Dr Edward Gorgon is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre at NeuRA. Edward completed his PhD (2022) at The University of Sydney, focusing on multidisciplinary health service redesign for people with chronic back pain in an Australian hospital setting. Prior to his PhD study, Edward worked fulltime as an academic at the University of the Philippines and practiced part-time as a physiotherapist. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed articles and 2 book chapters, primarily in the areas of adult and child neurology (stroke and cerebral palsy) and also in the areas of musculoskeletal conditions (back pain) and evidence-based practice. He has supervised 6 masters and 4 undergraduate research projects at the University of the Philippines toward completion and peer-reviewed publication. You can find details of Edward’s work on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com.ph/citations?user=jQCZmi4AAAAJ&hl=en) and ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edward-Gorgon).

Edward is currently involved in clinical trials examining the impact of abdominal functional electrical stimulation on respiration, bowel function, blood pressure control, and sitting balance in people with spinal cord injury. He is also interested in understanding the needs and priorities of patients, their caregivers, and health professionals, with the view of increasing uptake of evidence-based practice and improving care delivery. He is particularly interested in exploring these interest areas in low-resource settings (ie, low-income and middle-income countries). He has ongoing collaborative projects with the University of the Philippines focusing on developing contextualized educational resources for people with back pain and improving care delivery for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (eg, cerebral palsy) in the Philippines.