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philippa.nicolson@ndorms.ox.ac.uk

Philippa Nicolson

BPhty, PhD

Arthritis UK Research Fellow

  • Arthritis UK Research Fellow
  • Senior Research Fellow
  • Director of DPhil and MSc(Res) Taught Courses

Pip's research focuses on improving the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis in older adults.

In 2024 she completed a Versus Arthritis Foundation Fellowship, having developed an exercise intervention for the oldest adults (aged 80 years or older) with hip and knee osteoarthritis and common co-morbidities (TEMPO), and tested it in a randomised feasibility trial. Alongside her Arthritis UK Bridging Fellowship, Pip currently leads projects funded by NIHR, the CSP, and the Oxford BRC. She is also leading the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for hip and knee replacement for osteoarthritis.

Pip completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2018, exploring adherence to exercise among patients with knee osteoarthritis. She joined NDORMS in 2018 as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof Sallie Lamb.

Pip splits her time between NDORMS and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, where her research focuses on improving management and outcomes for people having total knee replacement and revision knee replacement surgery.

Pip is a member of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) International Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis working group and Secretary of the Osteoarthritis Research International (OARSI) Rehabilitation Group.