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Keri Losavio

Editor Keri Losavio has been a professional editor and writer in the medical and financial fields for 20 years and joined the Wiley team in February 2014. She has written for and edited newsletters, magazines, personal memoirs, book proposals, dissertations, textbooks and more.

Articles by Keri Losavio

Don’t Forget the Host: COVID-19 Cytokine Storm

Randy Q. Cron, MD, PhD, & W. Winn Chatham, MD  |  

The new coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, reminds us how we have struggled to keep ahead of mutating pathogens through the ages.

In Memoriam: Calvin R. Brown Jr., MD

Eric Ruderman, MD  |  

Calvin R. Brown Jr., MD, of Chicago, passed away Dec. 1, 2019. He was 66 years old. In the course of a medical career, you meet dozens of people who impact you in one way or another. Patients, professors, fellow students, colleagues in your practice—all help shape who we become as a physician. Sometimes, though,…

Dr. Breland

New Membership & Nominations Chair Dr. Hazel Breland Outlines Goals for ARP Membership Growth

Larry Beresford  |  

Having completed her term as ARP president, Hazel L. Breland, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, CLA, has stepped into a new role as chair of the ARP’s Membership and Nominations Committee (https://www.rheumatology.org/Rheumatology-Professionals). Dr. Breland is associate professor of occupational therapy at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, where she teaches graduate students and serves as…

Rep. Schofield and Dr. Worthing listen to an audience member's question.

1 Person Can Make a Difference: The Importance of Advocacy

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Your voice matters: That was the shared theme of presentations by Angus Worthing, MD, FACR, FACP, William F. Harvey, MD, MSc, FACR, and Georgia Rep. Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta, Dist. 60) in the session, Raise Your Voice! Advocacy Update from Government Affairs at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting on Monday, Nov. 11.

Lori Gilbert-Kaye Killed, 3 Others Injured in California Synagogue Shooting

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The ACR is greatly saddened by the loss of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, wife of rheumatologist Howard Kaye, MD. Mrs. Gilbert-Kaye was tragically killed in the  San Diego-area synagogue shooting on April 27 after she dove in front of Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, saving his life. We send our deepest condolences to Dr. Kaye and his family. CNN…

Mourning the Loss of NIAMS Director Stephen Katz, MD, PhD

Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, NIH Director  |  

“It is with a profoundly heavy heart that I share with you the sad news that we have lost one of our most beloved leaders at NIH. Steve Katz, MD, PhD, the long-time director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), died early this morning after suffering a catastrophic stroke….

Study Finds Chronic Fatigue Clues in Overactive Immune Response

Kate Kelland  |  

LONDON (Reuters)—Scientists exploring what may trigger chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have found clues in the way some people’s immune systems respond to interferon alpha.1 The researchers used the drug to create a model of the disease in people without CFS but with hepatitis C. Many patients who receive interferon alpha experience extreme fatigue during treatment,…