Mission

The subcommittee will focus on increased student and young investigator interest and participation in OARSI in order to create new and strengthen existing research efforts, collaborations and mentorship opportunities in both clinical and basic science studies of osteoarthritis.

ABOUT THE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR COMMITEE

The Young Investigator Committee (YISC) was established in 2008 to encourage greater participation of young investigators in OARSI. Over the past years, the YISC has hosted several activities at the annual congress including a pre-congress workshop and lunchtime workshop. The establishment of the meet-the-mentor sessions, which provide a great opportunity for informal networking and scientific and career advice, is among its biggest success. The YISC actively and closely collaborates with the OARSI Board of Directors, Congress Program Committee and other Subcommittees to develop further activities and provide input into the annual congress program and strategic direction of OARSI. However, we want to become bigger and better, and provide greater means for Young Investigators to be involved with and mentored by OARSI.
 

For more information about the young investigators and/or to become involved send an email to:
yi@oarsi.org.

Chair

Committee Members

	Dawn Aitken, PhD Menzies Institute for Medical Research Tasmania, Australia Dawn.Aitken@utas.edu.au Research area: Knee osteoarthritis, clinical trials, physical activity
	Jamie Collins, PhD Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA, USA jcollins13@partners.org Research Area: Biostatistics and epidemiology, outcomes research, health services research.
	Harvi Hart, BSc (Hons), PhD La Trobe University School of Allied Health College of Science, Health & Engineering Bundoora, Australia h.hart@latrobe.edu.au Research area: Knee pain and osteoarthritis, ACL injured, non-surgical treatments (bracing, foot orthoses), gait biomechanics.
	Hiral Master, PhD, PT, MPTh, MPH, CPH University of Delaware Newark, DE, USA hiralmaster21@gmail.com Research are: Epidemiology, Osteoarthritis, Physical Activity, Function, Rehabilitation
	ZeYu Huang, M.D. SiChuan University West China Hospital ChengDu, China zey.huang@gmail.com Research area:  Inflammatory mechanisms in osteoarthritis and surgical treatment for OA.
	Annemarie Lang, DVM Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Department for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin, Germany annemarie.lang@charite.de Research area: Preclinical models in vivo vs. in vitro, cartilage mechanotransduction, OA development, gene therapy
	Jiao Jiao Li, PhD University of Sydney Royal North Shore Hospital St. Leonards, Australia jiaojiao.li@sydney.edu.au Research area: Regenerative medicine for OA, musculoskeletal tissue engineering, stem cells, biomaterials
	Anusha Ratneswaran, PhD Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada anusha.ratneswaran@gmail.com Research area: Knee and hand osteoarthritis, translational research, prognostic and therapeutic target discovery
	Joanna Sherwood, PhD IMM University Hospital Muenster Muenster, Germany sherwood@uni-muenster.de Research area:
	Michelle Yau, PhD, MPH Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA michelleyau@hsl.harvard.edu Research area: Genetic epidemiology, osteoarthritis, age-associated musculoskeletal conditions