ACR was recently awarded a $7M grant to address inequities in symptom recognition, care and disease management of systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). The grant is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC) and will be led by…
September is Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month (RDAM). Georgia State Representative, Kim Scofield shares her story of living with lupus and brings encouragement to us all! Read Kim's RDAM Patient Spotlight Blog>
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 recognize, refer, and manage patients with lupus in conjunction with a rheumatologist. Learners will virtually examine four…
The 2019 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology Classification (ACR) Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) available here.
The Lupus Initiative is excited to launch The Playbook Project! This localized grassroots lupus awareness campaign initiative provides turnkey grassroots activities to student organizations at four-year colleges and universities in a step by step implementation guide called, The Playbook. Student…
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 down with Atlanta's local NPR station, WABE, to discuss "Reconciling Distrust in Clinical Research" in a special…
The ACR Collaborative Initiatives department (COIN) is honored to be a recipient of the 2018 American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Innovation Grants Program (IGP). COIN will be recognized during ASAE's 2018 Great Ideas Conference, March 11-13 in Colorado Springs, CO.…
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 the ACR and the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) and launched in June 2018. The campaign…
We are happy to announce the launch of our new lupus awareness campaign in partnership with the Lupus Foundation of America! The "Be Fierce.Take Control.™" campaign is designed to educate and empower young women who are most at-risk for developing…
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 patients with broader access to a variety specialists in one location. READ FULL ARTICLE
"Living with Lupus," featuring Shanelle Gabriel Shanelle shares her journey and provides inspiration for others living with Lupus through our Simple Tasks campaign patient documentary.
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 Minority Health (OMH) to continue the expansion of its established, national education program by developing an expert-informed…
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
ARHP Past President Emeritus, Ben Smith PA-C helps The Lupus Initiative spread the word about lupus in Southwest Georgia.
