Generate evidence
Run rigorous, multi-centre studies grounded in clinical need and national priorities.
About UAE TORIC
A centre built for complex national health challenges.
Musculoskeletal trauma, degenerative orthopaedics and metabolic bone disease carry a major human and economic burden. UAE TORIC is designed to bring the people, data and infrastructure needed to address it into one connected research ecosystem.
See how the model works →Connect national data
Build secure registries that improve surveillance, benchmarking and patient safety.
Translate innovation
Move diagnostics, devices and digital tools from research into clinical practice.
Strategic research pillars
One pathway from clinical data to better outcomes.
Four connected pillars align national registries, artificial intelligence, product innovation and metabolic bone research around real clinical needs.
01Data infrastructure
National Registries
- Joint Registry
- Trauma Registry
- DDH and obesity streams
- Ligament reconstruction
02Clinical intelligence
AI in Diagnostics
- MotionIQ
- Newborn hip ultrasonography
- Bone tumour histopathology
- Predictive modelling
03Translation
Commercialisation
- Dubai Smart Shoes
- Powered RGO
- Gait-analysis application
- Internal-external fixator
04Population health
Metabolic Bone Disease
- Childhood obesity
- GLP-1 agonists
- Blount's disease
- Obesity-related fractures
Research in action
Programmes designed for clinical impact.
Explore the connected programmes currently shaping the centre's research and innovation agenda.
01
National registry
Emirati Joint Registry
A national platform for arthroplasty outcomes, implant surveillance and patient-reported measures.
02
National registry
Emirati Trauma Registry
A unified trauma dataset designed to strengthen surveillance, benchmarking and system-wide improvement.
03
Clinical AI
MotionIQ
AI-enabled gait and movement assessment supporting clinical reporting, rehabilitation and research.
04
Commercialisation
Dubai Smart Shoes
Continuous gait feedback through wearable sensing, behavioural support and real-world clinical validation.
05
Diagnostic AI
AI Hip Sonography
Decision support for newborn hip ultrasonography, improving consistency and access to early diagnosis.
06
Metabolic bone
Obesity & MSK Health
Research into how childhood obesity and its treatment affect bone, joints, mobility and fracture risk.
National registries
Turn clinical data into safer, smarter care.
Secure, structured registries create the evidence needed for implant surveillance, service planning, clinical benchmarking, procurement and policy.
≥95%Joint data capture target
≥90%Major trauma capture target
AIPredictive risk models
Emirati Joint Registry
Monitor implants, outcomes and revisions to improve patient safety and evidence-led decision making.
- Patient-reported outcomes
- Implant surveillance
- Revision-risk prediction
Emirati Trauma Registry
Connect trauma pathways to strengthen surveillance, quality improvement and health-system resilience.
- National case capture
- Real-time dashboards
- Injury-trend modelling
Innovation spotlight
From a clinical problem to a scalable solution.
Dubai Smart Shoes is a multi-stage wearable platform concept designed to measure gait, provide feedback and support rehabilitation beyond the laboratory.
01
Sense pressure, loading and gait events in real time.
02
Interpret movement patterns with clinical AI.
03
Support patients through feedback and behaviour tracking.
04
Validate accuracy, usability and clinical impact.
Research reach
Global collaboration. UAE leadership.
The Global Adult Femoral Study demonstrates the network's ability to contribute meaningfully to large-scale international research.
49+Countries
270Hospitals
7,346Patients
11thUAE country ranking
Centre leadership
A multidisciplinary team built to connect research and delivery.
Leadership brings together registry science, clinical research, ethics, operations and technology translation.
SA
Sattar Alshryda
Centre leadership & orthopaedic research
CK
Catherine Kellett
Joint registry leadership
HA
Habib Al Ismaily
Registry integration & multi-centre studies
HS
Hayder Al Saadi
Research operations, ethics & coordination
JW
Jennifer Walsh
Biomedical innovation & technology translation
Collaborate with UAE TORIC
Help shape the future of musculoskeletal care.
We welcome hospitals, researchers, universities, technology companies, industry partners and funding organisations.