Educational Activities

Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Musculoskeletal Research Symposium which will feature world renowned experts in the field of spine research. The event is taking place on Friday, April 26, 2024 from 7:00am - 6:00pm at the Emory Musculoskeletal Research Center.

Our keynote speakers include:
Nadeen Chahine, PhD, Columbia University, NY

Joshua Li, MD, PhD, University of Virginia, VA

Cheryle Séguin, PhD, University of Western Ontario, ON

Dmitriy Sheyn, PhD, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, CA

September 23, 2022
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Emory Musculoskeletal Institute
21 Ortho Lane, 6th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30329

The fourth annual Musculoskeletal (MSK) Research Symposium represented a diverse and multidisciplinary collaboration among the community of musculoskeletal researchers from universities across the United States. We welcomed four experts in the field of osteoarthritis research to give keynotes in specific areas of interest in addition to presentations from local investigators and short talks from our trainees. 

Inflammation and Arthritis Session: 

Yousef Abu-Amer, PhD, Professor, Washington University, "Inflammatory and metabolic cross-regulation in chondrocytes"

Pain in Osteoarthritis Session:

Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Arthritis, Rush University, "Peripheral Neurons, Pain, and Plasticity in Osteoarthritis"

Aging and Homeostasis Session:

Martin Lotz, MD, Professor, Scripps Research, "Osteoarthritis Mechanisms and Drug Targets"

Advances in Joint Imaging Session: 

Christine Chung, MD, Professor, University of California San Diego, "MR Biomarkers in OA: Of Mice and Men/Women"

March 7, 2024
Robin Queen, PhD, FACSM, FIOR, FASB, FAIMBE; L. Preston Wade Professor of Engineering, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Director, Kevin P. Granata Biomechanics Lab, Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Tech, "Assessment and Rehabilitation of the World’s Most Complex Machine Across the Lifespan"

February 8, 2024
Frank Beier, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Western Ontario and member of Western’s Bone and Joint Institute; “What can we learn from mouse models of osteoarthritis?’

November 28, 2023
Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell, PhD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado, “Understanding the genetic regulation of bone mineral density”

November 7, 2023
Richard L. Lieber, PhD, Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President of Research, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

May 12, 2023
Charles Farber, PhD, Director, Center for Public Health Genomics; Professor, University of Virginia, “Systems Genetics Approaches to Unravel the Genetics of Osteoporosis”

March 24, 2023
Amy Wagers, PhD, Professor and Co-Chair of Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, “Advancing genome medicine for muscle regenerative biology and aging”

February 16, 2023
Christopher Little, BVMS, MSc, PhD, DACVS, FRSN, FIOR, Professor and Director of Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Laboratories, Kolling Institute of Bone and Joint Research, “Inflammation and Immunobiology of Joint Injury and Osteoarthritis Risk”

January 13, 2023
Kyle Allen, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Florida, “Osteoarthritis Treatment: Thinking Beyond the Cartilage”

December 15, 2022
Suzanne Maher, PhD, Professor, Cornell University; Senior Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery, “My Journey to the Meniscus in a Quest to Delay OA”

November 29, 2022
Justin Cotney, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, “Leveraging functional genomics to understand human craniofacial development and abnormalities”

October 7, 2022
Iannis E Adamopoulos, D.Phil, Associate Professor, Harvard University; Director of Arthritis Program; Co-Director of Pathogens, Immunity and Inflammation Translational Hub, “Immune regulation of bone remodeling”