Eugene Mccloskey MD, FRCPI

Eugene McCloskey is Professor of Adult Bone Diseases, Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He is Educational Lead and Teaching Coordinator for Musculoskeletal Medicine; the Musculoskeletal Theme Executive; and the Bone Biomedical Research Unit Management Group (Chair of Physical and Pharmacological Interactions Working Group). Prof McCloskey’s professional and external roles include Secretary of the Bone Research Society, UK; Chair of Ancillary Program Committee of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research; Chair of the ISCD/IOF FRAX Clinical Task Force; International Osteoporosis Foundations (IOF) Committee of Scientific Advisors.

He is also a Board member of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis; a member of the National Osteoporosis Guidance Group (NOGG) and chair of the NOGG Implementation Group; Lead for SYCLRN Musculoskeletal Local Priority Group and member of Musculoskeletal National Specialty Group; Editorial Boards (Osteoporosis International, JBMR and Future Rheumatology). He has published approximately 200 original articles in research areas encompassing the treatment of cancer-associated osteolysis, osteoporosis and Paget’s disease, vertebral fracture definition, non-invasive skeletal assessments and the development of the FRAX fracture risk assessment tool.