The UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) was recently awarded 5-year renewal funding from NIH/NIAMS.

Dr. Erin Steinbach, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at UNC School of Medicine, recently received a K08 award from NIH/NIAID for her project, Revealing the mechanism of increased intestinal epithelial cell barrier permeability in peanut allergy.

Dr. Leigh F. Callahan is the Principal Investigator for the UNC Clinical Site of The Osteoarthritis Prevention Study (TOPS), an extensive clinical study spanning two continents.  

Dr. Lara Longobardi recently received funding through the National Institute of Health (NIH); National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) for the renewal of her R01.

Dr. Matthew Fisher, Associate Professor in the Joint Dept. of Biomedical Engineering at NC State University and UNC Chapel Hill and TARC member, was recently awarded a 5-year, $3.2 million grant from NIH/NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) for his project, Role of Hormones on Bundle-Specific ACL Function in the Growing Knee Joint.

This past April, the Arthritis Foundation and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City hosted the 2024 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Summit. Among many important topics covered at the summit was the shortage of rheumatology care in rural areas.

The American College of Rheumatology and the Rheumatology Research Foundation (RRF) hosted a combined meeting of funded investigators who have received RRF grants and rheumatology trainees participating in the Rheumatology Research Workshop in Denver, Colorado last week on May 16th and 17th.

Dr. Virgina Kraus’s lab at Duke University recently published findings from their study showing the ability to detect osteoarthritis (OA) with a blood biomarker test up to eight years before spotting it by X-rays.

Last week, rheumatologists converged in D.C. for the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Advocacy and Leadership Conference to discuss ways to better serve their patients, colleagues, and trainees.

On May 2, 2024, the UNC Johnston County Health Study clinical site finished active enrollment, wrapping up more than 30 years of community-based research.