TARC/RAI All Faculty & Staff Meeting
2024-05-24 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York)

UNC Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Grand Rounds: Dr. Evan Dellon, "Update on Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A GI's Perspective on this Allerguc Disease
2024-05-31 08:30 - 09:30 | Join Remotely
Evan S. Dellon, MD, MPH
Professor
Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
Director, CGIBD Biostatistics and Clinical Research Core
Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing
School of Medicine
Talk Title: Update on Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A GI’s Perspective on this Allergic Disease

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UNC Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Grand Rounds: Linda Sundler Björkman, "Hereditary Angioederma, Treatments, Comorbidities and a European Perspective"
2024-06-07 08:30 - 09:30 | Remote or In Person Options Available
Linda Sundler Björkman
Physician, Researcher, Respiratory Medicine, Allergology, and Palliative Medicine
Physician, Hereditary angioederma (HAE) – epidemiology, genetics and pathophysiology
Lund University
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Medicine, Hematology
UNC School of Medicine

Talk Title: Hereditary Angioederma, Treatments, Comorbidities and a European Perspective

Arthritis Web Seminar Series: Dr. Amanda Nelson, "Multi-Joint Osteoarthritis"
2024-06-11 08:00 - 09:00
Dr. Amanda Nelson will be giving an invited lecture for the Schroeder Arthritis Institute at the University of Toronto on June 11, 2024, entitiled: Multi-Joint Osteoarthritis.

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UNC Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Grand Rounds: Dr. Nonie Arora
2024-06-14 08:30 - 09:30 | Join Remotely
Nonie Arora, MD, MBA
First Year Allergy & Immunology Fellow

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UNC Rheumatology Radiology Grand Rounds: Dr. Girish Gandikota, "Case Reviews"
2024-06-21 08:30 - 09:30 | Join Remotely
Dr. Girish Gandikota
Professor of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging
Department of Radiology

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UNC Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Grand Rounds: Dr. Alexis Ogdie, "Advancing the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis"
2024-06-28 08:30 - 09:30 | Join Remotely
Alexis R. Ogdie-Beatty, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Penn Medicine Physician

Talk Title: Advancing the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis

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TARC Research Seminar Series: Dr. Duncan Lascelles
2024-09-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Dickson Conference Room, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 3200 Thurston Building
Speaker:
Duncan Lascelles, Bsc, BVSC, PhD, FRCVS
Professor of Small Animal Surgery
Director, Comparative Pain Research and Education Centre (CPREC)
North Carolina State University

Talk Title: Update on the role of artemin/GFRα3 signaling in osteoarthritis pain
Brief Description: Clues to the active role of the neurotrophic factor, artemin, in osteoarthritis pain came from observations in pet dogs. Subsequent comparative studies defining the role of, and function of, the artemin signaling system in osteoarthritis pain will be presented and discussed.

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UNC CCCR Speaker Series: Staja "Star" Booker, PhD, RN
2024-09-11 10:00 - 11:00
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UNC CCCR Speaker Series: Joel Block, MD
2024-09-18 09:30 - 10:30
Joel Block, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
The Willard L. Wood, MD, Chair of Rheumatology
Director, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine
Rush University Medical Center

Talk Title: What Can OA Teach Us About the Inflammatory Arthritides?
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Collaborative CCCR Speaker Series: Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD
2024-09-25 10:30 - 11:30
Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Pschology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Associate Director, Pediatric Pain Research Center
Associate Director, Pediatric musculOskeletal & RheumaTology Innovation COre center (PORTICO)

Talk Title: Non-pharmacologic treatments for chronic musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents
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UNC CCCR Speaker Series: Dr. Yvonne Golightly
2024-10-02 10:30 - 11:30 | Join Remotely
Yvonne Golightly, PT, MS, PhD
Assistant Dean for Research, College of Allied Health Professions
Professor, Physical Therapy Program, College of Allied Health Professions
Courtesy Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Talk Title: Influence of Sociodemographic and Clinical Features on Ground Reaction Force Variability Among Individuals with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

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UNC CCCR Speaker Series: Yvonne Golightly, PT, MS, PhD
2024-10-02 10:30 - 11:30
Yvonne Golightly, PT, MS, PhD
Assistant Dean for Research
Professor, College of Allied Health Professions
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Talk Title: To be announced.

Collaborative CCCR Speaker Series: Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH
2024-10-23 10:30 - 11:30
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH
Gallagher Research Professor of Rheumatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Talk Title: To be announced.
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TARC Research Day 2024
2024-10-25 08:00 - 14:30 | The UNC Friday Conference Center
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TARC Research Seminar Series: Dr. Erin Steinbach
2024-11-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Dickson Conference Room, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 3200 Thurston Building
Speaker:
Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
UNC School of Medicine

Talk Title: To Be Announced

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TARC Research Seminar Series: Dr. Matthew Fisher
2024-12-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Dickson Conference Room, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 3200 Thurston Building
Speaker:
Matthew Fisher, PhD
Associate Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthopaedics
Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University
UNC at Chapel Hill

Talk Title: To Be Announced.

