2007–2008 REF Award Recipients

The REF ensures the future of rheumatology by ensuring that there are well-trained rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals to provide quality care. To achieve this, REF maintains an extensive award and grant program with research, training, and education opportunities for medical students, fellows, clinicians, researchers, health professionals, and academic institutions.

Starting this month, the REF will recognize its latest group of award recipients in these pages. Notified of their selection in late 2006, they will begin their award terms in July. Please join us in congratulating the first group of recipients:

PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG RHEUMATOLOGISTS

ACR REF/Association of Subspecialty Professors Junior Career Development Award in Geriatric Medicine

• Tuhina Neogi, MD, Boston University School of Medicine

PROGRAMS FOR EXPERIENCED PHYSICIANS

ACR REF Academic Reentry Award

• Diana Milojevic, MD, University of California, San Francisco

ACR REF Clinician Scholar Educator Award

• Abby G. Abelson, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Yukiko Kimura, MD, Hackensack University Medical Center
• Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

ACR REF Innovative Teaching Grant

• Daniel J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital Medical Center