Jean W. Liew, MD MS
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Rheumatology

MD, University of Texas Medical Branch
MS, University of Washington
BA, University of Texas at Austin
BS, University of Texas at Austin

Pronouns: she/her/hers



Dr. Jean Liew graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Biology and English and went on to earn her MD at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. She then relocated to the Pacific Northwest to complete an Internal Medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR followed by rheumatology fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She concurrently earned an M.S. in Epidemiology through the University of Washington School of Public Health. During her fellowship, the primary focus of her research was in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), specifically AS, and cardiovascular comorbidity.

She is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Rheumatology at BU, where her clinical research currently focuses on knee osteoarthritis and axSpA. Additionally, as a member of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA) and a member of its Steering Committee, she has led multiple projects relating to data collection, analysis, and dissemination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with rheumatic disease.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Within the Section of Rheumatology, I have helped lead monthly discussions for JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) with involvement from faculty, staff, and trainees in both the clinical and research spheres. Through my clinical care at BMC and my research in rheumatology (including with the Global Rheumatology Alliance), I have become more thoughtful about what it means to be an advocate and an ally, especially to those who have historically not been well-represented in clinical research. As a first generation college graduate myself, I aim to continue mentorship and sponsorship of other first generation students and trainees in order to pay it forward.

Member
Boston University
Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases Research Center




The role of vitamin k in knee osteoarthritis outcomes
09/20/2024 - 08/31/2029 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
1K23AR082938-01A1

The 2022 SAA/Jane Bruckel Early Career Investigator in AxSpA Award
01/01/2023 - 12/31/2025 (PI)
Spondylitis Association of America


The Impact of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Use on Cardiovascular Events in Ankylosing Spondylitis
07/01/2020 - 07/30/2025 (PI)
SpondyloArthritis Research and Treatment Network


The impact of axial spondyloarthritis treatment on chronic opioid use
07/01/2022 - 09/20/2024 (PI)
Rheumatology Research Foundation


The impact of ankylosing spondylitis treatment on cardiovascular risk and events
06/10/2020 - 06/10/2022 (PI)
Pfizer, Inc.




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  1. Mirza M, Liew JW, Putman M, Singla S. Secular trends in biologic prescribing for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, 2014-2024. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025 Apr 23. PMID: 40268285
     
  2. Azam A, Minalyan A, Daher N, Baker R, Liew JW, Sandhu VK. Rheumatology speaker introductions suggest gender bias: an evaluation of the 2022 American college of rheumatology convergence meeting. Rheumatol Int. 2025 Apr 09; 45(5):95. PMID: 40202689
     
  3. Ferrandiz-Espadin R, Rabasa G, Gasman S, McGinley B, Stovall R, Jafarzadeh SR, Liew JW, Dubreuil M. Disparities in Time to Diagnosis of Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2025 Apr 01; 52(4):344-351.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39486857; PMCID: PMC11961325; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2024-0574;
     
  4. Hmamouchi I, Ziade N, Adebajo A, Gupta L, Mehta P, Migowa A, Nikiphorou E, Rolle NA, Saygin D, Singh N, Traboco LS, Ugarte-Gil MF, Liew J. Social media in advancing equity and collaboration in rheumatology: the CORDIALITY review. RMD Open. 2025 Mar 27; 11(1). PMID: 40154563
     
  5. Feterman Jimenez D, Thomason JL, Liew JW, Ferguson S, Hughes G, Bays AM. Delays in Tocilizumab Therapy for Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis in the United States. J Rheumatol. 2025 Mar 15. PMID: 40089304
     
  6. Liew JW, Johnston JD, Bacon K, Wang N, Lynch J, Lewis C, Torner J, Neogi T. Relationship between knee pain and depth-specific measures of proximal tibial subchondral bone density. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2025 May; 33(5):625-632.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40089263
     
  7. Sendaydiego X, Gold LS, Dubreuil M, Andrews JS, Reid P, Liew DFL, Goulabchand R, Hughes GC, Sparks JA, Jarvik JG, Singh S, Liew JW, Singh N. Comparative safety of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for cardiovascular outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Feb 12.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39936579
     
  8. King LK, Liew JW, Mahmoudian A, Wang Q, Jansen NEJ, Stanaitis I, Hung V, Berenbaum F, Das S, Ding C, Emery CA, Filbay SR, Hochberg MC, Ishijima M, Kloppenburg M, Lane NE, Losina E, Mobasheri A, Turkiewicz A, Runhaar J, Haugen IK, Appleton CT, Lohmander LS, Englund M, Neogi T, Hawker GA. Corrigendum to "Multi-centre modified Delphi exercise to identify candidate items for classifying early-stage symptomatic knee osteoarthritis" [Osteoarthritis Cartilage (2025) 155-165]. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2025 Apr; 33(4):530-533.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39890093
     
  9. Crawford JM, Penberthy L, Pinto LA, Althoff KN, Assimon MM, Cohen O, Gillim L, Hammonds TL, Kapur S, Kaufman HW, Kwasny D, Liew JW, Meyer WA, Reynolds SL, Schleicher CB, Subbiah S, Theruviparampil C, Wallace ZS, Warner JL, Yoon S, Ziemba YC. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Real World Data Infrastructure: A Big-Data Resource for Study of the Impact of COVID-19 in Patient Populations With Immunocompromising Conditions. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Jan; 12(1):ofaf021. PMID: 39850579; PMCID: PMC11756308; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf021;
     
  10. Liew JW, Petrow E, Tilley S, LaValley MP, Roemer FW, Guermazi A, Lewis CE, Torner J, Nevitt MC, Lynch JA, Felson D. Comparison of definitions of early knee osteoarthritis for likelihood of progression at 2-year and 5-year follow-up: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Jan; 84(1):115-123.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39874225; PMCID: PMC11868720; DOI: 10.1136/ard-2024-226060;
     
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Bar chart showing 124 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 25 publications in 2020 and 2022

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2019 ACR Distinguished Fellow
2018-2019 ACR Knowledge Bowl winner
2017 Housestaff Teaching Award
2017 Internal Medicine Excellence in Scholarship Award
2017 John A. Benson Humanism Award
2016 OHSU Golden ROSE Award
2016 OHSU President’s Award nominee
2016 Housestaff Teaching Award
2016 Thomas J. and Nancy Fitzgerald Stack Award
2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Scholarship
2015 Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center PROMISE Award
2014 American Medical Women’s Association: Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation
2014 William L. Marr Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine
2013 Alpha Omega Alpha
2012 Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students
2008 Phi Beta Kappa
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Epidemiology
axial spondyloarthritis
osteoarthritis
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