NIAMS Conference Room
Room 803 6701 Democracy Blvd
Bethesda, MD

8:00 AM	Coffee and light refreshments
8:30 AM	Welcome & Introductions	Gayle Lester & Stephen Katz
9:00 AM	Discussion of limits on discussion: Phenotype — P/F versus T/F — role of osteophytes Knee pain definitions: chronic versus infrequent Modifiable versus non-modifiable risk factors	Marc Hochberg
10:00 AM	Presentation of White Paper	Kent Kwoh
10:30 AM	Break
10:45 AM	Discussion of modifiable risk factors: Part I	Working Group
Noon	Working Lunch   presentation by AF/CDC	Drs. White & Lightsey
1:30 PM	Discussion of modifiable risk factors: Part II	Working Group
3:00 PM	Status of interventions for risk factors	Working Group
3:30 PM	Status of surveillance or risk assessment	Chad Helmick
4:00 PM	Summary of gaps, opportunities & next steps	Gayle & Kent

 

Working Group Members:

C. Kent Kwoh	University of Pittsburgh
Marc C. Hochberg	University of Maryland
David Hunter	New England Baptist Hospital
Joanne Jordan	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Stefan Lohmander	University of Lund, Sweden
Jody Buckwalter	University of Iowa
David Felson	Boston University
Leena Sharma	Northwestern University
Joel Block	Rush Presbyterian Hospital
Tim McAlindon	Tufts Medical Center
Chad Helmick	CDC
MaryFran Sowers	University of Michigan (by telephone)

 

Science Writer: Rachel Moore-Weller

CDC/Arthritis Foundation attendees:
Patience White, Bing Chang, Rollie Moskowitz, Leigh Callahan, Debra Lapin, Amy Melnick, Deb Lightsey, Susan Toal, Jeff Sacks

NIH attendees to date:
Stephen Katz; Gayle Lester; Jonelle Drugan; James Panagis; Bernadette Tyree; Joan McGowan; Chhanda Dutta; Helen Lin; Trish Reynolds