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JointHealth™ express   November 2, 2018


Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Lunch and Learn Webinar

EQUIP-ing OA Patients and Health Care Providers Through Patient Engagement in Research with Marie Westby and Cheryl Koehn

The OA Action Alliance Lunch & Learn webinars keep you up-to-date on the latest osteoarthritis research, news and activities. This particular webinar will feature Marie Westby and Cheryl Koehn and will take place on November 14, 2018 at 12:00 pm ET. Webinars are free and open to the public. Webinars are archived on the events page on the OA Action Alliance’s website and on their YouTube channel in case you missed one or can't get enough!

Please click here to register for the webinar.

Marie Westby, PT, PhD is the Physical Therapy Teaching Supervisor in the Mary Pack Arthritis Program in Vancouver, BC and holds a Clinician Scientist position in the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver.

She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia. She has worked as a physical therapist in out-patient arthritis care for 30 years treating clients with many forms of inflammatory and degenerative arthritis. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and consumer magazines, co-authored chapters on Exercise and Arthritis in rheumatology and physical medicine textbooks, and presented throughout Canada and the US on exercise prescription and rehabilitation in arthritis and joint replacement.

Cheryl Koehn is an arthritis advocate, community leader, published author and rheumatoid arthritis survivor for 30 years. Cheryl Koehn has dedicated her life to helping others living with arthritis as well as people with other chronic diseases. She is the founder and president of Arthritis Consumer Experts, a national, patient-led organization that provides science-based information and education programs in both official languages to people with arthritis.