Martin Englund, MD, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Musculoskeletal diseases are a rapidly growing cause of disability, chronic pain, and reduced quality of life in an ageing population. My research aims to gain novel insights into these diseases, osteoarthritis in particular – their etiology, occurrence, natural history, treatments, prediction, disease monitoring, and disease burden – to allow for better healthcare decision-making and disease prevention. I also have a particular interest in the role of meniscus in osteoarthritis. I use a multidisciplinary approach to study osteoarthritis, including tissue biobanking and proteomics, structural imaging, and population-wide register based studies of epidemiology and health economics.

Publications

  • Published 8/11/2026

    Swain S, Vivekanantham A, Dell 'Isola A, Kamps A, Moncusi MP, Runhaar J, Kuo CF, Vanhegan S, Pistillidou I, Cockshull J, Mallen C, Doherty M, Prieto-Alhambra D, Englund M, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Coupland C, Zhang W. Associations between osteoarthritis and comorbidities before and after diagnosis across four European primary care databases: a multinational case-control and cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Oct; 69:101800. PMID: 42620719.

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  • Published 8/11/2026

    Recenti F, Kiadaliri A, Battista S, Hellberg C, Englund M, Testa M, Dell'Isola A. Association of hypertension and diabetes with opioid initiation and progression to long-term use after osteoarthritis diagnosis: A population-based register cohort study in Sweden. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2026 Dec; 8(4):100860. PMID: 42676841.

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  • Published 8/7/2026

    Swain S, Coupland C, Isola AD, Robinson DE, Kamps A, Moncusi MP, Runhaar J, Mallen C, Kuo CF, Prieto-Alhambra D, Englund M, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Doherty M, Zhang W. Association of analgesics prescription with incident comorbidities in people with osteoarthritis-a UK primary care database cohort study. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2026; 10(3):rkag098. PMID: 42677337.

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  • Published 6/24/2026

    Menon D, Mathew S, Peat G, Hellberg C, Turkiewicz A, Dell'Isola A, Englund M, Thomas G, Yu D. Clinical care patterns in the 10-years prior to primary total hip replacement: a matched population-based case-control analysis in England. BMC Med. 2026 Jun 24; 24(1). PMID: 42343375.

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  • Published 6/12/2026

    Nevanranta EA, Karjalainen VP, Brix M, Hellberg I, Turkiewicz A, Shakya B, Önnerfjord P, Ylisiurua S, Sjögren A, Elkhouly K, Hughes V, Tjörnstrand J, Saarakkala S, Englund M, Finnilä MAJ. Characterizing Meniscal Calcifications with Photon Counting-Based Dual-Energy Computed Tomography. Ann Biomed Eng. 2026 Jun 12. PMID: 42283929.

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Education

  • Lund University, MD
  • Lund University, PhD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MSc

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