Dr. Andrea Knight, lead investigator, will present“Engaging Patients and Parents to Improve Mental Health for Youth With Rheumatologic Disease”at the 13thInternational Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in San Francisco, April 5-8. The results of this study will also appear in the April 2019 issue ofLupus Science & Medicine.Continue readingImproving Mental Health for Kids With Juvenile Arthritis
Personalized treatments forchildren with arthritiswill soon be a reality, thanks to a new research study supported by the Arthritis Foundation.
The study, the largest of its kind, is being done by the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), a North American research network that conducts collaborative research to find treatments and a cure for pediatric rheumatic diseases. TheArthritis Foundation has worked closely with CARRAsince it was formed in 2002. Together, we’ve aligned our scientific agendas, and the Foundation has committed millions of dollars toward expanding juvenile arthritis research through CARRA.
Continue readingNew Large-scale Study to Make Personalized Medicine a Reality for Kids With JIA
We recently gave approximately $160,000 toward childhood arthritis research in the form of research grants. The grants are funded through theChildhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA); small grants were given to pediatric rheumatologists and fellows small grant research awards were given to third year fellowship students.
Continue readingSpring 2018 Childhood Research Grants Announced
TheChildhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance(CARRA) recently announced award recipients for the CARRA-Arthritis Foundation2018 large and small grant awards. Grants are awarded to investigators with projects that positively impact the pediatric rheumatology scientific community. Funded by the Arthritis Foundation, a total of almost $240,000 was awarded for this year’s grants. Alpha Omicron Pi Foundation (AOII), a funding partner, funded three of the grants noted below.
科学战略高级副总裁Guy Eakin博士解释说:“这些资助很重要，因为这些患者很罕见。”“Research on rare conditions is difficult, and required broad networks like thepartnership between the Arthritis Foundation and CARRA启动伟大的想法，然后将其转化为积极的研究项目。我们非常自豪能与CARRA合作，看到这些和其他主要的科学计划向前发展。”
Of the 9 grants awarded, 5 are related tosystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)studies, 3 are related tojuvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)studies, and 1 looks at tracking localized disease with mobile apps.
Two applications were selected to receive $50,000 awards:
Seven new small grants of up to $25k each were awarded. Congratulations to:
CARRA will continue with the large grants program in 2019. The deadline for the next round of large grants will be March 1, 2019. Visit theCARRA websitefor details on other funding opportunities.