Prof Ross Crawford

Professor, School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy (University of Oxford)

Area of Focus: Orthopaedics and Trauma

Research Areas

• Orthopaedic research.

Grants

2014

• Stryker Fellowship Program Grant July 2013-December 2014  ($35,000)
• Donation for Chair in Orthopaedic Research ($88,192)
• Osteoarthritis Research Fund- R Crawford, Y Xiao ($839)
• ARC Discovery – Project Title - Hypoxia-mimicking bio-scaffold for skeleton regeneration- Xiao, Wu, Crawford, & Chang ($66,661)
• ARC- Y Xiao, R Crawford, I Prasadam Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant The development of new scaffolds for bone repair comprising polycaprolactone and strontium-substituted bioactive glasses ($49,091)
• NHMRC   Project Title - MAPK/ERK pathway in osteoarthritis - Xiao , Crawford, Klein & Dong ($22,617)
• Stryker - A Prospective, Randomised, Single-blind, Multi-centre Clinical Study to Evaluate the Comparative Effectiveness of the Scorpio and Mobile Bearing Knee (R. Crawford) ($36,000)

2013

• Prince Charles Hospital - Donation for Chair in Orthopaedic Research (R. Crawford) ($337,792)
• ARC Discovery – Project Title - Hypoxia-mimicking bio-scaffold for skeleton regeneration- Xiao, Wu, Crawford, & Chang ($107,843)
• Arthritis Australia Grants in Aid:  Therapeutic targeting of MicroRNA-23 in Osteoarthritis - Y Xiao, I Prasadam, R Crawford ($30,000)
• ARC- Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant - The development of new scaffolds for bone repair comprising polycaprolactone and strontium-substituted bioactive glasses - Y Xiao, R Crawford, I Prasadam ($100,779)
• NHMRC   Project Title - MAPK/ERK pathway in osteoarthritis - Xiao , Crawford, Klein & Dong ($134,558)
• ARC Linkage: Bone Tissue Engineering using Innovative Tubular Dual-Layered Nanofiber Meshes– Hutmacher, Woodruff, Saifzadeh, Crawford, Guldberg, Mooney, Pearce. ($47,522)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (OCS): Donation Towards Salary, Miscellaneous, Travel & Equipment and Stryker Fellowship Program Grant (R. Crawford) R Crawford, W Donnelly, J Witty ($105,000)
• ARC Linkage -  Bone Tissue Engineering using Innovative Tubular Dual-layered Nanofiber Meshes ($3,000)
• Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Gran - Hypoxia-mimicking Mesoporous Bioglass for Large-sized Bone Defect Healing ($32,186)
• Osteoarthritis Research Fund ($7,061)
• Stryker - A Prospective, Randomised, Single-blind, Multi-centre Clinical Study to Evaluate the Comparative Effectiveness of the Scorpio and Mobile Bearing Knee (R. Crawford) ($108,000)
• Stryker Fellowship Program Grant July 2013-December 2014 (R. Crawford) ($35,000)
• The development of new scaffolds for bone repair comprising polycaprolactone and strontium-substituted bioactive glasses ($50,000)
• Using Evidence to Reduce the Risk of Healthcare Acquired Infection Following Primary Hip Replacement ($57,300)

2012

• ARC Discovery – Project Title: Hypoxia-mimicking bio-scaffold for skeleton regeneration- Xiao, Wu, Crawford, & Chang ($103,848)

