ACR Simple Tasks Highlights State Representative Kim Scofield in 2020 RDAM Patient Spotlight read more . . . September is Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month (RDAM). Georgia State Representative, Kim Scofield shares her story of living with lupus and brings encouragement to... Don't miss out on the 2020 ACR/ARP Image Competition! read more . . . ACR's Lupus Initiative is a multi-faceted education program designed to reduce disparities and improve outcomes among people with lupus through the development and... New Virtual Lupus Clinic Offers Complimentary CME/CE! read more . . . Check out our new online Virtual Lupus Clinic - a four-part, interactive case-based learning series developed by ACR member experts to help non-rheumatologists... A Message from the ACR about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) read more . . . See important information about in-person meeting cancellations related to COVID-19 as well brief answers to some frequently asked questions. Learn more. Self-Management Resources Available! read more . . . Doctors and healthcare providers can provide these online self-management resources and tools to people living with lupus and lupus nephritis to assist with... Complimentary Lupus CME Series Available! read more . . . The ACR Lupus Initiative offers complimentary CME/CE for physicians and health professionals to improve the quality of care in those with, or at... New EULAR/ACR SLE Classification Criteria read more . . . The 2019 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology Classification (ACR) Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) available here. Know When to Suspect Lupus read more . . . Back in the 1940's, Dr. Theodore Woodword wisely instructed his University of Maryland students that "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not... May is Lupus Awareness Month! read more . . . Did you know we offer complimentary teaching tools and resources to educators at medical and health profession schools? These resources are designed to... IN THE NEWS: ACR invites letters of interest for new OA educational training program. read more . . . The ACR Collaborative Initiatives (COIN) department invites letters of interest from members wishing to help develop educational training for PCPs, NPs and PAs... YOU can help improve health outcomes for people with undiagnosed lupus read more . . . LUPUS IS NOT A ZEBRA The likelihood that your symptomatic patient has lupus increases based on gender, race, ethnicity, and age. In which case,... Customizable Lupus Awareness Grassroots Campaign Resources Now Available to Student Organizations read more . . . The Lupus Initiative is excited to launch The Playbook Project! This localized grassroots lupus awareness campaign initiative provides turnkey grassroots activities to student... COIN Announces Receipt of Two OMH Grants read more . . . On August 13, 2018, ACR Collaborative Initiatives announced the receipt of two, two-year grants from the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to support... Collaborative Initiatives featured in The Rheumatologist read more . . . ACR Collaborative Initiatives is featured in the May 2018 issue of The Rheumatologist. The article titled "The ACR's COIN Department Connects Providers with... MIMICT Advisory Committee Members in the News read more . . . ACR's Collaborative Initiatives department is proud to share the following interviews featuring members of our MIMICT Advisory Committee. Committee Member, Dr. Priscilla Pemu recently sat... ACR Collaborative Initiatives Receives Innovation Award read more . . . The ACR Collaborative Initiatives department (COIN) is honored to be a recipient of the 2018 American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Innovation Grants Program... Be Fierce. Take Control. Awareness Campaign Featured in The Rheumatologist read more . . . The Be Fierce. Take Control.TM lupus awareness campaign, is featured in the January 2018 issue of The Rheumatologist. Be Fierce. Take Control.TM was jointly created by... One Women's Journey with Lupus Nephritis read more . . . Video - Dr. Bevra Hann professor of rheumatology at UCLA will introduce you to a person living with lupus nephritis. New Lupus Awareness Campaign Unveiled: Be Fierce.Take Control.™ read more . . . We are happy to announce the launch of our new lupus awareness campaign in partnership with the Lupus Foundation of America! The "Be... One Stop Lupus Clinic Broadens Patient Access to Care read more . . . The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus will open its second multi-disciplinary lupus clinic later this year. Multi-disciplinary lupus clinics provide... Explore our educational resources for medical and health professional schools read more . . . The ACR Lupus Initiative (TLI) offers the following complimentary lupus teaching tools and educational resources to medical and health professional schools: Interactive Case... Living with Lupus, A Patient's Journey read more . . . "Living with Lupus," featuring Shanelle Gabriel Shanelle shares her journey and provides inspiration for others living with Lupus through our Simple Tasks campaign patient... ACR receives $335,000 grant from