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Phone
+64 4 806 1031
Email
rebecca.grainger@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Professor
Department
Department of Medicine (Wellington)
Qualifications
MB ChB (Dstn) BNedSci (Dstn) MisntD CHIA FRACP FACHI PhD
Research summary
Rheumatology and gout

Research

Rebecca is an academic rheumatologist who is passionate about patient-focused care and engaging with colleagues in primary and secondary care to provide the highest quality collaborative care for people with arthritis.

A University of Otago medical graduate, she undertook rheumatology training in Melbourne and her PhD examined inflammatory mechanisms in gout.

Rebecca’s clinical work focuses on assessment and management of inflammatory arthritis and her particular clinical interests include inflammatory arthritis, gout and scleroderma. Rebecca’s academic interests include outcome measures, non-pharmacological management of musculoskeletal disease, use of information technology solutions to optimise care for people with chronic rheumatic diseases and medical education.

Research and Interests:

  • Development and assessment of mobile health tools for clinical care and self-care for clinicians and health care users.
  • Social media for participatory health and medical education
  • Enhancing engagement and active learning in medical education
  • Outcome measures in musculoskeletal and rheumatic disease
  • Gout including inflammatory mechanisms, pharmacological treatment and clinical assessment

    • Rebecca is also interested in supervising postgraduate students in any of the research areas listed above. Please contact Rebecca directly.

    Additional details

    Professor Rebecca Grainger's Google Scholar profile

    Publications

    Darlow, B., Brown, M., Pask, A., Briggs, A. M., Hudson, B., McKinlay, E., Frew, G., Abbott, J. H., … Vincent, L., Keenan, R., Grainger, R., Dean, S., Simmonds, S., & Stanley, J. (2025). Online osteoarthritis training programme for community-based clinicians: Mixed methods cohort study. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 7, 100610. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2025.100610 Journal - Research Article

    Crowley, A., Siegel, L., Grainger, R., Webster, D. E., He, T., Yang, L., … Curtis, J. R. (2025). Clinical validation and outcome measures from Bend Ease: A novel, sensor-based digital measurement tool for assessing at-home morning stiffness and spinal range of motion in axial spondyloarthritis. Rheumatology & Therapy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40744-025-00746-w Journal - Research Article

    Gasteiger, N., Norman, G., Grainger, R., van der Veer, S. N., McGarrigle, L., Jones, D., … Dowding, D. (2025). A scoping review of the reporting quality of reviews of commercially and publicly available mobile health apps. JAMIA Open, 8(1), ooae159. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae159 Journal - Research Other

    Mruthyunjaya, P., Sondur, S., Ahmed, S., & Grainger, R. (2025). The climate emergency for rheumatologists: Where do we stand? Clinical Rheumatology, 44, 573-582. doi: 10.1007/s10067-024-07284-w Journal - Research Other

    Kanagasabai, P., Filoche, S., Henry, C., Ormandy, J., Te Whaiti, S., & Grainger, R. (2024). Women’s experience of participating in a storytelling intervention about abnormal uterine bleeding for medical student education. Focus on Health Professional Education, 25(3), 16-25. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v25i3.783 Journal - Research Article

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