Issue 4

  • The Great Debate: Enhance lupus nephritis therapy with belimumab or voclosporin?

    The Great Debate: Enhance lupus nephritis therapy with belimumab or voclosporin?

    During Saturday’s Great Debate session, Michelle Petri, MD, MPH, made the case for belimumab, while Brad Rovin, MD, argued in favor of voclosporin.

  • Plenary I: KEEPsAKE trials show risankizumab safe, effective for active psoriatic arthritis

    Plenary I: KEEPsAKE trials show risankizumab safe, effective for active psoriatic arthritis

    Researchers reported results from six highly anticipated studies on Saturday during the first plenary session at ACR Convergence 2021.

  • After 70 years of groundbreaking discoveries, researchers continue to unlock mysteries of lupus

    After 70 years of groundbreaking discoveries, researchers continue to unlock mysteries of lupus

    In the Philip Hench, MD Memorial Lecture on Sunday, Peggy Crow, MD, reviewed several milestones in lupus research and discussed recent discoveries that hold promise for future advances.

  • Collaboration helped Klemperer lecturer build successful career in endometriosis research

    Collaboration helped Klemperer lecturer build successful career in endometriosis research

    Peter Gregersen, MD, recounted his 40 years working in a changing research landscape — from RA to endometriosis — during the Paul Klemperer, MD Memorial Lecture on Saturday.

  • COVID-19 vaccines face many of the same ethical questions as other vaccines

    COVID-19 vaccines face many of the same ethical questions as other vaccines

    Bioethicist Christine Grady, PhD, MSN, discussed ethical quandaries in vaccine development, rollout, and utilization, with a special focus on COVID-19 vaccines, during Saturday’s ARP keynote presentation.

  • Experts examine ethical issues in pediatric rheumatology research

    Experts examine ethical issues in pediatric rheumatology research

    Sampath Prahalad, MD, MSc, and Lainie Ross, MD, PhD, examined ethical issues surrounding genomic research and biobanking in pediatric rheumatology during a Sunday morning session.