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for Thursday, July 24, 2008


2009 Call for Nominations ORS members can now submit a nomination for officers and committee members. The deadline is July 25, 2008. Click here to submit a nominee.

ORS members, please update your member profile today It is very important for the ORS to have your current information on your interests. Do not delay: update your profile now by clicking here.

54th Annual Meeting Lectures "Wear Resistant Polyethylene for Joint Replacement: Current Status and Future Directions" Lecture is now available in audio. Click here to listen


Unified Research Agenda

What is the Unified Research Agenda?(pdf)

The mission of the Unified Research Agenda is to advance science and research in musculoskeletal care through a unified advocacy strategy on the part of leaders in the orthopaedic research community. These Research Priorities are a communication tool for organizations, like the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Council on Musculoskeletal Societies (made up of twenty-one orthopaedic specialty societies), the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), and for individual researchers. They can share this information when they talk with policy makers and legislators in Washington, patient advocacy groups, foundations, and other potential donors about the musculoskeletal conditions with the greatest burden to society. Using this document, they can speak in one voice about the research that needs to be done.