• Donation for Chair in Orthopaedic Research ($403,200)
• Sarah Whitehouse- statistical support ($144 000)
• Stryker Corp. Exeter research fellow ($65 000)
• Stryker Corp. Navigation fellow ($65 000)
• Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant: Developing an Injectable Drug Containing Hyaluronic Acid (HA) and ERK signaling pathway Modulators for Osteoarthritis Treatment - Y Xiao, R Crawford, I Prasadam ($73,250)
• ARC- Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant: The development of new scaffolds for bone repair comprising polycaprolactone and strontium-substituted bioactive glasses - Y Xiao, R Crawford, I Prasadam ($5,000)
• ARC - Bone Tissue Engineering using Innovative Tubular Dual-layered Nanofiber Meshes ($63,000)
• Health & Wellbeing Collaborative Research Development Grant Scheme (HHWB) – IHBI: Obesity and Bone Health: Molecular Links Between Obesity and Osteoarthristis and Therapeutic Implications - Y Xiao, D Anderson, Y Dong, R Crawford ($30,000)
• NHMRC :  Project Title - MAPK/ERK pathway in osteoarthritis - Xiao , Crawford, Klein & Dong ($115,501)
• Osteoarthritis Research Fund- R Crawford, Y Xiao ($10,130)
• ARC Linkage: Bone Tissue Engineering using Innovative Tubular Dual-Layered Nanofiber Meshes – Hutmacher, Woodruff, Saifzadeh, Crawford, Guldberg, Mooney, Pearce. ($94,214)
• AOA Research Foundation: An In Vivo Study of Extracellular Receptor Kinase 1/2 (half) Signalling Pathway Modulation as a Treatment Option of Osteoarthritis - Y Xiao, R Crawford, I Prasadam ($45,012)
• Health Protection Agency: Using Evidence to Reduce the Risk of Healthcare Acquired Infection Following Primary Hip Replacement - N Graves, K Mengersen, R Crawford, S Whitehouse, D Paterson. ($143,250)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Stryker Navigation Fellow (Kamal Deep) R Crawford, W Donnelly ($32,500)
• Stryker Australia - Study of orthopaedic implants and development of tools for improved implantation approaches. (R. Crawford) ($130,000)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Sponsorship of the Project "A Prospective, Randomised, Single-blind, Multi-centre Clinical Study to Evaluate the Comparative Effectiveness of the Scorpio and Mobile Bearing Knee”  ($144,000)
• Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant - Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases in Osteoarthritis Progression and as Potential Therapeutic Targets. ($15,453)
• Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant - Hypoxia-mimicking Mesoporous Bioglass for Large-sized Bone Defect Healing. ($20,785)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (OCS): Donation Towards Salary, Miscellaneous, Travel & Equipment and Stryker Fellowship Program Grant - R Crawford, W Donnelly, J Witty ($102,500)
• ARC- Development of a Smart Arthroscopy System and Prototype Probe for Joint Tissues ($ 107,592)

2011

• AOA Research Limited Grant: An in vivo study of Extracellular Receptor Kinase ½ signalling pathway modulation as a treatment option of Osteoarthritis. ($49, 513)

• TPCH Foundation - Project Title: Hypoxia-mimicking mesoporous bioglass for large-sized bone defect healing -  Xiao and Crawford ($52 971)
• Stryker Corp. Exeter research fellow ($65 000)
• Stryker Corp. Navigation fellow ($65 000)
• Sarah Whitehouse- statistical support ($137,500)
• Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant ARC: The development of new scaffolds for bone repair comprising polycaprolactone and strontium-substituted bioactive glasses-  Y Xiao, R Crawford, I Prasadam ($54,343)
• ARC Linkage: Bone Tissue Engineering using Innovative Tubular Dual-Layered Nanofiber Meshes– Hutmacher, Woodruff, Saifzadeh, Crawford, Guldberg, Mooney, Pearce. ($3000)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (OCS): Study of orthopaedic implants and development of tools for improved implantation approaches - R Crawford, L Wilson, T Barker. ($113,534)
• Health Protection Agency: Using Evidence to Reduce the Risk of Healthcare Acquired Infection Following Primary Hip Replacement - N Graves, K Mengersen, R Crawford, S Whitehouse, D Paterson. ($151,389)
• NHMRC Development Grant: Development of a Smart Arthroscopy System and Prototype Probe for Joint Tissues - K Oloyede, R Crawford ($151,389)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Stryker Navigation Fellow (Kamal Deep) R Crawford, W Donnelly ($1,149)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Sponsorship of the Project "A Prospective, Randomised, Single-blind, Multi-centre Clinical Study to Evaluate the Comparative Effectiveness of the Scorpio and Mobile Bearing Knee” ($65,000)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (NSW address) (OCS): Donation Towards Salary, Miscellaneous, Travel & Equipment and Stryker Fellowship Program Grant - R Crawford, W Donnelly, J Witty  ($125,000)
• TPCH - Donation for Chair in Orthopaedic Research ($228,122)
• Donation Towards Salary, Miscellaneous, Travel & Equipment and Stryker Fellowship Program Grant  ($65,000)
• TPCH - Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases in Osteoarthritis Progression and as Potential Therapeutic Targets ($56,047)

