Faculty:

Joanne M. Jordan, MD, MPH

• Inductee, American Clinical and Climatological Association, the oldest medical society in America founded in 1884
• ACR Board of Directors

Leigh F. Callahan, PhD

• ACR/ARHP Lifetime Achievement Award
• Appointed Director of OAAA
• COAMI Steering Committee
• ACR Finance Committee
• Faculty Member, US Bone and Joint Initiative Young Investigators Program

Kelli Allen, PhD

• Member, Addressing Disparities Review Panel for the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
• Member, Career Development Award Review Panel for Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Developments Service
• Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Performance Measures Work Group: Osteoarthritis: Function Assessment
• COAMI Steering Committee

Yvonne Golightly, PT, MS, PhD

• Affiliate faculty member, UNC Human Movement Science Curriculum ACR Quality of Care committee
• ACR Abstract Oversight Selection Subcommittee
• 2014 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award

Maya R. Jerath, MD, PhD

• ACCLAIM Scholar

Beth L. Jonas, MD

• ACR Committee on Training and Workforce
• FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee

Edwin H. Kim, MD, MS

• Appointed Associate Program Director for the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship
• Accepted into Academy of Educators
• Accepted into the UNC Teaching Scholars program
• Selected as an instructor in the Patient Centered Care course, part of the new UNC medical school curriculum Translational Education at Carolina

Faculty:

Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD

• Appointed Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professor
• OARSI Basic Science Research Award
• Wake Forest School of Medicine Team Science Award
• Elected Chair ACR Annual Meeting Planning Committee

Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS

• Certified in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
• 2014 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award

Jennifer L. Rogers, MD

• Appointed Co-Director of UNC Rheumatology Lupus Clinic

Robert Roubey, MD

• Member, APS ACTION Executive Committee and Steering Committee
• Speaker, ACR Annual Meeting Curbside Consults - Ask The Experts

Saira Z. Sheikh, MD

• Appointed Co-Director of UNC Rheumatology Lupus Clinic

Maureen Su, MD, AM

• Jefferson Pilot Award

Teresa Tarrant, MD

• Accepted into ACCLAIM program
• Rheumatology Research Foundation Targeted Research Task Force
• Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientific Advisory Council

William Yount, MD

• University of Wisconsin Medical Alumni Citation Award

Research Teams:

Mary Altpeter - Co-investigator, Callahan and Rini Teams

• NC Division of Aging and Adult Services Ewald W. Busse Award for impact on enhancing the health status of older North Carolinians

Diane Bresch, BSN, RN - Coordinator, Clinical Trials Team

• Clinical Research Professional Certification

Liu Lab:

Monica Jin, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Liu Lab

• ATVB Travel Award for Young Investigators

Su Lab:

Denise Allard Trout - Su Lab

• Peter J. Dyck Award for autoimmune peripheral neuropathy presentation
• Department of Pediatrics' Evening of Scholarship Basic Science Research Award

Lee Kyung Hong - Su Lab

• Lineberger Scientific Retreat Basic Science poster award

Tarrant Lab:

Matthew Billard, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher, Tarrant Lab

• Received Public Policy Fellowship from American Association of Immunologists

Jaime Brozowski, MS - Graduate Research Assistant, Tarrant Lab

• Accepted into the HHMI Med-into-Grad Translational Science program

Fellows:

Aaron Kobernick, MD – 1^st year Allergy/Immunology Fellow

• Navajo Area Director's Award for Outstanding Group Performance
• Presentation Selection, The Southeastern Allergy Society