Collaborative CCCR Speaker Series
This new speaker series highlights methodological work being conducted by researchers across the NIAMS-funded P30 Core Centers for Clinical Research (CCCR), with application to rheumatic & musculoskeletal conditions.
Participating CCCRs include:
We invite you to register and join us in real-time for our live presentations or listen to the recorded versions at a later date.
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
June 4th, 2025 @9:30am ET
Talk title to be announced.
Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS
Professor of Medicine, UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
Director, UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR)
Director, UNC CCCR Phenotyping & Precision Medicine Resource Core
Liubov Arbeeva, MS
Biostatistician, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Register to Attend Virtually
PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS
March 12th, 2025
Talk title to be announced.
Michael LaValley, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health
Methodology Core Director, Boston Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Collaboratory (MCRC)
Link to Recorded Presentation
October 23rd, 2024
“Challenges and Solutions in Community-Engaged Research to Address Disparities in Rheumatology”
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH
Gallagher Research Professor of Rheumatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Link to Recorded Presentation
September 25th, 2024
“Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents”
Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD
Div. of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Associate Director, Pediatric Pain Research Center
Associate Director, PORTICO
Link to Recorded Presentation
January 31st, 2024
“The Indiana CCCR – An Untapped Resource for Musculoskeletal Researchers”
Sharon M. Moe, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Co-Director, Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute
Stuart A. Kleit Professor of Medicine, Indiana Univ., School of Medicine
Link to Recorded Presentation
January 10th, 2024
Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH
Chief, Section of Clinical Sciences, Div. of Rheumatology
Matthew H. Liang Distinguished Chair in Arthritis and Population Health Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Administrative Core Team, VERITY
Link to Recorded Presentation
September 27th, 2023
“Individualized Treatment Rule Characterization Via
Surrogate for the Value Function”
Dr. Nikki Freeman
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Vascular Division, Department of Surgery
UNC School of Medicine
Link to Recorded Presentation
January 9, 2023
“Artificial Intelligence in Orthopedic Surgery – The Future is Now”
Dr. Cody Wyles
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Mayo Clinic
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“The Mayo Clinic Total Hip Arthroplasty Radiography Registry: A Case Study of How AI Can Turn Challenges into Opportunities”
Dr. Pouria Rouzrokh
Data Scientist & Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Link to Recorded Presentation
March 11, 2022
“COVID Impacts on Persons with Rheumatic Diseases”
Dr. Jean Liew
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Link to Recorded Presentation
December 8, 2021
“Evidence-Based Analysis of Longitudinal Data”
Dr. Patrick Heagerty
Professor of Biostatistics
University of Washington
Link to Recorded Presentation
April 23, 2021
“Rigor, Reproducibility, and the NIH”
Dr. Bethany Wolf
Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Link to Recorded Presentation

April 6, 2021
“Assessing Musculoskeletal Health – The Indiana University FIT Core”
Sharon Moe, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
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Stuart J. Warden, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Indiana University School of Health & Human Science
Link to Recorded Presentation
March 5, 2021
“Recent Developments and Future Possibilities in Precision Health”
Dr. Michael Kosorok, Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Biostatistics, University of N.C. at Chapel Hill
Link to Recorded Presentation
November 20, 2020
“The Distributed Nociceptive System: A Framework For Understanding Pain”
Dr. Robert Coghill, Professor of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Link to Presentation: N/A
August 14, 2020
“Statistical Methods to Machine Learning: Methods for Learning from Data”
Dr. Jamie Collins, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Links to Dr. Collin’s Recorded Presentation, as well as PPT Presentation
*Detailed Listing of Participating CCCRs.
- PORTICO (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center)
- The CLEAR Center (University of Washington)
- Northwestern Medicine Center for Clinical Research (Northwestern University)
- Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health (Indiana University)
- VERITY (Harvard University)
- The MUSC Improving Minority Health in Rheumatic Diseases CCCR (Medical University of South Carolina)
- Boston Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Collaboratory (Boston University)
- Core Center for Clinical research in Total Joint Arthroplasty (Mayo Clinic)
- UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)