José Antonio Riancho Moral

José A. Riancho is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Department of Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Cantabria, as well as Chief of Section of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital M. Valdecilla, both in Santander, Spain. He has extensive clinical experience in the management of patients with osteoporosis and other metabolic bone disorders. His research is focused on bone biology, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Current research lines include several clinical and translational projects, specially related to the genomics and epigenomics of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. His research activities have received continuous funding by the Instituto de Salud Carlos IIII (Spanish Government) and other public and private institutions. He has published more than 190 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine, the Spanish Society for Research on Osteoporosis and Mineral Metabolism, The European Society of Calcified Tissues, and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Likewise, he participates in several international consortia dedicated to investigate the genetic basis of skeletal disorders.