The ORION Practice-Based Research Network is Co-Lead by Distinguished Professor Jon Adams and Associate Professor Amie Steel. Jon and Amie are the leading PBRN researchers in Australia – having over 20 years combined experience in designing and successfully conducting PBRNs for a vast range of allied and primary care professions and fields.
Distinguished Professor Jon Adams – BA(Hons), (Wales), MA (Leeds), PhD (Edinburgh)
Distinguished Professor Jon Adams is the Co-Director of ARCCIM, Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney. Jon is a Fulbright Senior Scholar, and has previously held a prestigious ARC Professorial Future Fellowship (2015-2019) following two NHMRC Research Fellowships (2008-2015). Jon has over 30 years experience conducting research in health professional practice and decision-making, patient care and community-based health initiatives utilising a vast range of mixed-method designs and qualitative health research methods. He has authored over 630 academic peer-reviewed publications including 10 international health research books. Amongst these publications, Jon has authored over 160 papers on musculoskeletal therapies/modalities and related issues. Jon’s work has attracted in excess of $26M in competitive external research funding. Jon has a long standing commitment to translational research, research capacity building, mentoring and helping bridge the gap between research and daily routine patient care.
https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Jon.Adams
Associate Professor Amie Steel – BHSc, MPH (UQ), PhD (UTS)
Associate Professor Amie Steel is an Associate Professor of Public Health and Co-Director of ARCCIM at the School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney.
With an enduring focus on furthering the knowledge base in her chosen fields, Amie has authored over 350 publications on allied health, complementary medicine and primary health care, including top tier journal articles, book chapters and research books. She has attracted a total of over $4.3 million in research funding and serves as a senior, guest or associate editor, or on the editorial board of many high-profile journals. With a transdisciplinary approach and strong focus on practical outcomes, combined with solid networks at home and overseas, Amie’s work has led to methodological advancements in health research, and informed health practice and decision-making across many areas of practice and community care.
Amie has received multiple honours and awards for her work including an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2023-2027); the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia Award for Notable Contributions to Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine (2023); World Naturopathic Federation President’s Award (2022); Complementary Medicines Australia Industry Contributor of the Year (2018); Medicines Journal’s Research Travel Award (2018); the National Association of Primary Care Research Group Conference Award (2018); and the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia Award for Early Career Research in Herbal Medicine (2015).