Kristine Godziuk, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Junior Faculty Award, Bethel Musculoskeletal Center and Orthopaedic Research Society, 2025
• Emerging Investigator Excellence Award, American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, 2024
• Obesity Fellowship Award, Obesity Canada, 2023
• OARSI Scholarship, Osteoarthritis Research Society International, 2023

Education & Training

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• Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar Medicine Boston University
• MA Athletic Therapy Indiana State University
• Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar Orthopedic Surgery Stanford University
• BPE Exercise Science University of Alberta
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Human Nutrition University of Alberta
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Occupational Therapy University of Alberta
• PhD Rehabilitation Science University of Alberta

Publications (19)

Top publication keywords:
ObesityOsteoarthritis, HipBody CompositionAdiposityQualitative ResearchBody Mass IndexBehavior TherapyMuscle StrengthSarcopeniaArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeQuality of LifeBody WeightOsteoarthritis, KneeHip JointKnee Joint

• Understanding the Potential Net Benefit of Weight Loss in Persons With Osteoarthritis.
  Annals of internal medicine 2025 Godziuk K, Hawker GA
• Improving Muscle Function Through a Multimodal Behavioural Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis and Obesity: The POMELO Trial.
  Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 2025 Godziuk K, Forhan M, Vieira FT, Mota JF, Werle J, Batsis JA, Donini LM, Siervo M, Prado CM
• Hidden malnutrition in obesity and knee osteoarthritis: Assessment, overlap with sarcopenic obesity and health outcomes.
  Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2025 Vieira FT, Godziuk K, Barazzoni R, Batsis JA, Cederholm T, Donini LM, Gonzalez MC, Jensen GL, Forhan M, Prado CM
• Protocol for a pilot study: Feasibility of a web-based platform to improve nutrition, mindfulness, and physical function in people living with Post COVID-19 condition (BLEND).
  Methods (San Diego, Calif.) 2024 Montes-Ibarra M, Godziuk K, Thompson RB, Chan CB, Pituskin E, Gross DP, Lam G, Schlögl M, Felipe Mota J, Ian Paterson D, Prado CM
• Consistent Factors Influence Body Mass Index Thresholds for Total Joint Arthroplasty Across Health-Care Systems: A Qualitative Study.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2024 Godziuk K, Fast A, Righolt CH, Giori NJ, Harris AHS, Bohm ER

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• Reducing weight bias and stigma in qualitative research interviews: Considerations for researchers.
  Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 2024 Hung P, Miciak M, Godziuk K, Gross DP, Forhan M
• Obesity and body mass index: Past and future considerations in osteoarthritis research.
  Osteoarthritis and cartilage 2024 Godziuk K, Hawker GA
• "I Often Feel Conflicted in Denying Surgery": Perspectives of Orthopaedic Surgeons on Body Mass Index Thresholds for Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Qualitative Study.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2023 Godziuk K, Reeson EA, Harris AHS, Giori NJ
• Acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a single-arm 12-week digital behavioral health intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
  BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2023 Godziuk K, Prado CM, Quintanilha M, Forhan M
• Protocol for the POMELO (Prevention Of MusclE Loss in Osteoarthritis) randomized pilot feasibility trial.
  Osteoarthritis and cartilage open 2022 Godziuk K, Prado CM, Forhan M
• Sarcopenic obesity diagnosis by different criteria mid-to long-term post-bariatric surgery.
  Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2022 Vieira FT, Godziuk K, Lamarca F, Melendez-Araújo MS, Lima RM, Prado CM, de Carvalho KMB, Dutra ES
• Patient engagement in the design of an intervention to prevent muscle loss in individuals with knee osteoarthritis and a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35.
  Musculoskeletal care 2021 Godziuk K, Prado CM, Forhan M
• Associations Between Self-Reported Weight History and Sarcopenic Obesity in Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis.
  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2021 Godziuk K, Prado CM, Woodhouse LJ, Forhan M
• A critical review of weight loss recommendations before total knee arthroplasty.
  Joint bone spine 2020 Godziuk K, Prado CM, Beaupre L, Jones CA, Werle JR, Forhan M
• Clinical screening and identification of sarcopenic obesity in adults with advanced knee osteoarthritis.
  Clinical nutrition ESPEN 2020 Godziuk K, Woodhouse LJ, Prado CM, Forhan M
• Prevalence of sarcopenic obesity in adults with end-stage knee osteoarthritis.
  Osteoarthritis and cartilage 2019 Godziuk K, Prado CM, Woodhouse LJ, Forhan M
• The impact of sarcopenic obesity on knee and hip osteoarthritis: a scoping review.
  BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2018 Godziuk K, Prado CM, Woodhouse LJ, Forhan M
• Predicting Enrollment in Multidisciplinary Clinical Care for Pediatric Weight Management.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2018 Perez AJ, Yaskina M, Maximova K, Kebbe M, Peng C, Patil T, Nielsen C, Holt N, Ho J, Luca P, LaFrance R, Godziuk K, Connors A, Bennett T, Brunet-Wood K, Baron T, Ball GDC
• Vitamin D Status, Cardiometabolic, Liver, and Mental Health Status in Obese Youth Attending a Pediatric Weight Management Center.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2017 MacDonald K, Godziuk K, Yap J, LaFrance R, Ansarian M, Haqq A, Mager DR