Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Dr. Messier is Professor and Director of the J.B Snow Biomechanics Laboratory at Wake Forest University. He has been at Wake Forest for 41 years and has 31 years of experience in clinical trials research specifically related to knee osteoarthritis (OA). Currently, Dr. Messier is the principal investigator of the Weight loss and Exercise for Communities with Arthritis in North Carolina (WE-CAN) trial and The Osteoarthritis Prevention Trial (TOPS). WE-CAN is a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of 823 older adults with knee OA, and overweight and obesity that is designed to determine if the diet and exercise intervention implemented in a highly controlled efficacy trial (IDEA) could be successfully implemented in diverse community settings. TOPS is the planning grant for this proposed prevention study for people at risk for knee OA. These studies are funded with grants from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Dr. Messier has received the lifetime achievement award from the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (2022), the Borelli Award from the American Society of Biomechanics (2020) for outstanding career accomplishment through exemplary research in biomechanics, and the career achievement award from the American College of Sports Medicine Biomechanics Group (2009).
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Monday, November 14, 2022
11:30 AM – 11:40 AM Eastern Time
