, with strong links to social psychology, clinical psychology, and neuroscience.

The research paper is available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13506285.2018.1553223

The first of a new series of interviews with researchers from Macquarie University's Department of Chiropractic.

This episode features Hazel Jenkins, who is a Lecturer in the Department of Chiropractic, Macquarie University. She has over 15 years experience as a chiropractic clinician with strong clinical interests in addressing recurrent or chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions. Hazel's teaching and research focuses on musculoskeletal radiology with an emphasis on appropriate use within clinical practice. She is currently completing her doctorate through the Department of Health Professions, Macquarie University, titled: 'The overutilisation of imaging in the management of low back pain'.

The interviewer is Danielle Tonkin, a Chiropractic student.

Paper: Jenkins HJ, Downie AS, Maher CG, et al. Imaging for low back pain: is clinical use consistent with guidelines? A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Spine Journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society 2018, 18: 2266-77

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1529943018302031?via%3Dihub

Produced by Nick Wilson

Edited by Nathaniel Keesing

In this episode, Brendan Falvy interviews Dr Jean Cho about her paper entitled "Why do interpreters need to be beautiful? Aesthetic labour of language workers"

The full reference for the paper is:

Cho, J. (2017). Why do interpreters need to be beautiful? Aesthetic labour of language workers. Gender and Language, 11(4), 482–506. https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.31618

In this episode, Paige Hawkins interviews Dr Cassi Liardet, who is a senior lecturer in linguistics and academic communication at Macquarie University. Cassi talks about her 2016 paper about Grammatical Metaphor and how students learn to navigate academic literacies, ike essay writing.

The paper being discussed is:

Liardét, C. L. (2016). Grammatical metaphor: Distinguishing success. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 22, 109–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2016.01.009

In this episode, Rachael McKinstry interviews Dr Alex Grey about her research on minority languages in China.

The article that provides the focus or the interview is

Grey, A. (2018). A polity study of minority language management in China focusing on Zhuang. Current Issues in Language Planning, 20.

it can be found here:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14664208.2018.1502513

In this episode, Dr Maria Herke and Nathaniel Keesing discuss academic writing and the key to students' succces, focusing on a new book by Jean Brick, Nick Wilson, Maria Herke and Deanna Wong, "Academic Success: A student's guide to studying at university".

Book available from https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/Academic-Success/?K=9781352002621#