Professor
University of Sydney
University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Prof Sherrington is Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Prof Sherrington leads the 30-person Physical Activity, Ageing and Disability Research Stream within the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (a partnership between University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District) and is Deputy Director of the Institute, and co-chairs the Sydney Health Partners (NHMRC-accredited Advanced Health Research & Translation Centre) Musculoskeletal Clinical Academic Group.
Prof Sherrington has a Scopus rank of #4 in the world (independent living/falls field of research). Expertscape ranks Prof Sherrington in top 20 globally for 3 topics (#3 accidental falls, #8 postural balance, #16 mobility limitation) and top 50 for 2 more (#36 physical therapy modalities, #36 exercise therapy).
Prof Sherrington is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and Australian College of Physiotherapists. Prof Sherrington was awarded the 2023 NSW Premiers Prize for Science, (Biomedical).
Prof Sherrington’s 335 refereed journal articles include reports of 49 randomised trials (20 funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council) and 32 systematic reviews. These have been cited 20,104 times by authors in 122 countries (Scopus) and used in 127 guidelines. Prof Sherrington has been Chief Investigator on Australian National Heath and Medical Research Council /Medical Research Future Fund grants totalling $26 million.
Prof Sherrington was one of the founders of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro).
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Friday, November 1, 2024
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
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