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UNC CCCR Speaker Series: Kelli Allen & Sandra Soto
2024-12-18 10:30 - 11:30 | Join Remotely
Please join us on Wednesday, December 18th from 10:30-11:30am EST for the next event in the UNC CCCR Speaker Series. The speakers for this event are Dr. Kelli Allen (Div. Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, UNC) and Dr. Sandra Soto (UNC School of Nursing). More details will be shared once available.
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TARC Research Seminar Series: Ming-Feng Hsueh, PhD
2025-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Remote or In Person Options Available
Please join us for our January 2025 TARC Research Seminar with speaker Ming-Feng Hsueh, PhD from 12:00-1:00pm in the Dickson Conference Room or virtually on Zoom. More details to follow.

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TARC & RAI All Faculty and Staff Meeting
2025-01-31 08:00 - 09:30 | Remote or In Person Options Available

Collaborative CCCR Speaker Series: Michael LaValley, PhD (Boston MCRC)
2025-03-12 10:30 - 11:30 | Join Remotely
Please join us on Wednesday, March 12th at 10:30am ET for the next event in the Collaborative CCCR Speaker Series. Registration is required to attend (see link below). More details to follow.

Speaker:

Michael LaValley, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health
Methodology Core Director, Boston Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Collaboratory (MCRC)

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TARC Research Seminar Series: Barbara Vilen, PhD
2025-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Dickson Conference Room, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 3200 Thurston Building
Barbara Vilen, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
UNC School of Medicine
Talk Title: To be announced.
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VERITY & UNC CCCR 2025 Mini Course: Large Datasets for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Research
2025-05-05 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Join Remotely
BWH VERITY and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill are pleased to announce the upcoming 2025 Mini Course: Large Datasets for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Research. This free course will consist of two 2-hour sessions virtually hosted by faculty members from VERITY/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of California-San Francisco, and University of Alabama-Birmingham. The course will focus on various datasets available for research: EHRs biobanks, and administrative data. Additional information is listed below. Please feel free to pass this along to those who may be interested.

WHAT: Two 2-hour sessions held virtually (via Zoom).
WHO: Content is most applicable to junior faculty and fellows interested in pursuing a career in clinical research in adult/pediatric rheumatology or other musculoskeletal diseases. Other faculty, residents, medical students, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and research staff are also welcome to attend.
WHEN: Monday, May 5, 2025, from 12:00-2:00PM ET (Session 1) AND Monday, May 12, 2025, from 12:00-2:00PM ET (Session 2). Registration is due by 5:00PM ET on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
COST: This course is free.
REGISTRATION/ADDITIONAL DETAILS: Please follow the link below for additional information and to register for the BWH VERITY and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 2025 Mini Course: Large Datasets for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Research.
VERITY/UNC 2025 Mini Course:
Large Datasets for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Research
If you have any questions or issues accessing the link above, please contact VERITY course coordinator, Jacklyn Stratton (jstratton1@bwh.harvard.edu).
Please click here to view the full course schedule.

UNC CCCR Speaker Series: Michelle Ramirez, PT, DPT, OCS
2025-05-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Join Remotely
Speaker:
Michelle Ramirez, PT, DPT, OCS
PhD Candidate, Population Health Sciences
Duke University School of Medicine

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TARC Research Seminar Series: Dana Orange, MD, MSc (Rockefeller Univ.)
2025-05-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Dickson Conference Room, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 3200 Thurston Building
Dana Orange, MD, MSc
Chapman-Perelman Associate Professor of Clinical Investigation
The Rockefeller University
Talk Title: Synovial Fibroblasts and Joint Pain

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Collaborative CCCR Speaker Series: Amanda E. Nelson & Liubov Arbeeva (UNC)
2025-06-04 09:30 - 10:30 | Join Remotely
Speakers:

Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
UNC School of Medicine
Director, UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR)
Director, UNC CCCR Phenotyping & Precision Medicine Resource Core

Liubov Arbeeva, MS
Biostatistician, Thurston Arthritis Research Center
UNC School of Medicine

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TARC Research Seminar Series: Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD (UNC)
2025-06-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Join Remotely
Speaker:
Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD
Director, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Joseph P. Archie Jr. Eminent Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology
UNC School of Medicine

Talk Title: “Alpha5 beta1integrin signaling and OA: Elucidating therapeutic targets through genomics and drug discovery”

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UNC CCCR Workshop: SPIN Funding Database
2025-06-25 10:30 - 23:30 | Join Remotely
On Wednesday, June 25th from 10:30 – 11:30am librarians from the UNC Health Sciences Library will be leading a virtual workshop for the UNC CCCR research community that will cover workflows for using SPIN, a comprehensive database for funding opportunities from federal, public, non-profit, and private sponsors. This session will focus on searching for funding by career level, clinical/non-clinical, and research topic. Steps for setting up a recurring search criteria and enabling notifications will also be addressed.
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UNC CCCR ABC Session: Grant Writing in 2025
2025-07-09 10:30 - 23:30 | Join Remotely
Please join us on Wednesday, July 9, at 10:30 a.m. for a presentation on Grant Writing in 2025 from Nathan Blouin, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development at UNC. Nathan will provide insights into future National Institutes of Health priorities and share tips on how to approach grant writing and touch on other funding sources. Additionally, there will be time after the presentation for people to ask questions and get feedback from Nathan. We hope to see you there!

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