Dr. Lu is a Professor in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health Sciences. He was just awarded a 2-year grant R21AR085243 from NIH/NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritits and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) titled “Metabolomic Signatures of Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis” for $402,022. This project will assess whether metabolomic signatures of alcohol intake predict the subsequent risk of knee OA and examine how these signatures influence imaging markers of knee OA.