{"id":9463,"date":"2020-06-15T11:46:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2020-06-30T15:07:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T19:07:15","slug":"dr-leigh-callahan-voted-president-elect-of-the-u-s-bone-joint-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/dr-leigh-callahan-voted-president-elect-of-the-u-s-bone-joint-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Leigh Callahan Voted President-Elect of the U.S. Bone &amp; Joint Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-9249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Callahan, who is Associate Director of the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center and National Director of the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance, has been a vital part of USBJI for two decades.<\/p>\n<p>She represented both the Rheumatology Research Foundation and the Arthritis Foundation on the USBJI board, served as Treasurer from 2010-2012, and has served on numerous committees and task forces including the Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases and the Chronic OA Management Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Callahan is looking forward to working collaboratively with USBJI members to improve the prevention of bone and joint disorders, and improve the quality of life for those who are affected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the USBJI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usbji.org\/\">The United States Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI)<\/a>\u00a0is the U.S. National Action Network of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health, a multi-disciplinary initiative targeting the care of people with musculoskeletal conditions \u2014 bone and joint disorders.<\/p>\n<p>Its focus is on improving your quality of life as well as advancing the understanding and treatment of those conditions through research, prevention and education. 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Their state of health and how they enable Americans to lead an active and healthy life is what the Initiative aims to improve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Callahan is looking forward to working collaboratively with USBJI members to improve the prevention of bone and joint disorders, and improve the quality of life for those who are affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58060,"featured_media":9249,"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-9463","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Leigh Callahan Voted President-Elect of the U.S. Bone &amp; 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