Scientific Program

7:15AM-8:15AM

Breakfast Workshop E

Animal Models of OA:  Not a
One-Size-Fits-All Scenario
Sonya Glasson, BVSc
Janice R. Connor

7:15AM-8:15AM

Breakfast workshop F

Design Issues in Non-Pharmacologic and Surgical Trials   
Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MS
Elena Losina, PhD

8:30AM-10:00AM

Concurrent session XI

MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS

Current Candidates and Future Prospects
Carl R. Flannery, PhD

4 Abstract Presentations

8:30AM-10:00AM 

Concurrent session XII

ROLE OF AGING IN OSTEOARTHRITIS

The Biology and Biomechanics of Aging Joints
Joseph A. Buckwalter, MS, MD

4 Abstract Presentations

10:30AM-12:00PM

Plenary Session V

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Farshid Guilak, PhD

Clinical and Molecular Genetics
John Loughlin, PhD

Cartilage Extracellular Matrix in Health and Disease
Dick Heinegard, MD, PhD

Cell Biology
Thomas Aigner, MD, DSc

Epidemiology and Health Services Research
Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH

Clinical Trials:Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic
Roy D. Altman, MD