MBChB (Dstn), BMedSci (Dstn) MIsntD, FHiNZ, FRACP, PhD Professor, Department of Medicine
Rheumatologist, Te Whatu Ora Capital Coast and Hutt Valley
Tel +64 4 806 1031
Email rebecca.grainger@otago.ac.nz
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 are wide but she aims to undertake research in clinical rheumatology, health professions education and technology.
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
I am interested in supervising postgraduate students in any of the research areas listed above. Please contact me directly by email.
Publications
Yazdany, J., Ware, A., Wallace, Z. S., Bhana, S., Grainger, R., Hachulla, E., … Machado, P. M. (2023). Impact of risk factors on COVID-19 outcomes in unvaccinated people with rheumatic diseases. Arthritis Care & Research, 25220. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/acr.25220
Journal - Research Article
Liu, Q., Gladman, T., Muir, J., Wang, C., & Grainger, R. (2023). Analytics-informed design: Exploring visualization of learning management systems recorded data for learning design. SAGE Open. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/21582440231193590
Journal - Research Article
Maheswaranathan, M., Miller, B., Ung, N., Sinha, R., Harrison, C., Egeli, B. H., … Grainger, R., & Chock, E. Y. (2023). Patient perspectives on telemedicine use in rheumatology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Survey results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Clinical Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10067-023-06717-2
Journal - Research Article
Grainger, R., Liu, Q., & Gladman, T. (2023). Learning technology in health professions education: Realising an (un)imagined future. Medical Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/medu.15185
Journal - Research Article
Kanagasabai, P., Ormandy, J., Filoche, S., Henry, C., Te Whaiti, S., Willink, R., Gladman, T., & Grainger, R. (2023). Can storytelling of women's lived experience enhance empathy in medical students? A pilot intervention study. Medical Teacher. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0142159x.2023.2243023
Journal - Research Article
Gladman, T., Gallagher, S., & Grainger, R. (2023). Apps to support learning and professional development in the health professions. In J. P. Higgins & M. P. Morico (Eds.), Smartphone apps for health and wellness. (pp. 177-199). London, UK: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99271-8.00010-3
Chapter in Book - Research
Taylor, W. J., & Grainger, R. (2012). Clinical features of gout. In R. Terkeltaub (Ed.), Gout and other crystal arthropathies. (pp. 105-120). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-2864-4.10039-9
Chapter in Book - Research
Brooks, J., Montgomery, A., Dalbeth, N., Sapsford, M., Ngan Kee, R., Cooper, A., … Grainger, R. (2023). Omicron variant infection in inflammatory rheumatological conditions: Outcomes from a Covid-19 naive population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 38, 100843. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100843
Journal - Research Article
Conley, B., Bunzli, S., Bullen, J., O'Brien, P., Persaud, J., Gunatillake, T., … Grainger, R., & Lin, I. (2023). What are the core recommendations for gout management in first line and specialist care? Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines. BMC Rheumatology, 7, 15. doi: 10.1186/s41927-023-00335-w
Journal - Research Article
Conley, B., Bunzli, S., Bullen, J., O'Brien, P., Persaud, J., Gunatillake, T., … Grainger, R., … Lin, I. (2023). What are the core recommendations for rheumatoid arthritis care? Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines. Clinical Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10067-023-06654-0
Journal - Research Article
Conway, R., Nikiphorou, E., Demetriou, C. A., Low, C., Leamy, K., Ryan, J. G., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2023). Outcomes of COVID-19 in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease in Ireland over the first 2 years of the pandemic. Irish Journal of Medical Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11845-022-03265-7
Journal - Research Article
Darlow, B., Brown, M., Hudson, B., Frew, G., Clark, J., Vincent, L., Grainger, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., Abbott, J. H., & Briggs, A. (2023). Knee osteoarthritis and the knowledgeable, trustworthy pharmacist: Patient and pharmacist perceptions of community pharmacy-based education and support. Musculoskeletal Care, 21, 3-15. doi: 10.1002/msc.1660
Journal - Research Article
Denecke, K., Rivera-Romero, O., Petersen, C., Benham-Hutchins, M., Cabrer, M., Davies, S., Grainger, R., … Gabarron, E. (2023). Defining and scoping participatory health informatics: An eDelphi study. Methods of Information in Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1055/a-2035-3008
Journal - Research Article
Grainger, R., Liu, Q., & Gladman, T. (2023). Learning technology in health professions education: Realising an (un)imagined future. Medical Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/medu.15185
Journal - Research Article
Jatuworapruk, K., Satpanich, P., Robinson, P. C., & Grainger, R. (2023). Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of gout flare in patients hospitalized for PCR-confirmed COVID-19: A multicenter retrospective cohort study. Journal of Rheumatology, 50, 556-563. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220762
