David Hunter
Professor
Rheumatology
University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Professor Hunter is a rheumatology clinician researcher whose main research focus has been clinical and translational research in osteoarthritis (OA). He is the Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology and Professor of Medicine at University of Sydney and the Royal North Shore Hospital and Consultant Rheumatologist at North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre. He is ranked as the worlds leading expert in osteoarthritis on Expertscape.com since 2014. He is on the editorial board for Arthritis and Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Arthritis Care and Research and part of the review committee for OA for the American College of Rheumatology, EULAR and OARSI scientific meetings. Dr Hunter has over 400 peer reviewed publications in international journals, numerous book chapters, is the section editor for UpToDate Osteoarthritis and has co-authored a number of books, and recently completed his second book on self management strategies for the lay public.
Research Interest
His research is focused on a number of key elements in OA including (but not limited to) the epidemiology of osteoarthritis, the application of imaging to better understand structure and function with application to both epidemiologic research and clinical trials, novel therapies in disease management and heath service system delivery of chronic disease management.
Publications
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Ruhdorfer, A., Haniel, F., Petersohn, T., Dorrenberg, J., Wirth, W., Dannhauer, T., Hunter, D., Eckstein, F. (2017). Between-group differences in infra-patellar fat pad size and signal in symptomatic and radiographic progression of knee Osteoarthritis Vs non-progressive controls and healthy knees - Data from the FNIH BiomarkerS Consortium Study and the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25(7), 1114-1121
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Van Ginckel, A., Bennell, K., Campbell, P., Kasza, J., Wrigley, T., Hunter, D., Hinman, R. (2017). Associations between changes in knee pain location and clinical symptoms in people with medial knee osteoarthritis using footwear for self-management: an exploratory study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25(8), 1257-1264
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Deveza, L., Kraus, V., Collins, J., Guermazi, A., Roemer, F., Bowes, M., Nevitt, M., Ladel, C., Hunter, D. (2017). Association Between Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover and Bone Changes on Imaging: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Care and Research, 69(8), 1179-1191
