Program Objectives, MCRC Project 3
The objectives of this program are:
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Promote physical activity through lifestyle behavior
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Identify arthritis-specific benefits related to physical activity
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Develop valid approaches to measure physical activity in persons with rheumatic
This project within our ongoing MCRC involves the MCRC Epidemiology Program, Physical Activity in Persons with or at High Risk of Developing Knee OA. Program members and collaborators are shown in the table below.
| Physical Activity in Persons With or at High Risk of Developing Knee OA | |
| Dorothy Dunlop PhD, Program Leader | IHS, Preventive Medicine, Rheumatology |
| Rowland Chang MD, MPH | Rheumatology, Preventive Medicine, PMR |
| Jungwha (Julia) Lee PhD | Preventive Medicine |
| Larry Manheim PhD | IHS, PMR |
| Pamela Semanik APN, PhD | PMR |
| Leena Sharma MD | Rheumatology |
| Min-Woong Sohn PhD | IHS |
| Linda Van Horn PhD, RD | Preventive Medicine |
| Collaborators not at NU: Barbara Ainsworth PhD (Arizona State); Joan Bathon MD (Columbia); Charles Eaton MD (Brown); Rebecca Jackson MD (Ohio State); Marc Hochberg MD, MPH (Maryland); Jennifer Hootman PhD (CDC); Kent Kwoh MD (Pittsburgh); W. Jerry Mysiw MD (Ohio State); Michael Nevitt PhD (UCSF) | |
This project also utilizes expertise from these MCRC Health Services Research/Preventive Rheumatology Programs shown in the table below.
| Population-based Arthritis, Disability, and Health Care Costs | |
| Dorothy Dunlop PhD, Program Leader | IHS, Preventive Medicine, Rheumatology |
| Rowland Chang MD, MPH | Rheumatology, Preventive Medicine, PMR |
| Larry Manheim PhD | IHS, PMR |
| Min-Woong Sohn PhD | IHS |
| Physical Activity and Outcomes in the Setting of Rheumatic Disease | |
| Rowland Chang MD, MPH, Program Leader | Rheumatology, Preventive Medicine, PMR |
| Dorothy Dunlop PhD | IHS, Preventive Medicine, Rheumatology |
| Linda Ehrlich-Jones PhD, RN | PMR |
| Joseph Feinglass PhD | General Internal Medicine, IHS |
| Allen Heinemann PhD | PMR, IHS |
| Jin-Shei Lai PhD | Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics |
| Jungwha (Julia) Lee PhD | Preventive Medicine |
| Larry Manheim PhD | IHS, PMR |
| Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman MD, DrPH | Rheumatology |
| Nan Rothrock PhD | Medical Social Sciences, IHS |
| Eric Ruderman MD | Rheumatology |
| Pamela Semanik APN, PhD | PMR |
| Leena Sharma MD | Rheumatology |
| Bonnie Spring PhD, ABPP | Preventive Medicine |
| Linda Van Horn PhD, RD | Preventive Medicine |
| Susan Young PhD | Medical Social Sciences |
| Collaborators not at NU: Barbara Ainsworth PhD (Arizona State); Cheryl Cox, PhD (St. Jude’s); Loretta DiPietro PhD (George Washington); Laura Linnan PhD (UNC); JoEllen Wilbur PhD (Rush) | |