Office of Minority Health to improve lupus health outcomes read more . . . The American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) The Lupus Initiative (TLI) recently announced the award of a one-year, $335,000 grant from the Office of... TLI Featured on WALB Sunday Dialogue read more . . . Watch Past ARHP President Emeritus, Ben Smith, PA-C's engaging lupus discussion on WALB's Sunday Dialogue! WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports Lupus advocates in Southwest Georgia are raising awareness about the disease. read more . . . ARHP Past President Emeritus, Ben Smith PA-C helps The Lupus Initiative spread the word about lupus in Southwest Georgia. Dr. Maria Dall’Era is taking the PIVOT project to the next level read more . . . Led by a passion to improve the clinical reasoning skills of future doctors, Maria Dall’Era, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of... Living with Lupus: An Inspirational Patient’s Journey read more . . . "Living with Lupus," featuring Shanelle Gabriel Shanelle shares her journey and provides inspiration for others living with Lupus through our Simple Tasks campaign patient... The Lupus Initiative celebrates the life of Dr. Evelyn Hess, pioneering lupus researcher read more . . . The Lupus Initiative is saddened to learn of the passing of Evelyn V. Hess, MD, former ACR master member, distinguished professor emerita, founder and... New Grant Funding Allows TLI to Expand Its Education Program read more . . . The American College of Rheumatology's Lupus Initiative announced the award of a one-year $500,000 grant from the Office of Minority Health. Read the... TLI Presented Update on Teaching Fellows in Lupus Program at 2015 Annual Meeting read more . . . The Lupus Initiative’s® (TLI) project entitled, Teaching Fellows in Lupus, was presented at the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, November 6-11, 2015 in San Francisco. Teaching Fellows... Engaging Learners in Lupus Education with PIVOT read more . . . An abstract on The Lupus Initiative’s® (TLI) project: Practice Improvement Using Virtual Online Training (PIVOT), has been accepted for a poster presentation at... The ACR’s Lupus Initiative Expands Training, Educational Resources read more . . . Excerpted from The Rheumatologist, August 17, 2015. The ACR’s Lupus Initiative Expands Training, Educational Resources By E. William St.Clair, MD The Lupus Initiative (TLI) has been... ACR's Lupus Initiative Advances Education Around Diagnosing, Treating Disease read more . . . Advancing Rheumatology! may mean different things to the varied membership of the ACR. This is in part because the ACR is expected to... Taking Action Against Lupus read more . . . See page 6. The Lupus Initiative highlights one woman who is taking action. Lupus: A Mother's Journey to Understanding the Disease with Many Faces read more . . . Lupus Initiative panel moderator, award winning journalist Brenda Blackmon, shares her story. Q&A with Sam Lim, MD: Reducing Disparities in the Delivery of Healthcare to Patients with Lupus read more . . . Reducing Disparities in the Delivery of Healthcare to Patients with Lupus: A Q&A with Sam Lim, MD, Consortium Chair of the Lupus Initiative Empowering Physicians - Improving Care read more . . . Did you know that the subject of lupus is often given only 15 minutes in the medical school curriculum? That’s why we were... President's Perspective: New ACR Lupus Initiative Program Helps Identify and Eliminate Bias in Rheumatology Practices read more . . . ACR board president asks medical practitioners, “Are you unbiased? Are you sure?” The Role of Perspectives in Patient Care: A Clinical Concern read more . . . As the need to reduce the high burden of preventable disease and premature death experienced by racial and ethnic minorities increases, recognizing and... Expert Opinion: Learning from lupus read more . . . We all know that systemic lupus erythematosus disproportionately impacts women and racial and ethnic minorities. We also know that people of lower... A Functional Collaboration: The Lupus Initiative® read more . . . Over the past three years, members of The Lupus Initiative consortium have worked together to transform lupus education by leading an effort aimed... Lupus Diagnosis: The Challenge in Primary Care read more . . . Lupus Initiative consortium chair offers insights on the special challenges of lupus diagnosis in primary care and sheds light on how primary care... A Window into Health Disparities read more . . . Lupus Initiative consortium member pens an article highlighting how lupus is a touchstone for the U.S. healthcare system and care for vulnerable patients. Strike While the Iron Is Hot read more . . . Former ACR board president underscores how The Lupus Initiative offers a strategic & proactive approach to patient care for the medical profession. Eliminating Disparities in Lupus read more . . . The Lupus Initiative salutes patients & providers that are advancing lupus care. FDA Approves Benlysta to Treat Lupus Patients read more . . . Excerpted from FDA News Release, dated March 9, 2011 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of lupus... Clinical Trial Search Match to Clinical Trials in 60 Seconds START
