WABRC Team

The leadership team established WABRC in 2016 and continue to manage and build collaborations and collaborative projects in order to promote improved bone health.

A/Prof Paola Chivers
Senior Research Fellow

She Chairs and drives an authentic collaborative of researchers, clinicians and academics toward improving bone health across the lifespan. Her research interests area aligned with improving health outcomes for these individuals including exercise as medicine. A/Prof Chivers provides biostatistical and research methodology consultancy across the health sector.

She is a co-founder of the WABRC, and the academic / operations lead for the collaboration.

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A/Prof Nicolas Hart
Senior Research Fellow

His research focuses on people with advanced cancer and bone metastases; and the musculoskeletal health of cancer survivors. He also conducts research and consults to elite sports teams to screen, prevent, and remediate stress fractures in male and female athletes.

He is a co-founder of the WABRC, and the research lead for the collaboration.

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Clinical Prof Aris Siafarikas
Paediatric Endocrinologist

He specialises in bone metabolism working at Perth Children’s Hospital and holds adjunct positions with University of Western Australia, The University of Notre Dame Australia and Edith Cowan University.

He is a co-founder of the WABRC, and the clinical lead for the collaboration.

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Dr Timo Rantalainen
Senior Research Fellow

Based at the University of Jyväskylä with expertise in neuromuscular and skeletal systems, specifically skeletal adaptation to mechanical loading and neural control of muscles. Dr Rantalainen’s research interests include the effect of loading on bone geometry, neuromuscular function of muscle, muscle and bone adaptations with age, and the measurement of bone geometry using peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT).

He is a co-founder of the WABRC, and the international lead for the collaboration.
Jocelyn Tan
Research Fellow

Her research focus centres on Developmental Coordination Disorder and bone health outcomes across the lifespan. She has extensive experience in RCTs, data management, evaluations and genetic counselling.

She is the Wellbeing & Engagement Lead for the collaboration.

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The WABRC consists of an extended group of members, affiliates and higher degree research students.

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