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Dr. Jackie Whittaker, an assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Alberta, compares primary, secondary, and tertiary OA prevention, discusses the challenges and opportunities for research with youth populations, and chats about using Twitter for research. You can find her at https://www.ualberta.ca/rehabilitation/about-us/contact-us/faculty-directory/jackie-whittaker or on twitter @jwhittak_physio

Dr. Jamie MacKay, a musculoskeletal radiologist and clinical research fellow (and 3rd year PhD student!) in the Department of Radiology at the University of Cambridge, discusses career decisions, musculoskeletal imaging, and preparing for his upcoming OARSI collaborative scholarship at Stanford University. You can find out more about Dr. MacKay and his research on twitter (@dr_jamie_mackay) or at http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/phd-students/jamie-mackay. The systematic review and meta-analysis paper that was mentioned can be found at: https://www.oarsijournal.com/article/S1063-4584(18)31069-0/abstract

Dr. Timothy Griffin, an associate member of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, discusses metabolism and inflammation in osteoarthritis, animal models of obesity, and what it’s like to work at a private, non-profit research foundation. More information about Dr. Griffin's research can be found at: https://griffint.omrf.org/

Dr. Gillian Hawker, a clinician scientist, professor, and chair of medicine at the University of Toronto, discusses why we need to classify OA as a serious disease, the need for consistent definitions of OA, and remaining sources of bias in the treatment of women with OA. Find more about the OARSI white paper at: https://www.oarsi.org/research/oa-serious-disease

This podcast is made possible with funding from Flexion. 

Dr. Tuhina Neogi, professor of medicine at Boston University’s School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at Boston University’s School of Public Health, shares her knowledge about imaging, pain, and mentoring. Find out more at:

https://profiles.bu.edu/Tuhina.Neogi

http://blog.arthritis.org/news/arthritis-research-tuhina-neogi/

Dr. Carla Scanzello, Section Chief of Rheumatology at the Corporal Michael J. Cresenz (Philadelphia) VA Medical Center, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and current program chair for the 2018 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis discusses what’s in store at the upcoming conference and what not to miss! The congress runs from April 26th to Sunday April 29th, 2018 in Liverpool, UK. More information can be found at: https://2018.oarsi.org/

Professor Peter Choong, MD, lead chief investigator for OPUS, the Centre of Research Excellence in Total Joint Replacement, discusses how research can help optimize outcomes, equity, cost-effectiveness, and patient selection for joint replacement.

More information about Professor Choong’s research and OPUS can be found at medicine.unimelb.edu.au/surgery/opus or on twitter @OPUSunimelb

Three young investigators (early career researchers) share their experiences of working with the Osteoarthritis Initiative Data.

(00:17) Michelle Yau, PhD, is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Musculoskeletal Research Group at Hebrew Senior Life, an affiliate hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA and is a member of the OARSI Young Investigator Committee. Her research focuses on identifying genetic contributions to OA and the role of bone metabolism in OA pathogenesis.

(18:42) Jeffrey Driban, PhD, ATC, CSCS, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology at Tufts University School of Medicine and a member of the Special and Scientific Staff at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA, USA. The goal of his research is to explore novel biochemical and imaging markers to gain a better understanding of osteoarthritis and potential disease subsets. Find out more on twitter at @jbdriban or at sportsmedres.org where you can find a link to his sports medicine podcast!

(35:43) Chuck Ratzlaff, PhD, PT, FCAMT, was most recently an assistant professor at Arizona University College of Medicine in Tucson AZ, USA and now leads a multidisciplinary musculoskeletal clinic in his hometown of Vancouver, BC, Canada. His research interests include physical activity and joint health, quantitative assessment of MRI for clinical trials outcomes; and primary and secondary prevention of knee and hip OA.

Join the conversation about the OAI on twitter using the hashtag #OAInitiative.

Dr. Gayle Lester of the National Institutes for Health/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease and Dr. Michael Nevitt of the University of California, San Francisco, discuss the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI), a large, publicly available dataset of OA risk factors and outcomes. My-Linh Luong of the University of Melbourne joins Kerry Costello to host this special episode. More information on the recent NIH funding opportunity announcement for research utilizing the OAI dataset can be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-409.html (R01) and https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-18-408.html (R21). Join the conversation about the OAI on twitter using the hashtag #OAInitiative.

This episode highlights the recent GaitNET OA meeting. Researchers, clinicians, industry members, patient representatives, and advocacy groups from across Canada met to discuss how they could work together to make a greater impact on osteoarthritis-related healthcare.