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TARC experts presented data at ACR Convergence.ACR hosted the meeting remotely from November 5-9.

Thurston representatives played a number of key roles at the meeting, including Dr. Beth Jonas, who co-hosted the Academic Rheumatology Hub and Dr. Saira Sheikh who co-chaired the ACR Annual Review Course. Dr. Richard Loeser and Dr. Sheikh served on the committee that planned the meeting.

In related news, Dr. Joanne Jordan was awarded the prestigious “Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award,” which was presented during the meeting

A partial sampling of the presentations made by Thurston Arthritis Research Center experts this year follows:

  • Disparities in Patient Portal Use Among Patients With Rheumatic and MSK Diseases
  • Variables Types and Tests (Stats Bootcamp 1: The Right Statistical Analysis)
  • Incidence and Progression of Foot OA
  • Mortality and Adverse Events of Special Interest in Adult Patients With Systemic Lupus
  • Pilot Study of an Internet Based Pain Coping Skills Training Program for Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • Down & Dirty 30: Therapeutic Exercise for Joint Health
  • Statistical Modeling of Correlated Outcomes Sites Within a Person
  • Bathing in Insulin: Subacute Hyperglycemia in a Lupus Patient
  • Association of a Leaky Gut but Not Microbial Dysbiois with Obesity-related OA: A Translational Study
  • Pediatric Rheumatology Update for the Adult Rheumatologist

We invite you to see the full listing of Thurston Arthritis Research Center presentations, dates and times, by using this link.

You may also wish to view the ACR 2020 online agenda website link here.