ACR Simple Tasks Highlights State Representative Kim Scofield in 2020 RDAM Patient Spotlight read more . . . September is Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month (RDAM). Georgia State Representative, Kim Scofield shares her story of living with lupus and brings encouragement to... Don't miss out on the 2020 ACR/ARP Image Competition! read more . . . ACR's Lupus Initiative is a multi-faceted education program designed to reduce disparities and improve outcomes among people with lupus through the development and... New Virtual Lupus Clinic Offers Complimentary CME/CE! read more . . . Check out our new online Virtual Lupus Clinic - a four-part, interactive case-based learning series developed by ACR member experts to help non-rheumatologists... A Message from the ACR about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) read more . . . See important information about in-person meeting cancellations related to COVID-19 as well brief answers to some frequently asked questions. Learn more. Self-Management Resources Available! read more . . . Doctors and healthcare providers can provide these online self-management resources and tools to people living with lupus and lupus nephritis to assist with... Complimentary Lupus CME Series Available! read more . . . The ACR Lupus Initiative offers complimentary CME/CE for physicians and health professionals to improve the quality of care in those with, or at... New EULAR/ACR SLE Classification Criteria read more . . . The 2019 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology Classification (ACR) Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) available here. Know When to Suspect Lupus read more . . . Back in the 1940's, Dr. Theodore Woodword wisely instructed his University of Maryland students that "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not... May is Lupus Awareness Month! read more . . . Did you know we offer complimentary teaching tools and resources to educators at medical and health profession schools? These resources are designed to... IN THE NEWS: ACR invites letters of interest for new OA educational training program. read more . . . The ACR Collaborative Initiatives (COIN) department invites letters of interest from members wishing to help develop educational training for PCPs, NPs and PAs... YOU can help improve health outcomes for people with undiagnosed lupus read more . . . LUPUS IS NOT A ZEBRA The likelihood that your symptomatic patient has lupus increases based on gender, race, ethnicity, and age. In which case,... Customizable Lupus Awareness Grassroots Campaign Resources Now Available to Student Organizations read more . . . The Lupus Initiative is excited to launch The Playbook Project! This localized grassroots lupus awareness campaign initiative provides turnkey grassroots activities to student... COIN Announces Receipt of Two OMH Grants read more . . . On August 13, 2018, ACR Collaborative Initiatives announced the receipt of two, two-year grants from the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to support... Collaborative Initiatives featured in The Rheumatologist read more . . . ACR Collaborative Initiatives is featured in the May 2018 issue of The Rheumatologist. The article titled "The ACR's COIN Department Connects Providers with... MIMICT Advisory Committee Members in the News read more . . . ACR's Collaborative Initiatives department is proud to share the following interviews featuring members of our MIMICT Advisory Committee. Committee Member, Dr. Priscilla Pemu recently sat... ACR Collaborative Initiatives Receives Innovation Award read more . . . The ACR Collaborative Initiatives department (COIN) is honored to be a recipient of the 2018 American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Innovation Grants Program... Be Fierce. Take Control. Awareness Campaign Featured in The Rheumatologist read more . . . The Be Fierce. Take Control.TM lupus awareness campaign, is featured in the January 2018 issue of The Rheumatologist. Be Fierce. Take Control.TM was jointly created by... One Women's Journey with Lupus Nephritis read more . . . Video - Dr. Bevra Hann professor of rheumatology at UCLA will introduce you to a person living with lupus nephritis. New Lupus Awareness Campaign Unveiled: Be Fierce.Take Control.™ read more . . . We are happy to announce the launch of our new lupus awareness campaign in partnership with the Lupus Foundation of America! The "Be... One Stop Lupus Clinic Broadens Patient Access to Care read more . . . The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus will open its second multi-disciplinary lupus clinic later this year. Multi-disciplinary lupus clinics provide... Explore our educational resources for medical and health professional schools read more . . . The ACR Lupus Initiative (TLI) offers the following complimentary lupus teaching tools and educational resources to medical and health professional schools: Interactive Case... Living with Lupus, A Patient's Journey read more . . . "Living with Lupus," featuring Shanelle Gabriel Shanelle shares her journey and provides inspiration for others living with Lupus through our Simple Tasks campaign patient... ACR receives $335,000 