Research Project
Michael Wewege
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Doctoral CandidateKey Research Areas
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Michael Wewege is a Doctoral Candidate in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia, supervised by Prof James McAuley and Dr Matthew Jones. He is currently supported by a Postgraduate Scholarship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, a School of Medical Sciences Top-Up Scholarship from the University of New South Wales, and a PhD Supplementary Scholarship from Neuroscience Research Australia.
Michael’s research focuses on evaluating the comparative effectiveness of medicines for low back pain using network meta-analysis, which will create a hierarchy of medicines to guide clinical decision-making. He also provides methodological and statistical support for systematic reviews/meta-analyses and conducts research into evidence synthesis methodology. A complete list of his publications is available via or Google Scholar or ResearchGate.
Michael is also a Casual Academic at UNSW Sydney, where he teaches undergraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine. He graduated from UNSW with a Bachelor of Exercise Physiology (with the University Medal) in 2016, and a Master of Science by research in 2019.
Publications
2025
Antidepressants for low back pain and spine-related leg pain
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2025
The Influence of Gender of Senior Researchers on Research Practice in Sports and Exercise Science and Medicine
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2024
Changes in the prevalence of mental health problems during the first year of the pandemic: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
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2024
Digital Physical Activity and Exercise Interventions for People Living with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes and Feasibility
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2024
Emotion regulation skills-focused interventions for chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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2024
The Effect of Creatine Supplementation on Resistance Training-Based Changes to Body Composition: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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2024
The Smallest Worthwhile Effect on Pain Intensity of Exercise Therapy for People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Discrete Choice Experiment Study
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2024
Variation observed in consensus judgments between pairs of reviewers when assessing the risk of bias due to missing evidence in a sample of published meta-analyses of nutrition research
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2023
Comparative effectiveness and safety of analgesic medicines for adults with acute non-specific low back pain: systematic review and network meta-analysis
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2023
Data Informing Governing Body Resistance-Training Guidelines Exhibit Sex Bias: An Audit-Based Review
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