University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Leigh F. Callahan, PhD is the tenured Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor of Orthopedics at the University of North Carolina. She is the Associate Director of TARC and Director of the UNC CCCR, which has an overall goal of enhancing the design and conduct of clinical studies in RMDs. She is the Director of the OAAA, a coalition of more than 150 organizations committed to elevating OA as a national public health priority. She is also the current President of the US Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI), a coalition dedicated to raising the priority of musculoskeletal health through the collective action of its stakeholders. She has extensive experience serving in senior leadership roles in national and international nonprofit rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease organizations, and in setting arthritis public health agendas. She has served on numerous NIH, ACR RRF, and other national and international Foundation grant reviews. She is currently a member of the NIAMS Advisory Council.
Dr. Callahan has worked as an arthritis outcomes researcher focused on RA and OA for more than 30 years, and has published over 300 original research articles, book chapters, editorials, and reviews. She is a highly regarded expert in phphysical activity interventions for arthritis, social determinants of health and health equity, and the development, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based behavioral interventions.
Disparities in Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Prevalence and Outcomes
Monday, November 13, 2023
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM PT
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose
