Associate Professor Egon Perilli, Medical Device Research Institute, Flinders University; Affiliate Lecturer, Discipline of Anatomy & Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide; Honorary Fellow, Dept. of Medicine, Austin Health, The University of Melbourne. Between 2008-2011: Senior Research Fellow, Bone & Joint Research Lab, Surgical Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide. His research is in 2D and 3D quantitative imaging of bone structure and biomaterials combined with biomechanical testing. The main field of research is in osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

He is the past President (2018-2021) of the Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS); 2015-2018 ANZORS Society Secretary.
2018- Council member, International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies (IFMRS).

He developed his scientific research background in Europe. 2007-2008: Post-Doctoral Researcher at company SkyScan, Kontich, Belgium (micro-CT systems manufacturer, now Bruker micro-CT), in collaboration with Visionlab, Dept. of Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium. 2002-2007: Scientific researcher at Medical Technology Laboratory, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, carrying out research in bone micro-CT imaging combined with biomechanical testing.

His research projects involve a number of medical imaging techniques, in particular state of the art micro-CT, both in vitro and in vivo, of bone samples and entire bone segments, on human tissue and animal models. These techniques are used for quantitatively determining bone structure at micro and macro level, density and morphometry. The mechanical strength of the bone is determined via experimental testing, for investigating the relationships between bone structural parameters and mechanical properties.

He is supervisor of bone and joint-related research topics for post-doc, PhD and Honours projects. He is peer-reviewer for a number of international scientific journals; reviewer for Australian Research Council (ARC), National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Wellcome Trust (UK), Research Foundation Flaanders (Belgium), Dutch Arthririts Foundation (Netherlands).

My research is in 2D and 3D quantitative imaging of bone structure and biomaterials combined with biomechanical testing. The main field of investigation is in musculoskeletal diseases, such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. The projects I am active in involve a number of biomedical imaging techniques, in particular state of the art micro-CT, both in vitro and in vivo, of bone samples and entire bone segments, on human tissue and animal models. These techniques are used for quantitatively determining bone structure, density and morphometric parameters. The mechanical strength of the bone is determined via experimental testing, for investigating the relationships between bone structural parameters and mechanical properties of the sample.The application of digital volume correlation (DVC) on the images enables to compute displacements and strains.

• Dec 2023 Tyra Lange  - Winner, PhD Oral Presentation Award, Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 28th Annual Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand
• Dec 2022 Lauren S Wearne - Winner, Best Oral Presentation Award in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, 13th biennial Australasian Biomechanics Conference 2022 (ABC13), Brisbane (QLD), AUS
• Aug 2022 Lauren S Wearne - Winner, PhD Oral Presentation Award, Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 27th Annual Meeting, ANZBMS-MEPSA-ANZORS 2022 meeting, Gold Coast (QLD), AUS
• May 2022 Sophie Rapagna - Vice Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, Flinders Univeristy, 2022
• May 2022 Sophie Rapagna, Best Student Publication Award, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, 2022
• Dec 2021 Sophie Rapagna - Finalist, New Investigator Award, 12th biennial Australasian Biomechanics Conference 2021 (ABC12), online conference
• Dec 2021 Lauren S Wearne - Winner, Best Poster Presentation Award, 12th biennial Australasian Biomechanics Conference 2021 (ABC12), online conference
• Oct 2021 Lauren S Wearne - Finalist, PhD Oral Presentation Award, Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 26th Annual Meeting, online conference
• Jul 2020 Sophie Rapagna - Finalist, European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) PhD Student Award (top 4, internationally), 26th Annual Congress, Milan, Italy, Online Presentation
• Oct 2019 Sophie Rapagna - Winner, Best PhD student Oral Presentation Award, Australian New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 25th Annual Meeting, Canberra ACT, AUS
• Jul 2019 Sophie Rapagna - European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) Travel Award (20 given, world-wide), 25th Annual Congress, Vienna, Austria
• Oct 2018 Sophie Rapagna - "The one to watch Award", PhD Award Finalist, Australian & New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 24th Annual Meeting, Perth WA, Australia
• Mar 2018 Sophie Rapagna - World Council of Biomechanics (WCB) Student Bursary Award: Asia/Pacific, Africa, Central and South America (15 given, world-wide); Dublin, Ireland
• Mar 2018 Sophie Rapagna - Commonwealth Scholarships Program for South Australia (priority industry ‘Health Services and Medical Research’) Scholarship for $17,500 to be used towards her PhD study
• Oct 2017 Bryant C Roberts - Winner, Best PhD student Oral Presentation Award, Australian New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 23rd Annual Meeting, Adelaide SA, AUS
• May 2017 Bonnie Williams - Best Basic Science Poster Presentation, New Zealand Rheumatology Association and Australian Rheumatology Association, Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, NZ
• Mar 2016 Bryant C Roberts - Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Young Scientist Travel Award, ORS Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA
• Oct 2015 Bryant C Roberts - Finalist for Best Abstract, Australian New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 21st Annual Meeting, Auckland, NZ
• Oct 2015 Bryant C Roberts - Travel Award, Australian New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS) 21st Annual Meeting, Auckland, NZ
• Sep 2015 Bryant C Roberts - 1st place, School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics - 3 Minute Thesis (3MT), Flinders University

• Bone biomechanics, micro-CT imaging, digital volume correlation, osteoarthritis (3)

• Bone imaging, modelling and instrumentation (1)
• Micro-CT imaging, animal models, inflammatory arthrits (1)