Dr Young is active in research largely through his appointment as Director Of Orthopaedics at Hunter New England Health. Areas of interest includes:
- Effect of alignment on hip and knee replacement outcomes
- Influence of surgical approach on hip replacement function and outcome
- Treatment of childhood supracondylar fractures
- Effectiveness of debridement in compound fractures
- Outcomes of midfoot fracture dislocations
- Timing of surgery in Charcot foot
- Outcome of internal fixation in distal radial fractures
- Treatment of tendo Achilles rupture
- Early return of function for hip and knee replacement
- Better pain relief for orthopaedic patients