Program

Date

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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Designing Research with People, Not for People: Introduction to Co-Design
Organized by the Early Career Investigators

Pre-Congress Workshop C - registration is required
Speakers:
  • Co-Design in Action: Real-World Exemplars
  • What is Co-Design?
  • Why Cp-Design Matters

It's All About OA Pain

Pre-Congress Workshop B - registration is required
Speakers:
  • All About Quantitative Sensory Testing in OA
  • Cellular and Molecular Biomarkers of Pain
  • Challenges in Assessing OA Pain in Trials

OA Data Bank: The Opportunity to Share Worldwide Collected OA Data

Pre-Congress Workshop A - registration is required
Speakers:
  • IHI PROBE: Why OA Research Will Benefit from Federated Access to Multimodal Cross-Institutional Data
  • Leading by Example: The FNIH Biomarker Consortium
  • Leading by Example: The OA Trial Bank
  • PROBE (Patient Relevent Osteoarthritis endpoints using Big data Evaluation)

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OAC & OACO Journal Session

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Opening Ceremony & Clinical & Basic Awards

Plenary 01

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Highest Rated Abstracts by Early Career Investigators / Rising Star Basic & Rising Star Clinical Awards

Plenary 02
  • Association Of Sarcopenic Obesity With Increased Risk For Knee Osteoarthritis Incidence And Subsequent Knee Replacement: Evidence From Two Independent, Matched Cohort Studies - Zhipeng Wang
  • Evaluating The Effectiveness Of AI-Generated Notifications For Managing Osteoarthritis In The OA Coach Mobile Application – Vicky Duong
  • Massively Parallel Reporter Assay (Mpra) Identifies Ancient, Evolutionarily Important Variants Pertinent To Musculoskeletal Traits And Disease – Clarissa Coveney
  • Multi Tissue Knee Joint Qtl Analysis Reveals Genomic Effects Of Tissue-Specific And Cross-Tissue Regulation In Osteoarthritis – Yutaro Uchida
  • Opioid Initiation And Progression To Long-Term Use After Osteoarthritis Diagnosis And Their Association With Hypertension And Diabetes: A Population-Based Register Cohort Study In Sweden On 48,778 Individuals – Filippo Recenti

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How Evolution Shapes Osteoarthritis

Plenary 03
Speakers:
  • Endotype Profiling Of Multiple Joint Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study In A Community-Based Cohort - Liubov Arbeeva
  • Harnessing A Pharmacological Enrichment Score For Hip Osteoarthritis In The Million Veteran Program: A New Approach To Validating Drug Target Discovery - Alison Rocco
  • How Evolution Shapes Osteoarthritis
  • Predicting Rapid Knee Osteoarthritis Progression: Model Refinement And Cross-Continental Validation With A Focus On Early Disease - Simone Castagno
  • Socioeconomic And Geographic Differences In Good Life With Osteoarthritis From Denmark (Gla:D®) Outcomes Across Australia - Yoseph Alamneh

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Lifetime Achievement Awards Presentation & Ceremony

Plenary 04

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Opening Reception with Exhibitors