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Dr Roger Engel is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Macquarie University's Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences. With over 40 years of clinical experience as a chiropractor and osteopath across urban, rural, private, and public healthcare settings in Australia and internationally, he bridges clinical practice with academic research. His dual appointments reflect his commitment to advancing evidence-based manual therapy within academic medicine.
Dr Engel completed his PhD at Macquarie University in 2012 with research titled The Effect of Manual Therapy on Respiratory Function in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. This foundational work established his expertise in respiratory manual therapy and remains central to his ongoing research program.
His primary research focuses on chronic respiratory disease management through manual therapy interventions, particularly for COPD, alongside significant contributions to paediatric health, maternal care, and mild traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Recent work increasingly addresses scoliosis management, telehealth implementation in osteopathic practice, and scope-of-practice analyses for manual therapy professions. His research consistently emphasizes evidence generation through randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and qualitative studies exploring clinician and patient perspectives.
Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals three dominant research trajectories: (1) respiratory-focused studies building on his COPD expertise through pulmonary rehabilitation and outcome measure validation; (2) methodological innovations in osteopathic evidence generation including telehealth feasibility and adverse event reporting standards; and (3) population-specific applications addressing infantile colic, scoliosis, and osteoarthritis through manual interventions. His work demonstrates strong alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and wellbeing.
Dr Engel actively contributes to the osteopathic community as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, Member of the Osteopathy National Steering Committee, and Mentor for Osteopathy Australia. He serves as Founding Co-Chair of the Osteopathic Research Alliance (ORA), which coordinates multi-institutional research efforts to strengthen osteopathy's evidence base. As a co-supervisor for higher degree research students, he guides emerging scholars in manual therapy research methodology and clinical application.
