Living Healthy With Arthritis Lecture: UTSW’s Dr. Una Makris on ‘Intersection of Aging & Pain’

The University of Arizona Arthritis Center and Division of Rheumatology in the Department of Medicine at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson present:

“The Intersection of Aging & Pain: Improving Outcomes for Older Adults”

with

Una Makris, MD, MSc | Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Member, Division of Rheumatic Diseases, The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | 6-7 p.m. MST
Presented via Livestream

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About the Lecture

Join us for an enlightening lecture as we host nationally recognized aging and musculoskeletal pain expert Dr. Una Makris. With a unique focus on the impact of pain on mental health in the aging population, Dr. Makris will guide participants through evidence-based research that offers proven novel behavioral approaches to pain management and the improvement of mental health.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an estimated 51 million adults suffer from chronic pain, with back pain ranking as the most common. A majority of older adults report bothersome pain, with over 50% suffering from chronic pain (Pain, The Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain). The development of persistent pain in older adults is frequently multifactorial and can include musculoskeletal causes as well as social and psychological factors (JAMA).

Using a patient-centered pathway to the development of applicable psychosocial methods to improve quality of life, Dr. Makris will offer participants thought-provoking approaches based on clinical research and proven methodology.

About the Presenter

Visiting professor Dr. Una Makris is a nationally recognized health services and outcomes investigator. Her research focuses on the intersection of aging and rheumatic diseases, specifically the development and evaluation of novel behavioral interventions targeting older adults with musculoskeletal pain and co-morbid depression. Since 2010, her research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Veteran's Administration, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and the Rheumatology Research Foundation. She serves on several NIH grant review panels and as chair of the Health Services Study Section for the Rheumatology Research Foundation. A member of the editorial boards for Arthritis Care and Research, Frontiers in Pain Research, and Pain Medicine, she is also currently an ad hoc reviewer for another 12 medical journals.

After receiving her undergraduate degree in microbiology from University of California - San Diego, she went on to obtain her medical degree from George Washington University Medical School in Washington, DC. She completed her internal medicine residency at University of Washington, followed by a rheumatology fellowship at Yale University. She continued at Yale Geriatrics for a post-doctoral fellowship in epidemiology and aging-related research. She also completed a master’s degree in clinical sciences at UT Southwestern.

Dr. Makris currently serves as an associate professor in the Division of Rheumatic Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a clinical investigator at the Veteran's Administration (VA) North Texas Health Care System and the Dallas VA Medical Center.

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