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Funding
- Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases Overview
- Basic Bone Biology Program
- Integrated Physiology and Genetics of Bone Program
- Bone Diseases Program
- Cartilage and Connective Tissue Program
- Orthopaedic Research Program
- Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Program
- Clinical Osteoarthritis and Diagnostic Imaging Program
- Muscle Development and Physiology Program
- Muscle Disorders and Therapies Program
Clinical Osteoarthritis and Diagnostic Imaging Program
Reviewed February 29, 2012
Research Areas
- Clinical osteoarthritis and the osteoarthritis initiative
- Epidemiology and pathogenesis of osteoarthritis
- Environmental and genetic risk factors of osteoarthritis
- Treatment, prevention, and diagnosis of osteoarthritis
- Novel methods for cartilage and joint imaging
- Bone Quality and Skeletal Imaging
- In vivo methods for macro and micro scale imaging of bone
- Skeletal architecture and mechanical properties of bone
- Bone quality assessment
- Clinical studies related to bone strength and density
Staff Contact
Gayle Lester, Ph.D.
Program Director
Clinical Osteoarthritis & Diagnostic Imaging Program
Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases
NIAMS, NIH, DHHS
One Democracy Plaza
6701 Democracy Blvd. Ste. 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-4872
Email: lester1@mail.nih.gov
