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Author Archives: Bradd Pavur

Dr. Lara Longobardi Publishes Study Showing Biodegradable Microplates Loaded With CCR2 Antagonist Decrease PTOA Progression When Administered Intraarticularly

October 3, 2022
Her study was titled, "Sustained inhibition of CC-chemokine receptor-2 via intraarticular deposition of polymeric microplates in post-traumatic osteoarthritis."

Dr. Joe Hart, PI, and Dr. Brian Pietrosimone, Co-PI, Receive Arthritis Foundation Grant to Fund a UNC Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial Network “Clinical Trial Unit”

September 30, 2022
The Arthritis Foundation's Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial Network (OACTN) is composed of clinical sites led by world-renowned OA investigators with focuses in musculoskeletal MRI, orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and sports medicine.

Dr. Millie Kwan and Dr. Renae Boerneke Help Spread the Word Regarding a Better Way to Evaluate Penicillin Allergy

September 28, 2022
Twenty four percent of patients who were reporting a penicillin allergy had their allergy label removed after a 5-minute pharmacy screening.

Dr. Sarah Booth, PI & Dr. Richard Loeser, Co-PI, Receive NIH/NIAMS Grant: “Effects of Vitamin K on Lower-Extremity Function in Adults with Osteoarthritis (OA)”

September 22, 2022
This novel, randomized clinical trial will evaluate if vitamin K supplementation impacts pain and function in patients with knee OA who are vitamin K insufficient.

Dr. Doug Phanstiel, PI & Dr. Richard Loeser, Co-PI, Receive $2.5 Million NIH NIAMS Grant: “Identifying novel osteoarthritis risk genes using GWAS, chondrocyte genomics, & genome editing”

September 20, 2022
The innovative research seeks to identify putative causal knee OA risk variants, map them to their target genes, and quantify their phenotypic impact in chondrocytes.

Dr. Lara Longobardi Publishes Research Demonstrating that Deletion of Ccr2 in Cartilaginous Tissues Reduces Impact of Post Traumatic Osteoarthritis & Pain

September 9, 2022
The research showed early deletion of Ccr2 in aggrecan-expressing cells reduces the initiation, but not the progression, of post traumatic osteoarthritis and its associated pain.

Catch Up On the Latest Developments – View the Current Issue of the TARConnections Newsletter

September 8, 2022
Read about TARC's Strategic Planning Retreat, get an update from our Director, and learn about TARC grants, our upcoming Research Day and seminars, the key offerings of our CCCR, as well as spotlights/kudos for our team members.

The UNC “TARC Heels” Rank as #1 Fundraising Team, Generating Over $3,000 for Arthritis Foundation (AF) Walk

September 2, 2022
Members of the Thurston Arthritis Research Center (TARC) and their families recently braved the heat to "walk the walk" at the 2020 AF event, held in Raleigh, N.C.

Michael (Zhe) Miao, a PhD Student in the Loeser Lab, Receives a Rheumatology Research Foundation “Medical & Graduate Student Achievement Award”

August 31, 2022
This award includes support for him to attend the 2022 ACR Convergence Meeting in Philadelphia, where he will present his abstract, “Redoxosomes Mediate a Feed-forward Loop of Cartilage Matrix Destruction Through α5β1 Integrin Signaling in Response to a Fibronectin Matrikine”.

Dr. Amanda Nelson Receives $950K NIH/NIAMS “Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient Oriented Research (POR)”

August 24, 2022
The 5-year, K24 award from NIH/NIAMS will leverage Dr. Nelson's ongoing POR program, enhance her professional development and that of her trainees, and support her mentoring early stage investigators.