About Us

Officially established in 2016, the Western Australian Bone Research Collaboration (WABRC) is a cross- institutional, interdisciplinary collaboration of academic and clinical researchers.

The WABRC has a unified approach towards improving bone health across the lifespan, and mitigating bone disease through local, national and internationally relevant research, rapidly translated into clinical practice.

Mission

• Community Driven
• High Quality Research
• Effective Interventions

Vision

• Innovative
• Collaborative
• Multi-disciplinary

Focus

Preventative and remedial programs for primary and secondary prevention of osteoporosis across the lifespan

Collaborators come from a diverse range of disciplines across exercise science, medicine and support organisations. Research active involvement is supported in kind by collaborators host institutions which include Edith Cowan University, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Jyväskylä, University of Western Australia, and Griffith University.

WABRC Inaugural Network Meeting March 2019