Wishbone Orthopaedic Research Foundation Grants 

The 2024 funding round has now closed.  The 2025 founding round is expected to open in early June 2025.  Applications are usually open for 7 - 8 weeks and the application form will be available on this page when the next funding round opens.

Applicants for Wishbone funding are expected to be either Registrars or emerging new clinical researchers with an NZOA member as part of the project team. 

The Wishbone Foundation is supported by the NZOA and all applications are evaluated by the Wishbone Orthopaedic Research Committee.

While grants are mainly smaller in nature, they can lead to larger projects with potentially major benefits for patients.

Below are summaries of the recently completed and ongoing research funded by Wishbone. Log in first to view the individual research reports.

Further Enquiries
E: grants@nzoa.org.nz  P: NZOA +64 (4) 913 9891

Completed Research

Project lead:

Ryan Gao

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Working with:
Cole Fleet, James Johnson, George Athwal
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Topic:
Mixed Reality Navigation in shoulder replacement
Project lead:

Ryan Gao

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Working with:
Chris Frampton, Aparna Viswanath, Peter Poon
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Topic:
Pyrocarbon Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty
Project lead:

Reece Joseph

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Working with:
Jillian Cornish, Simon Swift, Brya Matthews, Haemish Crawford (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Identifying Bacterial Factors that Account for Poor Outcomes in Paediatric Osteomyelitis
Project lead:

Andrew Kim

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Working with:
Jillian Lee (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Static Versus Free Gliding Screws in SCFE Fixation: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Project lead:

Alex Gibson

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Working with:
Joe Baker, Jillian Lee (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Fertility and Female Doctors - The Impact of Career Choice
Project lead:

Jian-Sen Ng

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Working with:
Bill Farrington, Grace Taylor, Lance Nicholson, Simon Young (Supervisor)
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Topic:
VOLT Study: Intraosseous Regional Administration of Voltaren™ in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
Project lead:

Yushy Zhou

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Working with:
Christopher Schilling, Michael English, Michelle Dowsey, Peter Choong, Marc Hirner (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Improving Patient Selection in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
Project lead:

Phil Blyth

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Working with:
Joyce Guo, Kari Clifford, Nikki Hooper, Haemish Crawford (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Transfer validity of an augmented reality supracondylar humeral fracture simulator
Project lead:

Jack Parker

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Working with:
Tim Woodfield, Khoon Lim, Ian Calhaem, Gary Hooper (Supervisor)
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Topic:
Hypochlorous acid: A novel surgical sterilisation agent