TARC faculty, staff and fellows recently gathered in San Diego, California for the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2023 conference.

More than 15 TARC researchers and clinicians will be presenting, and leading discussions at 30 scientific talks and poster sessions during the annual rheumatology conference.

The paper was published on October 31st in the journal Science Signaling.

The 3+ year grant is funded by the Human Services Office Minority Health (OMH).

The event featured presentations, abstracts and discussion for over 90 Basic, Translational & Clinical Investigators and Trainees.

Dr. Phanstiel’s appointment is in the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, and he is a faculty member in the Thurston Arthritis Research Center.

The 5-year grant is funded through the National Institute of Health’s (NIH); National Institute on Aging (NIA).

The program involves telemedicine consults that include the patient, their local provider, and one or more UNC rheumatologists.

In the article, Dr. Gilbert discusses the need to clearly communicate the benefits of exercise for osteoarthritis patients, as well as knowing when to push through pain or scale back.

The paper was recently published in Biomolecules Journal.