The ACR recently conducted a survey of U.S. members about the issue of drug safety, sources of information, and related issues. The survey netted 454 responses.
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Inspire Rheumatology’s Next Generation
The rheumatology patient population is projected to increase dramatically over the next decade, and there is an urgent need to recruit and train the next generation of rheumatologists.
Curing Epidemics at the Strep Lab
A valuable early research education
Can You Mentor By Committee?
Committees lack the one-on-one relationship that is the backbone of early career training
The Pathway to Success
Collaboration with our partners is key to ensuring a bright future for the ACR
New Investigators Struggle to Find the Path to Independence
While practicing rheumatologists face budgetary cuts in Medicare reimbursement, new investigators are facing a challenge of their own. Federal budget cuts and other vanishing funding sources are making it extremely difficult to support their research activities. “Over the past several years, sources of funding for these individuals have become increasingly restricted, with the Arthritis Foundation’s Arthritis Investigator award no longer available and the mentored Career Development Awards (K08 and K23) from the NIH affected by the federal budgetary constraints,” remarks ACR Research and Education Foundation (REF) President Leslie Crofford, MD.
Rheumatology’s Architect
Help the REF lay foundations for our future
Pediatric BOOST
Many innovative programs aim to meet the increasing need for pediatric rheumatologists
Letters to the Editor
Readers Say Yea or Nay to Steroids
European Beacon for Rheumatology
Josef S. Smolen, MD, led the way for outcomes measures and a scientifically based training program