Anne-Marie Malfait

Rush University Medical Center

Anne-Marie Malfait, MD PhD, is Professor of Internal Medicine and The Klaus E. Kuettner, PhD,
Chair of Osteoarthritis Research at Rush University in Chicago IL. Before establishing her
research lab, she spent 9 years as PI in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on developing
disease modifying drugs for osteoarthritis (OA). Her team at Rush studies the neurobiology of
joints in osteoarthritis and other rheumatic diseases, using a multi-disciplinary approach. Anne-
Marie is founding Director of the NIAMS-funded Chicago Center for Musculoskeletal Pain (C-
COMP). She is one of two Editors-in-Chief of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (joint position with Dr.
David Hunter, Sydney). Previously, she served as Associate Editor for Osteoarthritis and
Cartilage as well as for Arthritis and Rheumatology for 13 years. She served on the Board of
Directors of OARSI (2016-2020) and of the Rheumatology Research Foundation (2017-2020),
and as Chair of the Committee on Research for the American College of Rheumatology (2017-
2020). In 2021, she received the Basic Research Award from OARSI. She has served on the
Scientific Advisory Board of the ANRF since 2020 and as faculty of the USBJ Young Investigators
Initiative since 2017. Anne-Marie is passionate about mentoring junior investigators in the field.