Meet the team: Prof. David Felson [Multiple Principal Investigator]

Dr. David Felson is a Professor of Rheumatology at Boston University. He serves as one of the Multiple Principal Investigators on MODES.

Dr. Felson is a rheumatologist and epidemiologist. He completed his undergraduate from Harvard and MD from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Felson is a renowned researcher with several seminal contributions in the areas of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis outcomes. Dr. Felson started the Framingham Osteoarthritis Study, the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study, the Beijing Osteoarthritis Study. For rheumatoid arthritis, Dr. Felson led international efforts to standardize outcome measurement in rheumatoid arthritis, efforts that helped catalyze the dramatic improvements in treatment for this disease.

Outside of research, Dr. Felson enjoys hiking and pickleball.