2010

• The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation – Xiao & Crawford ($30,890)
• TPCH Foundation - Project Title - Mitogen-activated protein kinases in osteoarthritis progression and as potential therapeutic targets -  Xiao and Crawford ($71 500)
• Sarah Whitehouse- statistical support ($137,500)
• Stryker Corp. Exeter research fellow ($65000)
• Stryker Corp. Navigation fellow ($65 000)
• AHDMRT – Effects of hyperbaric oxygen and aminoguanidine treatment on femoral head osteonecrosis in a rat model - Xiao, Crawford, Moghaddam, Hutmacher, Klein. ($15 000)
• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust-   Effects of hyperbaric oxygen and aminoguanidine treatment on femoral head osteonercrosis in a rat model - Xiao & Crawford ($15 000)
• ARC Linkage –  Bone Tissue Engineering using Innovative Tubular Dual-Layered - Nanofiber Meshes Hutmacher, Woodruff, Saifzadeh, Crawford, Guldberg, Mooney, Pearce. ($65,838)
• Health Protection Agency: Using Evidence to Reduce the Risk of Healthcare Acquired Infection Following Primary Hip Replacement - N Graves, K Mengersen, R Crawford, S Whitehouse, D Paterson. ($112,567)
• Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Research Grant: Role of Subchondral Osteoblasts in Articular Cartilage Ossification during Osteoarthritic Pathogenesis: A New Insight to Develop Potential Prevention and Treatment of Osteoarthritis-  Y Xiao, R Crawford ($20,857)
• LMT Surgical Pty Ltd: Wrist Biomechanics - Wrist Simulator R Crawford, L Wilson, G Couzens. ($15,000)
• NHMRC Development Grant: Development of a Smart Arthroscopy System and Prototype Probe for Joint Tissues-  K Oloyede, R Crawford ($63,023)
• ARC Discovery – Projects: Bilayered and Growth Factor-loaded Composite Scaffolds for the Guided Bi-Differentiation of Bone Marrow Stem Cells - Y Xiao, R Crawford, X Miao ($90,291)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (OCS): Collaborative Research Agreement -Stryker, Lance Wilson R Crawford ($110,000)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Stryker Navigation Fellow (Kamal Deep) R Crawford, W Donnelly ($65,000)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Sponsorship of the Project "A Prospective, Randomised, Single-blind, Multi-centre Clinical Study to Evaluate the Comparative Effectiveness of the Scorpio and Mobile Bearing Knee” ($125,000)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (OCS): Donation Towards Salary, Miscellaneous, Travel & Equipment and Stryker Fellowship Program Grant- R Crawford, W Donnelly, J Witty ($65,000)
• QUT Strategic Links Chair in Orthopaedic Research R Crawford ($163,780)
• TPCH - Donation for Chair in Orthopaedic Research ($371,430)

