David T. Felson, MD – Arthritis Foundation 2020 Lee C. Howley, Sr. Award

Please join us in congratulating David Felson as the 2020 Arthritis Foundation Howley Award recipient. This is the second time Dr. Felson has received this distinguished award (he was also a 2004 Howley Award winner); and is well deserved, as a testament to his immense contributions to the field and in particular to the OACS […]

Priyanka Ballal in Healio

Warfarin linked to greater hip, knee replacement risk “Warfarin use was associated with a higher risk for hip and knee replacement compared to [direct oral anticoagulant] use,” Priyanka Ballal, MD, said at a virtual press conference. “This risk appeared to increase with duration of use. This latter observation is extremely relevant, since people with atrial […]

Priyanka Ballal, MD recipient of the Marshall J. Schiff, MD Memorial Fellow Research Award

Congratulations to Priyanka Ballal, MD as the recipient of the Marshall J. Schiff, MD Memorial Fellow Research Award! The purpose of the Marshall J. Schiff, MD, Memorial Fellow Research Award recognize outstanding scholarship in the field of rheumatology and provide fellows-in-training who are authors or co-authors of abstracts submitted to the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting an […]

Study: Why people with knee osteoarthritis experience different kinds of pain

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis worldwide, affecting more than 300 million people. It causes substantial pain, functional limitations, and disability in patients. “Our findings support the clinical relevance of neurobiological mechanisms that affect the pain experience in knee osteoarthritis, including not only the severity of pain, but whether the pain is intermittent […]

Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD, National Leader in Gout Management, on New ACR Guidelines

Coauthor of the first guidance update since 2012 talks about new recommendations AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY Reading Room 09.08.2020 by Scott Harris Contributing Writer, MedPage Today MedPage Today and the American College of Rheumatology For the first time in eight years, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has updated its guidelines for the effective management […]

Boston MCRC Pilot Grant RFA

Boston Musculoskeletal Clinical Research Collaboratory, a NIAMS funded CCCR, is delighted to announce a Request for Applications (RFA) for Pilot Project Grants for September 1, 2020. Information and Forms can be found on the Boston MCRC website Boston MCRC Pilot Grant RFA