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  • Monday, Oct 27th
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Central Time
    Sticks and Stones: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammatory Bone Loss
    Moderator: Mary Beth Humphrey, MD, PhD – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
    Moderator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    4:15 PM – 4:45 PM Central Time
    Macrophages, Osteoclast Origin and Bone Remodeling/Repair
    Speaker: Benjamin Alman, MD – Duke University
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Central Time
    DNA Hypomethylation, IRF8, and Inflammatory Arthritis
    Speaker: Yousef Abu-Amer, PhD, MSc – Washington University School of Med
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Updates in Osteoporosis: Where They 'Fall Short'
    Moderator: Maria I. ("Maio") Danila, MD, MSc, MPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham VA Medical Center
    Moderator: Nancy Lane, MD, BA – University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
    Session Coordinator: Lesley Jackson, MD, MPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Session Coordinator: Nancy Lane, MD, BA – University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Central Time
    Identify and Stratify Osteoporosis Risk Using Current Diagnostic Tools
    Speaker: Elaine Yu, MD, MMSc – Harvard Medical School
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
    Apply Updated Clinical Guidelines to Manage Osteoporosis in Special Patient Populations
    Speaker: Sharon M. Moe, MD – Indiana University
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Women Have a Bone to Pick: Hormonal Regulation of Osteoporosis
    Moderator: Julia Charles, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Moderator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Baohong Zhao, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Central Time
    A Maternal Brain Hormone Builds Bone
    Speaker: Thomas Ambrosi�, PhD – UC Davis Health
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
    Menopause-Induced Loss of 17β-Estradiol and Progesterone Regulates Cartilage Senescence and Degeneration
    Speaker: Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD – Discovery Center for Musculoskeletal Recovery, Schoen Adams Research Institute at Spaulding, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
    Effects of Intermittent Senolytic Therapy on Bone Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women
    Speaker: Sundeep Khosla, MD – Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.