2009

• TPCH - Donation for Chair in Orthopaedic Research ($284 028)
• ARC linkage Crawford, Goss, Scheutz, Stenberg ($53 000)
• Stryker Corp. Scorpio-fixed v mobile bearing knee study ($45 000)
• Stryker Corp. Exeter research fellow ($60 000)
• Stryker Corp. Navigation fellow ($60 000)
• ARC Discovery –Miao, Crawford, Xiao ($85 000)
• Exeter engineering project ($120 000)
• TPCH Foundation - Project Title: Role of subchondral osteoblasts in articular cartilage ossification during osteoarthritic pathogenesis: a new insight to develop potential prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis – Xiao and Crawford ($7,225)
• Sarah Whitehouse- statistical support ($88 000)
• NHMRC Development Grant: Development of a Smart Arthroscopy System and Prototype Probe for Joint Tissues - K Oloyede, R Crawford ($115,455)
• ARC Discovery – Projects: Bilayered and Growth Factor-loaded Composite Scaffolds for the Guided Bi-Differentiation of Bone Marrow Stem Cells Y Xiao, R Crawford, X Miao ($88,456)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (OCS)Collaborative Research Agreement -Stryker, Lance Wilson R Crawford ($150,000)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Stryker Navigation Fellow (Kamal Deep) R Crawford, W Donnelly ($97,500)
• Stryker South Pacific - Australia Sponsorship of the Project "A Prospective, Randomised, Single-blind, Multi-centre Clinical Study to Evaluate the Comparative Effectiveness of the Scorpio and Mobile Bearing”($86,667)
• Stryker Australia Pty Ltd (NSW address) (OCS): Donation Towards Salary, Miscellaneous, Travel & Equipment and Stryker Fellowship Program Grant - R Crawford, W Donnelly, J Witty ($97,500)
• Chair in Orthopaedic Research R Crawford QUT Strategic Links ($157,480)
• Queensland Orthopaedic Research Trust - Effects of hyperbaric oxygen and aminoguanidine treatment on femoral head osteonercrosis in a rat model ($15,000)

2008

• Prince Charles Hospital ($240,000)
• ARC Linkage - Crawford, Goss, Scheutz, Stenberg ($53,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Scorpio-fixed v mobile bearing knee study ($45,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Exeter research fellow ($60,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Navigation fellow ($60,000)
• ARC Discovery - Miao, Crawford, Xiao ($85,000)
• Exeter engineering project ($120,000)
• Sarah Whitehouse - statistical support ($80,000)

2007

• Prince Charles Hospital ($240,000)
• ARC Linkage - Crawford, Goss, Scheutz, Stenberg ($77,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Scorpio-fixed v mobile bearing knee study ($45,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Exeter research fellow ($60,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Navigation fellow ($60,000)
• Exeter engineering project ($120,000)
• Surfactants and Tissue Engineering ($30,000)
• Australian Orthopaedic Association - Biphasic scaffolds ($32,000)
• ARC Australia-China ISL programme - Developing tissue engineering products for clinical applications using a model of temporomandibular disorders ($45,000)

2006

• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust - Separation of multipotent cells from osteophytes and its implications in tissue regeneration ($15,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Scorpio-fixed v mobile bearing knee study ($45,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Exeter research fellow ($60,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Navigation fellow ($60,000)
• Prince Charles Foundation - Magnetic resonance imaging and infrared spectroscopic studies of cartilage degredation during development of osteoarthritis ($57,000)
• Prince Charles Foundation - Development and characterisation of an impactable osteoinductive nanocomposite bone substitute ($16,500)
• Prince Charles Hospital - Chair Funding ($180,000)
• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust - Chair Funding ($60,000)
• Precision Balde Study ($50,000)
• IHBI ARC Linkage Support ($22,000)
• Prince Charles Foundation - Predicting adverse cardiac events after THA by pre-operative measure of platelet activation ($46,000)
• Orthopaedic Engineering ($104,000)
• ARC Linkage - Goss, Scheutz, Stenberg, Crawford ($46,500)

