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Congrats to UW Rheumatology’s Dr. Sara McCoy, MD PhD, selected as 1 of 6 national participants in an NIH NIAMS Leadership Scholars Program for women’s health studies in autoimmune diseases for her work in Sjögren’s Disease. University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine

Dr. Sarah Donohue won the 2023 Distinguished Fellow Award from the American College of Rheumatology. Thrilled to toast her well-deserved award, the UW Rheum Fellowship, and her future as an academic rheumatologist at UW! University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Great day at the WI LFA Walk to End Lupus with UW Rheum, Neph, and Peds Rheum!@SarahDonohueMD University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Lupus Foundation of America

Congrats to UW Dr Shivani on two fantastic oral presentations on HCQ levels and renal atherosclerosis in lupus today! University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Very exciting work by the spectacular Dr. Sara McCoy and company has identified a novel autoanybody that looks promising for identifying Sjogren’s in those with negative SSA. #ACR23 #sjogren #Sjogrens

Deeply grateful for a fun dinner with our fantastic UW Rheum team AND a special guest cameo from ACR President Doug White! On Wisconsin! University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Truly grateful for @CDC's dedication to improving #lupus outcomes in the U.S. They agree that #Lupus is a public health issue. Thanks to all the American College of Rheumatology volunteers & patients who helped develop quality measures and set bold goals for the #HealthyPeopleLupus2030 campaign!

Proud of Jonny Katz, Nadia Sweet, Janna, Alex, and Shelby Gomez for their 1st ACR posters at #ACR23!@uw_medicine

Cheers to UW Miram Shelef & team who identified novel linear IgG epitopes bound by RFs in COVID-19, not RA (J of A-Immunity doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut…). The COVID-19 RF was polyreactive, bound two IgG & multiple viral peptides with a tripeptide motif, & IgG Fc & COVID spike protein.

I love this HCQ education tool for #lupus by Christie Bartels MD MS. Per 100 #lupus patients taking #HCQ, 👉🏾46 will avoid organ damage/8 yrs 👉🏾12 will avoid death/3 yrs 👉🏾25 will avoid blood clots/30 yrs 👉🏾2 will develop eye toxicity/10 yrs. Avoid w/ Screening! lupus.bmj.com/content/10/2/e…

A study led by Dr. Miriam Shelef reports a new discovery of unique rheumatoid factors in COVID-19 patients that could give insights into viruses and autoimmune diseases. Hear directly from Dr. Shelef and learn more: medicine.wisc.edu/news/shelef-la…

Congrats to Dr Christine Sharkey on receiving the DOM Education Mentoring Award and to Dr Tiffany Lin on a poster award for her outstanding applied immunology curriculum! Go UW Rheum educators! University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine

Implementing our Quit Connect intervention with Grady rheum clinic staff increased smoking cessation referrals 20-fold! Cost: 90s <$10/quit. Cheers Emory Drs Lim & Brandt! GradyHealth University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Emory School of Medicine @gadph UW-CTRI UW School of Medicine and Public Health

June AC&R Editor's Pick ▶️ Development of the American College of Rheumatology’s Patient-reported Outcome Quality Measures for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus loom.ly/xaatnxs

Congrats to Sara McCoy and team on their innovative ARD pub! Novel autoantibodies help diagnose anti-SSA antibody negative Sjögren disease and predict abnormal labial salivary gland pathology ard.bmj.com/content/83/9/1…

HCQ blood levels within the therapeutic range (750-1200 ng/ml) were associated with 66% lower acute care utilization—and 90-95% fewer acute care visits, even in groups at higher acute care risk due to social barriers Supports the use of HCQ blood level monitoring in lupus and

We're proud to celebrate #WomeninMedicineMonth and honor the incredible women whose innovation, leadership, advocacy and compassion are transforming the world of medicine and inspiring the next generation. Read more: ow.ly/txSk50WYile