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 Aitkin, PhD Menzies Institute for Medical Research Tasmania, Australia Dawn.Aitken@utas.edu.au Research area: Knee osteoarthritis, clinical trials, physical activity
	Katherine A. Boyer, PhD University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, Canada kboyer@kin.umass.edu Research area: Movement biomechanics in aging and osteoarthritis, pain and biomarkers.
	Jamie Collins, PhD Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA jcollins13@partners.org Research Area: Biostatistics and epidemiology, outcomes research, health services research.
	Natalie Collins, PhD, M. Sports Physio, BPhty(Hons) The University of Queensland St. Lucia, Australia n.collins1@uq.edu.au Research area: Knee pain and osteoarthritis, non-surgical interventions (physiotherapy, foot orthoses), patient-reported outcome measures, gait biomechanics.
	Kerry Costello, MSc Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada k.costello@dal.ca Research area: Knee osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis progression, gait biomechanics, physical activity levels.
	Harvi Hart, BSc (Hons), PhD La Trobe University School of Allied Health College of Science, Health & Engineering Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia h.hart@latrobe.edu.au Research area: Knee pain and osteoarthritis, ACL injured, non-surgical treatments (bracing, foot orthoses), gait biomechanics.
	ZeYu Huang, M.D. SiChuan University 37# Wainan Guoxue Road West China Hospital 610041 ChengDu, China zey.huang@gmail.com Research area:  Inflammatory mechanisms in osteoarthritis and surgical treatment for OA.
	Anusha Ratneswaran, PhD University of Western Ontario Ontario, Canada anusha.ratneswaran@gmail.com Research area:
	Martijn H van den Bosch, PhD PO Box 9101 Route 272 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands martijn.vandenbosch@radboudumc.nl Research area: Cartilage biology, synovitis, cell signaling.
	Michelle Yau, PhD, MPH Hebrew SeniorLife 1200 Centre Street Institute for Aging Research Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA michelleyau@hsl.harvard.edu Research area: Genetic epidemiology, osteoarthritis, age-associated musculoskeletal conditions