معرفی
Sarah Whitehouse, PhD, is a UK-trained medical statistician who serves as Senior Research Fellow in both the Faculty of Health (School of Medicine) and the Faculty of Engineering (School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering) at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. A Graduate Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society, she leads quantitative analyses for national joint-replacement registries and multi-centre surgical trials, with a research footprint exceeding 200 peer-reviewed articles focused on hip, knee and shoulder arthroplasty outcomes.
Research interests
- Biostatistics and epidemiology of joint replacement surgery
- Implant survival analysis and revision-risk modelling
- Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in orthopaedics
- Clinical trial design and data monitoring for surgical interventions
- Registry-based post-market surveillance of medical devices
Her work has directly informed evidence-based selection of femoral head sizes, bearing surfaces, alignment techniques (functional vs mechanical), and rehabilitation protocols after hip and knee arthroplasty. Recent outputs span mixed-reality surgical navigation, dual-mobility bearings for metal-on-metal revisions, and muscle-advancement techniques for massive rotator-cuff tears.
Grants & industry impact
Dr Whitehouse is named senior quantitative investigator on competitive grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and orthopaedic industry partners, translating statistical evidence into improved implant designs and surgical guidelines adopted by the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry.
