{"id":5863,"date":"2018-08-07T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=5863"},"modified":"2018-08-07T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T15:29:10","slug":"amanda-nelson-named-caregiver-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/amanda-nelson-named-caregiver-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Rheumatologist and Researcher Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, Named Caregiver of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2018\/08\/Tarc-New-Post-4-248x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2018\/08\/Tarc-New-Post-4-248x300.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2018\/08\/Tarc-New-Post-4-150x181.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2018\/08\/Tarc-New-Post-4.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/>Dr. Nelson is widely recognized as a physician who is passionate about conducting innovative Rheumatology research, as well as providing outstanding care for her patients. We would like to congratulate her for being named the current &#8220;Caregiver of the Month&#8221; by the Caregivers at Carolina organization. Dr. Nelson is an Assistant Professor Medicine, a faulty member in the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Director of the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic at the UNC Rheumatology Clinic, and Co-Principal Investigator for the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Dr. Nelson&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/unc.live\/2v7VjKW\" target=\"_self\">recent recognition as Caregiver of the Month,<\/a>\u00a0as well as her\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/unc.live\/2MajnDv\" target=\"_self\">ongoing scientific research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also learn more about the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/research\/clinical-and-epidemiological-science-1\/johnston-county-osteoarthritis-project\" target=\"_self\">Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project<\/a>, which is recognized as one of the premier longitudinal research studies worldwide regarding the causes, impact on society, and means of addressing the impact of osteoarthritis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Nelson is widely recognized as a physician who is passionate about conducting innovative Rheumatology research, as well as providing outstanding care for her patients. 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Dr. Nelson is an Assistant Professor Medicine, a faulty member in the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Director of the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Clinic at the UNC Rheumatology Clinic, and Co-Principal Investigator for the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84796,"featured_media":5854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rheumatologist and Researcher Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, Named Caregiver of the Month | Thurston Arthritis Research Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/amanda-nelson-named-caregiver-of-the-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rheumatologist and Researcher Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, Named Caregiver of the Month | Thurston Arthritis Research Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Nelson is widely recognized as a physician who is passionate about conducting innovative Rheumatology research, as well as providing outstanding care for her patients. 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