Virginia Kraus Past President of OARSI, Duke University, USA
Virginia Byers Kraus, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Orthopaedic
Surgery, and a faculty member of the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute in the
Duke University School of Medicine. She is a practicing Rheumatologist with 20
yearsexperience in Osteoarthritis research.
Dr. Kraus is past president of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI); the premier organization focused on the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis through the promotion and presentation of research, education, and the worldwide dissemination of new knowledge. She is co-PI of the OARSI/Foundation for NIH Osteoarthritis Biomarkers Consortium Project, which advances the validation and qualification of biomarkers for OA diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical trials. She also directs the Duke Biomarkers Shared Resource under the management of Janet Huebner.
Virginia Kraus，风湿病临床专家，杜克大学医学院杜克分子生理学研究所教授，国际骨关节炎研究协会前任主席，致力于通过推广和介绍最前沿的研究，教育和传播防治骨关节炎的最新知识，任国际骨关节炎研究协会和美国国立卫生研究院共同成立的骨关节炎生物标志物联盟项目基金会的联合PI，该项目推进了OA诊断，预后和临床试验生物标志物的验证和鉴定，负责管理Janet Huebner管理的Duke Biomarkers共享资源。