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Investigate the Committee on Research

Jane Jerrard  |  Issue: July 2007  |  

Dr. St. Clair adds, “By supporting basic and clinical research, our efforts can directly lead to improvements in care of patients and advances in the diseases we see every day. We’re also very supportive of the training of academic rheumatologists; the committee tends to support that subgroup and thus improve quality of care.”

Jane Jerrard is writing the series on ACR committees.

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