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Clinical Osteoarthritis & Diagnostics Imaging of Bones and Joints Program

Reviewed July 19, 2008

Research Areas

Clinical osteoarthritis and the osteoarthritis initiative
Epidemiology and pathogenesis
Environmental and genetic risk factors
Treatment, prevention, and diagnosis
In vivo methods for macro and micro scale imaging of bones and joints
Skeletal architecture and mechanical properties of bone
Bone quality assessment
Novel methods for cartilage and joint imaging

Staff Contact

Gayle E. Lester, Ph.D.
Program Director
Clinical Osteoarthritis & Diagnostics Imaging of Bones and Joints 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