Research Accelerator Schedule – 2021

Tuesdays from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in X231

* Friday : Combined with the Section of Preventive Medicine 9:00-10:00 am

2021 Dates to Remember:
OARSI 2021 Meeting | April 29-May 1, 2021 | virtual meeting
Abstract submission deadline: March 1, 2021
EULAR Meeting
June 2-5, 2021 | Paris, France
Abstract submission deadline: February 1, 2021
ACR Convergence 2021 | November 5-9, 2021 | San Francisco, CA
Abstract submission dates: April 13-June 1, 2021

All publications resulting from the support of Accelerator resources are required to credit CCCR grant P30 AR072571 and must comply with NIH Public Access Policy.
Month Day Participant Material
January
5 Group
Justin Lui
Jean Liew
Projects review & update
Manuscript
Proposal
12 Deepak Kumar
Maureen Dubreuil
Reza Jafarzadeh
Proposal
Proposal
Proposal
19 9:oo am
Maureen Dubreuil

Deepak Kumar
David Felson

Proposal
Proposal
Manuscript
26 9:oo am
Aleksandra Turkiewicz
Cara Lewis

Manuscript
Manuscript
February 2 Group
Patrick Corrigan
Projects review & update
Oral presentation
9 Patrick Corrigan Analysis plan
16 Reza Jafarzadeh
David Felson
Manuscript review
Specific aims
23 Josh Stefanik
Jean Liew
Group
Specific aims
Grant application
New IRB form discussion
March 2 Speaker: Christopher Ladel, PhD, BioBone B.V.

Jean Liew
Translational Medicine: The journey of sprifermin through preclinical and clinical development
Manuscript

9 Group Projects review & update
16  Deepak Kumar
OPTUM manuscript
23 Kosaku Aoyagi

Patrick Corrigan
OARSI poster: QST & weight bearing pain
OARSI poster: Pain sensitivity index
OARSI poster/talk: GRF symmetry contralateral pain
30 Kathy Bacon
Tuhina Neogi/Deepak Kumar
Tuhina Neogi/Jean Liew
OARSI poster/talk: Gait moderation and unilateral knee pain
MOST pain project AP
MOST DECT project AP
April 6 9:oo am
Khara (Josh)
Soyoung (Deepak)
Michelle Yau

OARSI talk
OARSI talk: Predictors of EIH
OARSI oral presentation: Multijoint OA
13 Josh Stefanik

Soyoung (Deepak)

Deepak Kumar

Reza Jafarzadeh

Patrick Corrigan
OARSI poster: Hip strength & MRI cartilage worsening
OARSI poster: Temporal summation
OARSI late-breaking poster: COVID (if accepted)
OARSI poster/talk: Pain intervention strategies

20 Jean Liew
Lisa Carlesso
K23 Grant – Specific Aims
Manuscript
27 Jean Liew
Deepak Kumar
Kosaku Aoyagi
K08 Grant – Research Strategy
QST & gait/MOST AP
Analysis Plan
29-1 OARSI Meeting
May 4 Group
Vagi Murugesan
Projects review & update
Infections in PsA
11 Josh Stefanik
Jean Liew
Pablo Ortiz
Devyani Misra

Khara
Knee extensor power/MRI changes/MOST
U19 prelim – mineralization & cartilage
AR/fiber & OA
Leptin, adiponectin & pain
Strength training & trajectory
18 Kathy Bacon

Mike LaValley

Kosaku Aoyagi
Jean Liew
Longitudinal analysis – worsening pain in the contralateral knee
WOMAC pain/OAI
CPM and depressive symptoms/MOST
Fracture/AxSpa
U19 prelim – mineralization & cartilage loss
25 Pat Corrigan
Tuhina Neogi
Reza Jafarzadeh
Michelle Yau
Kerry Costello
Martin Englund

Foot pain/MOST
NSAIDs/Swedish database
Physical activity & pain interventions
Gen OA proteomics (U19)

ACR abstract
June 1 Group
Jean Liew
Projects review & update
Specific Aims
2-5 EULAR Meeting
8 Group
Priyanka Ballal

Eleni Pilitsi
Projects review & update
Analysis plan
Analysis plan: Pregnancy outcomes in inflammatory diseases
15 Deepak Kumar
Eleni Pilitsi
Vagi Murugesan
Reza Jafarzadeh
RRF Telehealth Grant – specific aims
GRAPPA presentation
GRAPPA presentation
RRF Innovative Research Award – specific aims
22 Group
Patrick Corrigan
Accelerator/MOST analysis plans
Manuscript
29 Michelle Yau Manuscript
July 6 Khara James F31 grant application
13 Group
Kathy Bacon
Projects review & update
Manuscript
20 Reza Jafarzadeh
Deepak Kumar
Analysis plan
Optum study
27 Kosaku Aoyagi Manuscript: Pain mechanisms
August 3 Group
Jean Liew
Projects review & update
Manuscript (CE-0035)
10 Justin Lui
K application – Specific Aims
17 Eleni Pilitsi
Josh Stefanik
Analysis plan
Specific aims

24 Devyani Misra
Maureen Dubreuil
Analysis plan
R01 Specific aims
31 Josh Stefanik Specific aims
September 7 Group
Jean Liew
Reza Jafarzadeh
Projects review & update
ACR Poster: mineralization cartilage
ACR Talk: NSAIDs & knee replacement
14 Reza Jafarzadeh
Cara Lewis
R21 application
ACR Poster: Gait FAI OA
21 Maureen Dubreuil
Josh Stefanik
R01 application
R01 application
28 Mike LaValley
Kerry Costello
Patrick Corrigan
ACR Poster: WOMAC pain analysis
ACR Poster: Gait & cartilage worsening

ACR Poster: Foot pain & knee worsening
October 5 Kathy Bacon
Kosaku Aoyagi
Sali Merjanah
ACR Talk: Gait & knee pain
ACR Poster: Depressive sxs CPM
ACR Poster
12 Maureen Dubreuil
D Kumar/K Costello
Devin Driscoll
Fracture study
Analysis plan for OARSI abstract
ACR poster
19 Group
Tuhina Neogi
Reza Jafarzadeh
Projects review & update
ACR talk
(tentative) ACR Talk: NSAIDs & knee replacement
26 Juan-Pablo Zertuche
Fernando Bomfim
Manuscript: alkylresorcinol
Analysis plan
November 2 Group
Eleni Pilitsi
D Kumar/K Costello
Projects review & update
Analysis plan
OARSI abstract
5-9 ACR Meeting
9 ACR Meeting
No Accelerator meeting scheduled
12 OARSI 2022 Abstract Submission Deadline
16  Group ACR Review
23 Prasad Patil Presentation: Machine Learning
30 Dr. Katherine Liao, BWH
Tasha Coughlin

RedCap demonstration
December 7 10:3o am
Jean Liew

Maureen Dubreuil

K08 summary statement and revised specific aims
R01 Aims/Significance
14 Group
Kerry Costello
Mike LaValley
Patrick Corrigan
Projects review & update
Specific Aims – K application

MOST Analysis plan
Manuscript
21 Reina Gonzalez
Michelle Yau
Research study design
R01 Aims & Methods

The Boston Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Collaboratory (Boston MCRC) is a National Institutes of Health Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) supported by NIH grant P30 AR072571.