grant from Office of Minority Health to improve lupus health outcomes read more . . . The American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) The Lupus Initiative (TLI) recently announced the award of a one-year, $335,000 grant from the Office of... TLI Featured on WALB Sunday Dialogue read more . . . Watch Past ARHP President Emeritus, Ben Smith, PA-C's engaging lupus discussion on WALB's Sunday Dialogue! WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports Lupus advocates in Southwest Georgia are raising awareness about the disease. read more . . . ARHP Past President Emeritus, Ben Smith PA-C helps The Lupus Initiative spread the word about lupus in Southwest Georgia. Dr. Maria Dall’Era is taking the PIVOT project to the next level read more . . . Led by a passion to improve the clinical reasoning skills of future doctors, Maria Dall’Era, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of... Living with Lupus: An Inspirational Patient’s Journey read more . . . "Living with Lupus," featuring Shanelle Gabriel Shanelle shares her journey and provides inspiration for others living with Lupus through our Simple Tasks campaign patient... The Lupus Initiative celebrates the life of Dr. Evelyn Hess, pioneering lupus researcher read more . . . The Lupus Initiative is saddened to learn of the passing of Evelyn V. Hess, MD, former ACR master member, distinguished professor emerita, founder and... New Grant Funding Allows TLI to Expand Its Education Program read more . . . The American College of Rheumatology's Lupus Initiative announced the award of a one-year $500,000 grant from the Office of Minority Health. Read the... TLI Presented Update on Teaching Fellows in Lupus Program at 2015 Annual Meeting read more . . . The Lupus Initiative’s® (TLI) project entitled, Teaching Fellows in Lupus, was presented at the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, November 6-11, 2015 in San Francisco. Teaching Fellows... Engaging Learners in Lupus Education with PIVOT read more . . . An abstract on The Lupus Initiative’s® (TLI) project: Practice Improvement Using Virtual Online Training (PIVOT), has been accepted for a poster presentation at... The ACR’s Lupus Initiative Expands Training, Educational Resources read more . . . Excerpted from The Rheumatologist, August 17, 2015. The ACR’s Lupus Initiative Expands Training, Educational Resources By E. William St.Clair, MD The Lupus Initiative (TLI) has been... ACR's Lupus Initiative Advances Education Around Diagnosing, Treating Disease read more . . . Advancing Rheumatology! may mean different things to the varied membership of the ACR. This is in part because the ACR is expected to... Taking Action Against Lupus read more . . . See page 6. The Lupus Initiative highlights one woman who is taking action. Lupus: A Mother's Journey to Understanding the Disease with Many Faces read more . . . Lupus Initiative panel moderator, award winning journalist Brenda Blackmon, shares her story. Q&A with Sam Lim, MD: Reducing Disparities in the Delivery of Healthcare to Patients with Lupus read more . . . Reducing Disparities in the Delivery of Healthcare to Patients with Lupus: A Q&A with Sam Lim, MD, Consortium Chair of the Lupus Initiative Empowering Physicians - Improving Care read more . . . Did you know that the subject of lupus is often given only 15 minutes in the medical school curriculum? That’s why we were... President's Perspective: New ACR Lupus Initiative Program Helps Identify and Eliminate Bias in Rheumatology Practices read more . . . ACR board president asks medical practitioners, “Are you unbiased? Are you sure?” The Role of Perspectives in Patient Care: A Clinical Concern read more . . . As the need to reduce the high burden of preventable disease and premature death experienced by racial and ethnic minorities increases, recognizing and... Expert Opinion: Learning from lupus read more . . . We all know that systemic lupus erythematosus disproportionately impacts women and racial and ethnic minorities. We also know that people of lower... A Functional Collaboration: The Lupus Initiative® read more . . . Over the past three years, members of The Lupus Initiative consortium have worked together to transform lupus education by leading an effort aimed... Lupus Diagnosis: The Challenge in Primary Care read more . . . Lupus Initiative consortium chair offers insights on the special challenges of lupus diagnosis in primary care and sheds light on how primary care... A Window into Health Disparities read more . . . Lupus Initiative consortium member pens an article highlighting how lupus is a touchstone for the U.S. healthcare system and care for vulnerable patients. Strike While the Iron Is Hot read more . . . Former ACR board president underscores how The Lupus Initiative offers a strategic & proactive approach to patient care for the medical profession. Eliminating Disparities in Lupus read more . . . The Lupus Initiative salutes patients & providers that are advancing lupus care. FDA Approves Benlysta to Treat Lupus Patients read more . . . Excerpted from FDA News Release, dated March 9, 2011 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Benlysta (belimumab) for the treatment of lupus...
