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Research Rheum

The Chimeric Self

J. Lee Nelson, MD, and Anne Stevens, MD, PhD  |  

Michrochimerism research offers insights into several autoimmune conditions

ARHP Positioned for Continued Success in 2007

Karen L. Kerr, MSN, NP, CPNP, APRN-BC  |  

The ARHP is committed to advancing the knowledge and skills of health professionals in the area of rheumatology in order to improve health outcomes for people with or at risk for rheumatic disease and musculoskeletal conditions. In 2005, the ARHP Executive Committee developed a three-year, long-range plan, which identified the following priorities for our organization…

Reading Rheum

David G. Borenstein, MD;Robyn T. Domsic, MD; Daniel Hal Solomon, MD, MPH  |  

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

Reading RHEUM

Robyn T. Domsic, MD; Kathleen A. Haines, MD; Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH;  |  

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

Consumers Add Perspective to Arthritis Research

Catherine Backman, PhD, OT(C)  |  

It has been my distinct pleasure to work with consumer collaborators—people living with arthritis—on research projects, advisory boards, and review panels, in consensus meetings to establish research agendas, and as co-educators in health professional programs. Those I work with have chosen the term “consumer collaborator” to reflect their contribution to and eventual use of our partnerships, although others might call them patients or clients.

ARHP Announces Grad Student Award Winners

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The ARHP is pleased to announce the first recipients of its new Graduate Student Recognition Award: Rahul Kanna and Denise Power. By supporting the efforts of non-medical graduate students interested in rheumatology, this new award program recognizes creative research projects that merge the theory and clinical practice of rheumatologic care in an effort to improve the lives of patients with rheumatic diseases.

Better Physicians—One Student at a Time

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For Maribeth Morral, a third-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine in State College, Pa., and ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) Preceptorship winner, her first exposure to rheumatology was the product of a chance encounter. In the first year of medical school at Penn State, students are assigned to track a chronically ill patient throughout the year as a learning experience. Morral’s patient happened to be an 11-year-old girl diagnosed with juvenile RA.