About Us
The Arthritis Research UK Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis aims to develop new treatments for this disabling condition, improving healthcare and transforming people's lives.
Our strategy is to turn our research findings into patient benefit. This includes finding targets for new treatments, new tests or markers, and personalised approaches to symptom management for osteoarthritis.
Directed by Professor Tonia Vincent within the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, the OA Centre is hosted by the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford.
We bring together researchers and clinicians from across the University of Oxford including the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, the Botnar Research Centre, and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, as well as Queen Mary University of London, King's College London and MRC Mutagenesis Unit, Harwell.
In addition to developing novel disease "markers" and therapies for patients with osteoarthritis, we are also creating a national training resource for scientists and clinicians working within the OA field.
The Centre was created in April 2013 with substantial funding from Arthritis Research UK, the University of Oxford and the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research (KTRR). A further five years funding was awarded in 2018.
Our Research
For patients
Our team
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Mechanoadaptation: articular cartilage through thick and thin.
Vincent TL. and Wann A., (2018), J Physiol
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Musculoskeletal pain and menopause.
Watt FE., (2018), Post Reprod Health, 24, 34 - 43
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Time to be positive about negative data?
Vincent T. and Malfait A-M., (2017), Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 25, 351 - 353
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Acute Molecular Changes in Synovial Fluid Following Human Knee Injury: Association With Early Clinical Outcomes.
Watt FE. et al, (2016), Arthritis Rheumatol, 68, 2129 - 2140
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Cilia protein IFT88 regulates extracellular protease activity by optimizing LRP-1-mediated endocytosis.
Coveney CR. et al, (2018), FASEB J
Latest News
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Research challenges use of off-label drug to treat osteoarthritis
21 February 2018