Dr Ali Gholamrezaei is a clinical scientist. He studied Medicine and worked as a General Physician between 2010 and 2015. He conducted his PhD research on pain management at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium) between 2015 and 2019, and has been working as a Research Fellow at the Pain Management Research Institute (at The University of Sydney) since 2020.
Ali joined the Newcastle Hand Institute (a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with hand and upper limb conditions through research) as a Research Associate in 2023 and the University of Newcastle as an Honorary Lecturer in 2024.
He is interested in improving the quality of care using value-based models, where value is defined based on what matters to patients and the community.
Ali is experienced in various research methodologies, including translational research, co-design, development of patient-reported measures, randomised controlled trials, implementation and evaluation, and evidence synthesis. Ali has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, presented his works at national and international conferences, and received multiple awards. He has also secured multiple funding for research as a chief or associate investigator (a total of $1,788,334). He is also passionate about teaching, supervising, and mentoring medical and HDR students.
