Author Archives: amiha

Jasmine Kimber, a UNC medical student (class of 2027), was recently awarded a Medical and Graduate Student Preceptorship Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation.

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently awarded Dr. Richard F. Loeser, Jr., Director of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center (TARC) and Joseph P. Archie, Jr. Eminent Professor of Medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, a $500,000 research grant towards his project, “A novel drug discovery approach for preventing post-traumatic...

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Biomarkers Consortium recently held an Inflammation and Immunity Steering Committee Ideation and Design Meeting on March 24th, 2025, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Researchers from the Thurston Arthritis Research Center at UNC coauthored a recent Nature publication reporting findings from the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date that uncovered drug targets and therapy opportunities for osteoarthritis (OA).

The PADME website was recently updated to include a free patient-facing adult survey to assess risk of true allergy to PCN.

Arthritis Care & Research recently published a paper from first author Astia Allenzara, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, that aimed to examine patient-reported treatment goals among individuals with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

The UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) recently selected the first two pilot grant funding awardees for 2025.

Arthritis & Rheumatology recently published findings from the Johnston County Health Study (JoCoHS), led by Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at UNC, revealing significant associations between ultrasound (US) features and knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology at UNC, was recently awarded the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Foundation Faculty Development Award for his project, “T2-skewed basal cells promote small airway mucus plugging in asthma.”

An interdisciplinary team of Thurston Arthritis Research Center members spanning biomedical engineering, exercise and sports science, biostatistics has received a new 5-year, $3M R01 Grant from the National Institutes of Health titled “Discovering the Mechanisms Linking Gait to Osteoarthritis Onset and Progression.”