Dr. Loeser receives the UNC School of Medicine Office of Research and TraCS Translational Team Science Award for “The Role of the Microbiome in Osteoarthritis”

Two students were awarded an eight week preceptorship by the Rheumatology Research Foundation and will complete their preceptorships at UNC TARC.

UNC TARC represented our community, state and nation at the OARSI World Congress annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.

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Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common chronic conditions and a leading cause of disability among veterans. Although exercise is known to improve pain, physical abilities, and other outcomes for patients who have knee OA, most individuals with this condition are physically inactive. Therefore there is a need to develop programs that will help veterans and others with knee OA to increase activity levels. Dr. Allen has been awarded a three-year grant to examine a stepped approach to helping veterans with knee OA to increase physical activity, with increasing levels of program intensity when needed for individual patients to meaningfully improve pain and physical function.

Dr. William L. Roper, MD, MPH, Dean of the UNC School of Medicine, has appointed Joanne M. Jordan, MD, MPH, as Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, effective April 15, 2015.

Two of our very own clinical faculty, Dr. Maya Jerath and Dr. Bill Yount are two of only 22 doctors who are being awarded the 2015 UNC Health Care and Faculty Physicians Award for Carolina Care Excellence. Dr. Jerath and Dr. Yount are outstanding physicians who each achieved 100% satisfaction with their patients! For those … Read more

An R01 is a grant awarded by the NIH to support a large research project and they are hard to get. Dr. Golightly’s RO1 is a four-year grant titled “The Role of Joint Hypermobility in Lower Body Osteoarthritis”, and her UNC TARC team includes Drs. Jordan, Nelson, Cleveland, Schwartz, and Renner; as well as Patrick … Read more

UNC was well-represented at the North Carolina Rheumatology Association (NCRA) meeting March 21-22. Dr. Slavin did a fantastic case presentation sparking much discussion (photo). Dr. Jimmy Ford from pulmonary gave an excellent talk on pulmonary hypertension. Also in attendance were our fellows Drs. Adhikari and Ritt and Dr. Nelson who serves as the academic representative … Read more

Dr. Richard Loeser in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology and the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center has received a National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) research grant called a BIRT award for “Building Interdisciplinary Research Teams”.