Suzanne Snodgrass

Biography

"Associate Professor Suzanne Snodgrass has a passion for understanding the mechanisms that define and modulate musculoskeletal pain in order to find new solutions for patients. Working as a clinician in musculoskeletal pain and sports settings for 10 years prior to academia motivates her to seek practical solutions for patients that translate to the clinic. The major focus of her research is on investigating treatments for chronic musculoskeletal pain that improve movement dysfunction and induce neuroplasticity. Topics include the investigation of neural and kinematic biomarkers in chronic pain, task-specific training for improving symptoms of chronic pain, defining the dose of conservative therapies for pain, and estimating injury risk in work and sporting settings. Associate Professor Snodgrass has been recognised with two international and three University awards for her research work, including best literature review in the US-based Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy and the Australia and New Zealand Association for Medical Education Post-graduate student prize in 2008. She was selected for the University of Newcastle Faculty of Health Research Excellence Award in 2013 (1 of 3 selected from >300 researchers) has also been recognised for teaching excellence (2009). She is internationally recognised for her work investigating cervical spine stiffness, and was invited to contribute a review on this topic for the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. Associate Professor Snodgrass is active in research supervision of students with a large number of PhD ad Masters students, as well as Research Honours. Topics relate to the cervical spine, biomechanics/kinematics, physiotherapy clinical interventions, and healthcare utilisation."

Research Interest

Clinical Sciences, Human Movement and Sports Science, Complementary and Alternative Medicine