{"id":43195,"date":"2020-06-29T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=43195"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:56:22","slug":"callahan-voted-president-elect-of-us-bone-joint-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/callahan-voted-president-elect-of-us-bone-joint-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Callahan Voted President-Elect of US Bone and Joint Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29201\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/IMG_0965-Callahan-2-Best-e1569947178830-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"leigh-callahan\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" 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PhD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/leigh-f-callahan-phd\/\"><strong>Leigh Callahan<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, the Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, has been voted president-elect of the US Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI).\u00a0 As associate director of the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center and national director of the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance, Callahan has been a vital part of USBJI for two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/dr-leigh-callahan-voted-president-elect-of-the-u-s-bone-joint-initiative\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leigh Callahan, PhD, the Mary Link Briggs Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, has been voted president-elect of the US Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI).\u00a0 As associate 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