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 8/8/2026

    Alzaher MZ, Issa W, Huang AJ, Husseini JS, Palmer WE, Collins J, Jafarzadeh SR, Mohammadi S, Patzer TS, Ghandour S, Neogi T, Katz JN, Guermazi A, Jarraya M. Association between radial meniscal tears with and without posterior root involvement and subchondral insufficiency fracture of the knee on MRI: The mediating role of meniscal extrusion. Diagn Interv Imaging. 2026 Aug 08. PMID: 42567755.

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  • Published 6/9/2026

    Filippou G, Pezzoni L, Filippucci E, Tedeschi SK, Pascart T, Adinolfi A, Cipolletta E, Jauffret C, Sirotti S, Abhishek A, Albert D, Andres M, Baraf H, Becce F, Bertrand J, Biernat-Kaluza E, Castelar-Pinheiro GDR, Dehlin M, Diaz-Torne C, Doherty M, Fields TR, FitzGerald J, Gancheva R, Grainger R, Kumar N, Kwok T, Latourte A, Liew J, Louthrenoo W, Mandl P, Manigold T, McCarthy G, Möller I, Naredo E, Neogi T, Niessink T, Ottaviani S, Parperis K, Perez-Ruiz F, Pineda C, Porta F, Roddy E, Rosenthal A, Schlesinger N, Sivera F, Stamp L, Tai V, Tausche AK, Terslev L, Towiwat P, Uhlig T, Vreju FA, Yin C, Terkeltaub R, Dalbeth N. Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN) consensus statement regarding labels and definitions for disease elements in calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition (CPPD). Ann Rheum Dis. 2026 Jun 09. PMID: 42264993.

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  • Published 6/5/2026

    Hawker GA, Carlesso L, Stanaitis I, Neogi T, King LK, Liew JW. Does pain pattern matter? Association of intermittent, constant, predictable and unpredictable knee pain to patient-reported knee symptom acceptability in knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2026 Sep; 8(3):100838. PMID: 42325869.

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  • Published 5/18/2026

    Johnson SR, Neogi T, Turner AS, Guzman J, Touma Z. The American College of Rheumatology Updated Recommended Methods for Development of Disease Classification and Response Criteria. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026 May 18. PMID: 42148886.

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  • Published 5/13/2026

    Wang Z, Westerland M, Peloquin C, LaValley M, Petrow E, Clancy M, Hu W, Ding C, Neogi T. Associations of centrally acting analgesic use with total joint arthroplasty compared to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor among osteoarthritis patients in a large prospective cohort. BMC Med. 2026 May 13. PMID: 42129763.

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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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