2005

• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust - Gait analysis in lower limb osteosarcoma patients ($6,000)
• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust - Separation of multipotent cells from osteophytes and its implications in tissue regeneration ($17,000)
• Prince Charles Foundation - An investigation of cell and extracellular matrix interactions and alterations in normal and osteoarthritic tissue: The subchondral bone plate ($24,000)
• Prince Charles Foundation - Oloyede ($17,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Scorpio-fixed v mobile bearing knee study ($45,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Exeter research fellow ($120,000)
• Smith and Nephew International - Oloyede, Crawford, Hills - THe biomechanics of degenerate articular cartilage ($100,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Cameron Bell ($25,000)
• LEIF Grant (ARC) for a multiaxial testing facility ($150,000)
• Prince Charles Hospital ($180,000)
• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust ($60,000)

2004

• Smith and Nephew International - Oloyede, Crawford, Hills - THe biomechanics of degenerate articular cartilage ($96,000)
• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust - Crawford, Abeli - Segmental spinal degeneration following spinal fusion - an animal model ($33,000)
• Ascension Orthopaedics - The interaction of SAPL and Pyrocarbon ($14,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Scorpio-fixed v mobile bearing knee study ($45,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Exeter research fellow ($90,000)
• Prince Charles Hospital ($180,000)
• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust ($60,000)

2003

• Queensland Orthopaedic Trust - Lutton, Crawford - Biodegradable scaffolds ($10,000)
• Styker Corp. - Crawford, Pearcy, Wilson - The effect of subsidence on rotational stability of a polished tapered stem ($30,000)
• Prince Charles Foundation - Ray, Crawford - The degree of activation of leukocytes and platelets on blood that has been salvaged after TKR ($11,330)
• Ascension Orthopaedics - Crawford, Hills, Gale - The interaction of surface active phospholipids and Pyrocarbon ($1,450)
• Stryker Corp. - Scorpio-fixed v mobile bearing knee study ($45,000)
• Stryker Corp. - Enhanced cemented acetabular fixation with bioactive ceramics ($15,000)
• Prince Charles Hospital ($180,000)
• Queensland Orthopaedics Trust ($60,000)

2002

• Prince Charles Foundation - Chalis, Jull, Wilson, Crawford - Intermittent compression of distal fractures - A pilot study ($9,350)
• QUT Small Research Grants - Crawford, George, Lutton - A novel scaffold for the bioengineering and regeneration of bone ($12,000)
• Prince Charles Hospital ($180,000)
• Queensland Orthopaedics Trust ($60,000)

Awards and recognitions

• 1995: Neville Davis Prize (Finalist). Best paper by Queensland Registrar in any surgical discipline, “An Osteotomy Jig - Design and Results”
• 1995: Society of St. Andrews travelling scholarship
• 1994: Allan Frederick Dwyer Prize. Best paper by an Australian Orthopaedic Registrar, “An Osteotomy Jig”.

Career history

• Sep 2002 - Present: Professor of Orthopaedic Research, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology.
• Visiting Medical Officer, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Prince Charles Hospital.
• Visiting Medical Officer, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,  Holy Spirit Northside.
• Jan 2000 - Sep 2001: Director of Orthopaedics, Mater Adult Hospital, South Brisbane
• Jun 1998 - Dec 1999: Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
• Jan 1998 - Dec 1999: Lecturer (Research), Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.
• Sep 1997 - Jun 1998: Honorary Joint Replacement Fellow, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
• Jul 1996 - Aug 1997: Joint Replacement Fellow, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford
• Jan 1996 - Jul 1996: Joint Replacement Fellow, Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Exeter
• Jan 1995 - Dec 1995: Senior Orthopaedic Registrar, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane
• Jan 1994 - Dec 1994: Orthopaedic Registrar, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane
• Jan 1996 - Dec 1993: Orthopaedic Registrar, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane
• Jan 1992 - Dec 1992: Orthopaedic Registrar, Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe
• Jan 1991 - Dec 1991: Orthopaedic Registrar, Gold Coast Hospital Gold Coast
• Jan 1990 - Dec 1990: Orthopaedic Registrar, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Brisbane
• Jan 1988 - Dec 1989: Locum positions in United Kingdom
• Jan 1987 - Dec 1987: Junior House Officer, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
• Jan 1986 - Dec 1986: Intern, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane.

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