Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I am a rheumatologist and epidemiologist whose research has focused primarily on risk factors for knee osteoarthritis and gout, pain mechanisms in knee osteoarthritis, as well as methodologic issues of relevance for rheumatic diseases. I have had continuous peer-reviewed foundation and NIH funding since 2003, and have over 300 peer-reviewed publications to date. I am a past chair of the FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee, serve(d) on the boards two international societies: Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) and Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Diseases Network (G-CAN), and on committees for the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and International Association for the Study Pain (IASP), among others. My work has been recognized with the prestigious 2014 ACR Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award for outstanding and promising independent contributions to rheumatology research (awarded to no more than one clinical researcher and/or one basic science researcher each year), and the 2022 OARSI Clinical Research Award (in recognition of important contributions to OA research). I have also engaged in developing new classification criteria for a number of rheumatic diseases. In addition to research, clinical work, and teaching, one of my key roles is to mentor trainees and junior faculty in musculoskeletal disease-related research. To that end, I was awarded the 2016 Robert Dawson Evans Research Mentoring Award. I also developed and led the new CTSI Research Career Support Program initiative, PRIME (Pathways to Research Independence and Mentoring Excellence), which aims to support early career mentored researchers to successfully transition to becoming independent researchers.

Expertise includes:
- Osteoarthritis: epidemiology; risk factors; mechanisms of osteoarthritis-related pain; the role of bone in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis
- Gout: epidemiology; risk factors and triggers for gout attacks; management of gout; consequences of gout and hyperuricemia
- Classification criteria and outcome measures in rheumatic diseases.
- Novel methodology to address challenging epidemiologic issues

Publications

  • Published 10/16/2025

    Lin CP, Aydemir B, Song J, Muhammad LN, Neogi T, Marder W, Bingham CO, Bolster MB, Clauw DJ, Dunlop DD, Lee YC. Association between Discordance of Disease Activity Indices and Quantitative Sensory Testing Measures of Nociplastic Pain in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Oct 16. PMID: 41098035.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 10/13/2025

    Petrow E, Meade-Aguilar JA, Peloquin C, Jafarzadeh SR, Neogi T, Dubreuil M, Liew J. The Effect of Early Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Initiation on Chronic Opioid Use in Individuals with Axial Spondylarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Oct 13. PMID: 41084285.

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  • Published 10/8/2025

    Wallace IJ, Felson DT, Kraus VB, Neogi T, Haugen IK, Huebner JL, Sena CMT, Kivell TL, Holowka NB, Worthington S, Lim YAL, Venkataraman VV, Kraft TS, Lea AJ. Dampened inflammation and reduced risk of osteoarthritis among non-industrialized societies. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2025 Oct 08. PMID: 41072881.

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  • Published 10/3/2025

    Aoyagi K, LaValley M, Neogi T, Edwards R, Shababi R, Rivas E, Bajpeyi S, Mandal A, Moya E, Lechuga J. Relations of Social Determinants of Health to Pain and Function in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis in a Hispanic-dominant Community. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Oct 03. PMID: 41042455.

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  • Published 9/22/2025

    Degirmenci HB, Peloquin CE, Westerland M, Lodi S, Machado PM, Jafarzadeh SR, Neogi T, Gensler LS, Dubreuil M, Liew JW. Trends in Opioid Prescriptions in Individuals With Axial Spondyloarthritis in the United States and United Kingdom in the Last Two Decades: Analysis of Electronic Health Records and Insurance Claims Data. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Sep 22. PMID: 40977482.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Epidemiology
    Boston University School of Public Health
  • Chief, Medicine
    Boston Medical Center
  • Investigator
    Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases Research Center
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Section Chief of Rheumatology, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • University of Toronto, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, PhD
  • McMaster University, BS

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