Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, “Osteoarthritis: Updates and Tools.”

Amanda E. Nelson is a board-certified internist and rheumatologist with a Master of Clinical Research in Epidemiology. She spends one day per week in clinic, divided between general rheumatology and musculoskeletal ultrasound, and is very involved in fellow education. Her research is focused on a variety of aspects of imaging in osteoarthritis (OA), including the contribution of bone shape to OA risk, novel methodologies for analysis of large and complex datasets, ultrasound in OA, and assessment of whole-body burden of OA. She directs the Phenotyping and Precision Medicine Resource Core of UNC’s Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR). She is co-PI, along with Dr. Yvonne Golightly, of the Johnston County OA Project (JoCoOA), a community-based prospective cohort of OA, multiple chronic conditions, pain and disability in Black and White men and women that has been ongoing since 1991 and a new cohort, the Johnston County Health Study, building on that infrastructure. As an internationally recognized clinical OA expert, she has worked with various groups to summarize the evidence related to OA management and clinical trials (ACR, AF, USBJI, OARSI) and develop and promote dissemination of evidence-based guidelines, and she serves as the Medical Advisor to the UNC-based OA Action Alliance.