Rate My Professor Jennifer Dunn

Dunn's research interests encompass spinal cord injury, upper limb reconstructive surgery for tetraplegia, chronic orthopaedic conditions, total joint arthroplasty, and rehabilitation outcomes measurement. As a core member of the ReClaiM research team, she leads initiatives like the Health Research Council-funded Early Vocational Rehabilitation study for spinal cord injury (EVocS) and co-leads the development of Australasian physiotherapy clinical practice guidelines for spinal cord injuries. Her contributions extend internationally, including work on patient-reported outcome measures for arthroplasty registries and standard outcome sets for hip and knee osteoarthritis through collaborations with the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries and ICHOM. Key publications feature "Patient-reported outcome measures in arthroplasty registries: report of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Working Group" (2016), "Tendon transfer surgery for people with tetraplegia: an overview" (2016), "An Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guideline for the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries" (2025), and "Factors that influence the clinical outcome after tendon transfer surgery to restore grip function in individuals with tetraplegia" (2026). With over 1,300 citations, her scholarship impacts global rehabilitation practices. She has delivered workshops, including on return-to-work pathways at the 2025 RMSANZ/NZRA meeting, and secured funding from HRC and Lottery Health Research.