Only 3 weeks left until the ARA/NZRA ASM 2024! Join us to hear from biostatistician and Prof. Robin Christensen on Outcome Measures and Endpoints in Evidence-Based Rheumatology. Don't miss out - register now here: nzra-ara2024.com #ARANZRA24

We are excited to have A/Prof Marinka Twilt from the University of Calgary as one of our speakers for the ARA/NZRA ASM 2024. Join us for her talk on Paediatrics in the Opening Plenary #ARANZRA24
Marinka Twilt

Interested in Research? 🧪🥼The Arthritis Australia National Research Program Applications for 2025 are now open - closing on 12 July 2024 so get in quick! See: arthritisaustralia.com.au/programs-resea… Arthritis Australia

📣We're excited to share that there are 2 rheumatology articles in the April edition of Medicine Today on:
- crystal arthritis and
- Vaccination in autoimmune inflammatory diseases. We hope you take the time to have a read! 🔖rheumatology.org.au/For-Members/My…

The ARA has a new Patient Medication Information leaflet now available on Sildenafil. Feel free to use it and share it! rheumatology.org.au/For-Patients/A…

Established to honor a founding member of The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, colleague, friend, & leader in #rheum , the Phil Robinson Global Scholars Program provides scholarships to register for, travel to, & attend #ACR24 in Washington, D.C. Must be an early career #rheum /trainee, #rheum …

The Mid-term Symposium APLAR 2024 is on 25-27th April. You can attend in-person (Almaty, Kazakhstan) or virtually. Register here: aplar.rheuma-kaz.online

Early bird registrations for the 2024 ARA/NZRA ASM close this Friday 29th March! Get in quick and rego now: nzra-ara2024.com #ARANZRA24

🎇Applications are now open for:
- APLAR Congress Travel Grant 2024
- APLAR Centre of Excellence Exchange Program
See APLAR website for further details.
Get in quick!

I was in the sky flying home from a Juvenile Arthritis research meeting in Norway, so missed all of WORD day this year, but we’ve got Juvenile Arthritis Week in Australia this week!
#JIA #juvenilearthritis
JAFA Australian Rheumatology Association Anthony Albanese World Young Rheumatic Diseases Day (WORD Day) Mark Butler MP Ged Kearney

🏆Please join us in congratulating Jim Croker and Michael Shanahan as worthy recipients of the following RACP Awards:
- Jim Croker (RACP Medal for Clinical Service in Rural and Remote Areas)
- Michael Shanahan (RACP John Sands Medal).
Well done! 👏

Today we celebrate World yOung Rheumatic Diseases Day (WORD Day) to raise awareness for early diagnoses of young rhematic diseases. wordday.org #WORDDay2024

Nursing and allied health workforce in Australian public rheumatology departments is inadequate: a cross-sectional observational study
Australian Rheumatology Association APLAR EULAR
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Join our Australian colleagues while they present at the upcoming APLAR Ground Round Webinar on Complex Gout Management: A comprehensive Approach (Saturday 30th March). Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

⏳Reminder that the closing date for the Christina Boros and Research Excellence Awards is this Friday 15th March 2024. Get in quick! nzra-ara2024.com #ARANZRA24

🌺 Happy International Women's Day! 🌺 Let's celebrate the incredible women who make a difference to rheumatology in Australia as well as all the wonderful women in our lives #IWD24

📣ARA/NZRA ASM 2024 Grand Rounds Submission closes at the end of this week on 10th March. Don't forget to submit your Grand Rounds Abstracts! nzra-ara2024.com/abstracts #ARANZRA24

Doctors can now prescribe a 12-month script for commonly used arthritis medicines like Prednisolone, Leflunomide, and Ciclosporin, allowing a two-month supply to be dispensed at pharmacies for a reduced cost.

Learn more at: 60dayscripts.com.au

The Recommendations have been endorsed by Rare Voices Australia Australia and 9 national colleges and bodies to date, including Australian Genomics, @hgsaaustralasia, Australian Rheumatology Association, @acrrm, and APNA.

Thanks to Sen Louise Pratt, Sen Janet Rice, Dr Anne Webster MP, Senator Helen Polley, Senator Maria Kocavic and all the consumers, clinicians and other stakeholders who helped us launch new 2040 projections on arthritis.

Read more at: arthritisaustralia.com.au/arthritis-proj…