Congratulations to Tuhina Neogi, who received an honorary doctorate in the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University

By Anne M Plunkett October 27th, 2021

We congratulate Dr. Tuhina Neogi on receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Lund, Sweden.

below appears a translation from the Lunds universitets doktorspromotion (the handbook from the ceremony):

Tuhina Neogi is a rheumatologist and professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Boston University School of Medicine, and then just over two years back department head of rheumatology at Boston Medical Center. Neogi is one of the world's top clinical trials experts in the arthritis and gout diseases, and she is also a international leading researchers in these fields. Her research focus includes in particular risk factors for osteoarthritis of the knees and gout, and pain mechanisms, but also epidemiological methodological issues relevant to chronic rheumatological diseases is one of her special interests. Neogi is repeatedly prized for its research and already has an impressive scientific output of over 260 publications with over 13 000 citations.

Neogi has for over fifteen years collaborated with researchers at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University and has contributed significantly to and supported the research environment in clinical epidemiology of motor diseases. She offers a welcome "sounding board" for research in the field through regularly scheduled interaction via video conference. She is also a very popular lecturer and celebrated as a mentor. Tuhina Neogi is extremely respected and appreciated by her surroundings. She is listening, generous and sympathetic. She also has a high level of commitment within a several major international organizations in its field and has, inter alia, role in work on classification criteria for rheumatological disease. Neogi is also a role model for leadership and is a source of inspiration for both younger and older employee.

New pages added – Presentations & Calendar

By Anne M Plunkett December 18th, 2020

Check out our new page - Presentations!

We have also added a link to our Calendar that shows upcoming meetings, seminars and events.

Be sure to forward any items you'd like highlighted or added to these new pages.

Website update: See newly posted video of Dr. Michael York in a presentation on scleroderma

By Anne M Plunkett December 10th, 2020

In the Clinical - Scleroderma section of our website you will find a newly posted video of Dr. Michael York in a Scleroderma Foundation National Patient Education Conference presentation on the diagnosis and treatment of scleroderma.