Rheumatoid Arthritis

Theresa Wampler Muskardin – Profiling RA for Personalised Treatment

25 Feb 2020

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Dr. Theresa Wampler Muskardin is a junior faculty member at New York University School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2004 and specializes in Rheumatology. Her goal as a researcher is to one day be able...

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ANRF Alumni Award Winner at ACR 2019 Conference

17 Dec 2019

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This November, thousands of medical professionals in the field of rheumatology gathered in Atlanta, Georgia to collaborate, learn, and celebrate the achievements of their colleagues. Each year, from a cohort of thousands of ACR physicians, health professionals, and scientists, a handful of exceptional people have the...

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Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis – A Challenge

16 Sep 2019

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Dr Noss is an assistant professor, division of rheumatology, Roosevelt Clinic, University Washington Medical Center. Dr Noss received her MD as well as her PhD in 2002 from Case Western Reserve University. She completed her residency in internal medicine in 2004 and her fellowship in...

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A Brief History of Rheumatoid Arthritis

16 Sep 2019

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A Disease as Old as Time More than 2300 years ago the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, was quoted saying “It is incredible how fast the mischief spreads.” In saying this Hippocrates was referring to a condition arthritic in nature, with an onset occurring in...

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No Smoke Without Fire – Environmental Factors Affecting RA

16 Sep 2019

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The development of autoimmune diseases is often dependent on an interaction between a patient’s genetic makeup combined with environmental risk factors. The onset of the clinical presentation of the disease occurs once a threshold has been reached with an accumulative effect from both genetic and...

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New AbbVie RA Drug Approved by the FDA

16 Sep 2019

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Humira, generically known as adalimumab, has been the gold standard for treatment of RA particularly in patients that have not responded to other forms of treatment. In 2016 4 million prescriptions for Adalimumab were given out. This is a biologic drug and like other TNF...

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Beyond the Board | Kelly Rouba-Boyd Gives an Inside Look into Life with Juvenile Arthritis

28 Mar 2019

Posted at 08:42h in Autoimmune, Juvenile Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis by ANRF 0 Comments

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Kelly was first diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) at the early age of two. At the time of her diagnosis in 1982, options for treatment were extremely limited. As a result, Kelly’s mobility has become exceedingly restricted, requiring a walker or wheelchair at home...

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Immunity and Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis

27 Mar 2019

Posted at 09:45h in Autoimmune, Autoimmune Research, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research by ANRF 0 Comments

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The foundations of a rheumatology researcher… As a young child, Anna Helena Jonsson, MD, PhD,  was close friends with a girl who had juvenile idiopathic arthritis. As she grew up, this was not in the forefront of her thoughts but once in college this early experience...

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A Hidden Genetic Risk Factor for Lupus, RA & Sjögren’s

25 Mar 2019

Posted at 14:48h in Autoimmune, Autoimmune Research, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research by ANRF 0 Comments

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ANRF Alumni, Dr. Betty Tsao, Dr. Jian Zhao and their colleagues identified a genetic risk factor for autoimmune disease found in an under-explored genomic region Last year, Nature Genetics published findings by a team of ANRF Alumni at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) uncovering a...

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From Witness to Warrior | An ANRF Awardee’s Quest To Cure RA

27 Feb 2019

Posted at 14:57h in Autoimmune, Autoimmune Research, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research by ANRF 0 Comments

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Dr. Judith Ashouri-Sinha has a personal connection to Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) that has been the driving force behind her motivation to work in research. As a child, she experienced the impact of RA in her own home, witnessing the struggles her mother endured as a...

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