Journal - Research Article
Kanagasabai, P., Ormandy, J., Filoche, S., Henry, C., Te Whaiti, S., Willink, R., Gladman, T., & Grainger, R. (2023). Can storytelling of women's lived experience enhance empathy in medical students? A pilot intervention study. Medical Teacher. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0142159x.2023.2243023
Journal - Research Article
Liu, Q., Gladman, T., Grove, C., Eberhard, S., Geertshuis, S., Ali, A., Blyth, P., & Grainger, R. (2023). Capturing the invisible: Non-institutional technologies in undergraduate learning within three New Zealand universities. Internet & Higher Education, 58, 100910. doi: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2023.100910
Journal - Research Article
Liu, Q., Gladman, T., Muir, J., Wang, C., & Grainger, R. (2023). Analytics-informed design: Exploring visualization of learning management systems recorded data for learning design. SAGE Open. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/21582440231193590
Journal - Research Article
Machado, P. M., Schäfer, M., Mahil, S. K., Liew, J., Gossec, L., Dand, N., … Grainger, R., … Smith, C. H. (2023). Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in people with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: Data from the COVID-19 PsoProtect and Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registries. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-223499
Journal - Research Article
Maheswaranathan, M., Miller, B., Ung, N., Sinha, R., Harrison, C., Egeli, B. H., … Grainger, R., & Chock, E. Y. (2023). Patient perspectives on telemedicine use in rheumatology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Survey results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Clinical Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10067-023-06717-2
Journal - Research Article
Morillon, M. B., Nørup, A., Singh, J. A., Dalbeth, N., Taylor, W. J., Kennedy, M. A., … Grainger, R., … Stamp, L. K. (2023). Outcome reporting in randomized trials in Gout: A systematic scoping review from the OMERACT Gout Working Group assessing the uptake of the core outcome set. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152191
Journal - Research Article
Ngan Kee, R., Milne, V., Dalbeth, N., & Grainger, R. (2023). Patient participation in defining best-practice rheumatology service provision in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative study with service consumers. BMC Rheumatology, 7(1). doi: 10.1186/s41927-022-00319-2
Journal - Research Article
O'Brien, D. W., Norman, S., Grainger, R., Ellis, R., Hudson, B., Nakarada-Kordic, I., & Abbott, J. H. (2023). Exploring the current and future osteoarthritis health service delivery needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1573), 55-66. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
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Overgaard Donskov, A., Mackie, S. L., Hauge, E. M., Toro-Gutiérrez, C. E., Hansen, I. T., Hemmig, A. K., … Grainger, R., … Keller, K. K. (2023). An international survey of current management practices for polymyalgia rheumatica by general practitioners and rheumatologists. Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac713
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Ugarte-Gil, M. F., Alarcón, G. S., Seet, A. M., Izadi, Z., Montgomery, A. D., Duarte-García, A., … Grainger, R., … Yazdany, J. (2023). Association between race/ethnicity and COVID-19 outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from the United States: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Arthritis Care & Research, 75(1), 53-60. doi: 10.1002/acr.25039
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Yazdany, J., Ware, A., Wallace, Z. S., Bhana, S., Grainger, R., Hachulla, E., … Machado, P. M. (2023). Impact of risk factors on COVID-19 outcomes in unvaccinated people with rheumatic diseases. Arthritis Care & Research, 25220. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/acr.25220
Journal - Research Article
Ahmed, S., Grainger, R., Santosa, A., Adnan, A., Alnaqbi, K. A., Chen, Y.-H., … Traboco, L. (2022). APLAR recommendations on the practice of telemedicine in rheumatology. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 25, 247-258. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14286
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Bermas, B. L., Gianfrancesco, M., Tanner, H. L., Seet, A. M., Aguiar, M. C., Al Adhoubi, N. K., … Grainger, R., … Robinson, P. C. (2022). COVID-19 in women with rheumatic disease who are pregnant: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Journal of Rheumatology, 49, 110-114. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.210480
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Chock, Y. P. E., Putman, M., Conway, R., Danila, M. I., Hoyer, B., Hsieh, E., … Grainger, R., & Cappelli, L. C. (2022). Experience with telemedicine amongst rheumatology clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 6(2), rkac039. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkac039
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Conway, R., Grimshaw, A. A., Konig, M. F., Putman, M., Duarte-García, A., Tseng, L. Y., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 outcomes in rheumatic disease: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 74(5), 766-775. doi: 10.1002/art.42030
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