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Our Team

Our Board Members

The ASRF’s Board of Directors are committed to better outcomes for the chiropractic community through the pursuit of our Vision
and delivering on our Mission. All Board members act in an honorary capacity providing service to the profession.

Dr Ryan Seaman is a Murdoch University graduate who now own’s his own family-based practice in Loxton South Australia. Having previously held many roles on various boards, Dr Seaman enjoys serving the profession by applying his skills and knowledge to further the Foundation’s impact. He believes Chiropractic to be the greatest profession in the world, and that good science is the best way to move the profession forward.

Dr Ryan is proud of the Foundation’s in-depth grant approval process and feels this process is adding some of the most clinically relevant and best quality science to the pool for our profession. He is looking forward to leading our Foundation’s capable team and creating more research, faster, for our profession. We as practitioners see many things in practice that the science has yet to define or explain, and therefor research is currency when in discussion with Board and Government. The greater depth and breadth of understanding of the Vertebral Subluxation, the better our profession will be.

Dr Jennifer Luu graduated with a Master of Chiropractic from RMIT in 2012. Since graduating, Dr Luu has immersed herself in the chiropractic profession, as well as being a member of several chiropractic bodies, including the Australian Chiropractic Association, the Australian Spinal Research Foundation, and Sports Chiropractic Australia. Dr Luu is passionate about helping others, and as such aims to be a positive influence on as many lives possible, so they too, can be a positive influence on as many lives as possible. She is involved with To Love & Serve & Restore One Charity, where she coordinates teams of overseas volunteers, raises funds and create products for the chiropractic profession.

Dr Luu is the current Vice-Chair of the Rotary Club of Scoresby-Caribbean-Gardens. Since taking on a position of Board Governor with the ASRF, Dr Luu now heads up the Fundraising portfolio, where she aims to use her extensive fundraising experience to assist the Foundation to raise important funds for research.

Dr Roelien graduated from Murdoch University in 2014 with distinction. She has a passion for research and a special interest in chiropractic care for the whole family. Dr Roelien recently attained her post graduate diploma in paediatric chiropractic from the Australian College of Chiropractic Paediatrics.

Roelien has been passionate about helping people from all walks of life, not only through Chiropractic but also though Sports Chiropractic Australia and sharing the Chiropractic message to the community through business networking and community events.

Roelien is really humbled to be on the board of Governors for the Australian Spinal Research Foundation and to promote subluxation-based research to the broader community.

Kora Drage is a Financial Adviser who runs her own practice in Perth, Western Australia. She has built a business on helping clients achieve financial independence, and over the years this focus has turned her interest towards health and wellbeing. Finding so many aging clients spending significant amounts of money on correcting their health problems, the conversation with younger clients shifted towards preventative health spending, rather than reactive in later years.

Having incorporated chiropractic care as part of her own personal health journey many years ago, Kora has joined the ASRF Board to support the funding of subluxation research, in the hope of providing the broader community with quantifiable data and information to improve their own lives.

Dr Bruce Steinberg is a 2006 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic. Since graduating, Dr Steinberg has sought to advance his knowledge of the undeniable relationship between neuro-science, human potential, and chiropractic applied in a salutogenic model. These efforts have resulted in advanced certification in chiropractic pediatrics, functional neurology, and also neurodevelopmental, mental health, and addiction disorders.

Dr. Bruce is also currently serving his second five-year term as a member of the New York State Chiropractic Board.

Bruce is honoured to serve as a member on the Australian Spinal Research Foundation Board, an organization that help’s individuals around the world to understand what chiropractic has always had to offer: an unlocking of human potential.

Michelle Hogan has a wide range of skills and experience in the Government sector, predominately with the Department of Defence. Michelle’s experience includes, project and logistics management with her most recent experience being in strategic planning, governance and assurance while managing the day to day operations of the branch.

Michelle has been a chiropractic patient and advocate for over a decade and has joined the ASRF board to support mainstream chiropractic care and hopes to support a world free of back pain.

Dr Matthew Doyle is passionate about the global impact chiropractic can have. He has served the profession through the Chiropractors Association of Australia Queensland branch, the College of Chiropractic Paediatrics, and the Australian Chiroprators Association Northern Committee. He has a family oriented chiropractic practice in Queensland.

Matthew has engaged with education, having a BSc in Neurobiology (UQ), a MSc in Paediatric Chiropractic (Bournemouth Uni/AECC), a Grad Cert in Tertiary Education (CQU), along with his chiropractic degree from RMIT. He has taught at two chiropractic institutions, run post graduate programs in Europe, Australia, and NZ, and is a current PhD candidate. He has engaged with research with ten current publications across JMPT, CJA, JCC, APCJ, Clinical Chiropractic, JPMFH, AVSR, and JCCP from 2011-2021. These are primarily around paediatric chiropractic and case report research.

Matthew brings his practice and research experience to the board to help facilitate the foundations vision, mission, and goals.

Dr. Christie Kwon is a faculty member and Research Chair at Life University, and she has dedicated her career to serving the chiropractic profession through conducting, teaching, and supporting efforts in subluxation-centered research. She serves on the Alumni Council of Johns Hopkins University, and on the boards of the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation, the Academy of Chiropractic Family Practice, and previously, the Clinical Advisory Panel of ASRF. She is also engaged with the Chiropractic Health Care section of the American Public Health Association.

Dr. Kwon’s research focuses on studying the epidemiology of vertebral subluxation as well as chiropractic and public health research on health equity and maternal and child health outcomes. She completed her DC degree within the Research Track at Life University, with Pi Tau Delta honors. She holds B.S. Biomedical Engineering and M.S. Biotechnology degrees from Johns Hopkins University, and an MPH from Emory University. Her research background includes work with the Emory Child Health and Mortality Prevention Study (CHAMPS). In 2021, she was named Chiropractic Researcher of the Year by the ICA’s Upper Cervical Council, and Chiropractic Researcher of the Year by the FVS in 2023. She has presented her work to chiropractors, educators, and other healthcare professionals from a diverse array of disciplines all over the world.

Our team also consists of a group of amazing people working hard behind the scenes, to bring the mission of the ASRF into being! More info coming soon.