Gustavo Machado

Associate Professor Gustavo Machado is an NHMRC Investigator (EL2) and Robinson Fellow at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District and the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. He has published extensively on topics related to back pain, musculoskeketal pain, physiotherapy, emergency and pre-hospital care, and public health.

The work he has led is published in top ranking general medical (eg BMJ) and specialist journals (eg Lancet Rheumatology). His papers have been cited over >5200 times (h-index=32), published with editorials, summarised in leading journals (eg NEJM), featured in major media (eg The New York Times), changed guideline recommendations (eg NICE), and awarded prizes and awards, including the 2019 NSW Health Award for Value Based Health Care, the 2022 ANZMUSC Trial of the Year Award, and the 2023 Research Australia Health Services Research Award.

He sits on the Board of the Faculty of Medicine and Health, is a core member of the Emergency Care Institute Research Advisory Committee, member of the RPA Virtual Hospital Research Steering Committee, and former member of the Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). He is also a member of the Health Services Research Association for Australia and New Zealand and was a founding member of the Early-Mid Career Research Committees from the School of Public Health and the Faculty of Medicine and Health.