Dr. Pradeep Suri

Dr. Pradeep Suri Associate Director of the CLEAR center Resource Core

On September 19th, Pradeep Suri (MD, PhD) will be receiving an award from the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine for best research paper. The award, known as the “ISSLS Prize in Clinical Science 2020”, is sponsored by European Spine Journal with the aim of encouraging lumbar spine research.

The winning article, titled “Examining causal effects of body mass index on back pain: a Mendelian randomization study” was authored by Elizaveta E. Elgaeva, Yakov Tsepilov, Maxim B. Freidin, Frances M. K. Williams, Yurii Aulchenko, and Pradeep Suri. View the article here.

Dr. Suri will be presenting the paper results and receiving the award at the ISSLS Prize Webinar this Saturday (9/19). If you are interested in learning more about the paper results, you can register for the webinar at the link below, ISSLS membership not required.  2020 ISSLS Prize Winners Webinar