Marian T. Hannan, DSc, MPH, encouraged the audience to cultivate their leadership skills and take care of themselves and their careers so that they can best take care of others.
“I would suggest that our members demonstrate their enthusiasm for the field and reach out to young students and trainees — the younger they are when we reach out to them, the better. Medical school would be a great time. There’s nothing more important than an enthusiastic mentor,” she said.
NAFLD is approaching epidemic proportions in the United States, and some of the most commonly used rheumatologic agents can cause or contribute to the worsening of liver disease.
David L. Hu, PhD, reminisced about several of his “silly” research projects, illustrating that there are no bad questions — even seemingly silly or unimportant research can be useful.
The rapidly changing world of medical apps has made for some exciting breakthroughs, but generally, the rheumatology community hasn’t seen as many of these advances because it has been slower to adopt these technologies.
Approaches and treatments for the metabolic bone disorders rheumatologists are most likely to see, hypophosphatasia, osteomalacia, and primary hyperthyroidism, are changing, and the outlook on all three is improving.
S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, said that the significant prevalence of monoclonal gammopathies and their association with a variety of conditions, including multiple myeloma, make this topic important for clinicians.
The session will include discussion of the development of the new classification criteria for lupus, including the concept of “incomplete lupus” as it pertains to identifying patients who may not meet all of the classification criteria.
Wnt signaling pathway research that is moving toward early stage clinical trials could provide the first disease modifying treatments for OA.
Two researchers who have contributed greatly to understanding the role of the inflammasome and cytokines will share their knowledge Tuesday morning during a Basic Science session.