{"id":15937,"date":"2024-04-16T09:50:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T13:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=15937"},"modified":"2024-04-16T09:50:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T13:50:33","slug":"dr-brian-diekman-receives-205k-nih-grant-to-investigate-the-genetic-risk-factors-for-osteoarthritis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/dr-brian-diekman-receives-205k-nih-grant-to-investigate-the-genetic-risk-factors-for-osteoarthritis\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Brian Diekman Receives $205k NIH Grant to Investigate the Genetic Risk Factors for Osteoarthritis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12463\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 227px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2021\/09\/Brian-Diekman-photo-sqsm-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2021\/09\/Brian-Diekman-photo-sqsm-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2021\/09\/Brian-Diekman-photo-sqsm-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2021\/09\/Brian-Diekman-photo-sqsm-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2021\/09\/Brian-Diekman-photo-sqsm-1434x1536.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2021\/09\/Brian-Diekman-photo-sqsm-1912x2048.jpg 1912w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2021\/09\/Brian-Diekman-photo-sqsm-600x643.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Brian Diekman, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Dr. Brian Diekman<\/b> recently received a R21 grant funded through the National Institute of Health (NIH); National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). The project, <b>\u201cFunctional interrogation of putative osteoarthritis causal variants\u201d, <\/b>leverages advanced molecular biology and sequencing technologies to identify the specific genetic changes that affect cells in the joint. A better understanding of how genetic risk factors contribute to osteoarthritis may identify molecular pathways that could be targeted with new therapies.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Diekman is an Assistant Professor in UNC and NC State University\u2019s Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. UNC Co-Investigators for this project include Dr. Doug Phanstiel and Dr. Richard Loeser.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><i>Award number: R21AR084104<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Brian Diekman recently received a R21 grant funded through the National Institute of Health (NIH); National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114753,"featured_media":12463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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