Final prep in my hotel room for tomorrow’s big #EULAR2024 opening debate: this David up against the metaphorical (if not physical) Goliath, Janet Pope. Data does not adequately justify this JAKi regulatory safety warning, tomorrow I’ll tell you why. Details below ⬇️ Dr. John Cush

I was asked about this today! This practical approach to VZV prevention is so useful! Thanks Leonard Calabrese and Cassandra Calabrese

Novel agents targeting pathways in #Sjögren syndrome ▶️Pro-inflammatory cytokines ▶️Interferon ▶️B cell ▶️B/T cell costimulation ▶️Ectopic germinal centre formation ▶️IgG recycling inhibition ▶️Nuclease therapy ▶️CAR-T cell therapy 👉🏽nature.com/articles/s4158… via NatRevRheumatol

The Purple Butterfly allows visualization of #SLE patients' journeys in a clinically convenient medium 🦋Translating technical medical jargon of #lupus into understandable concepts for patients, families & those without expertise in SLE 👉🏽academic.oup.com/rheumap/articl… via Rheumatology & Rheumatology Advances in Practice

Headed to Orlando for #AWIR Gwenesta Melton TheDaoIndex Adam J Brown Eric Ruderman Dr. Alvin Wells Puja Mehta 🧩 🌻 May Kazem, MD MHA FRCPC (She/her) Association of Women in Rheumatology Janet Pope

#realmenwearpurple #AWIR

“So much impacts the life of patients (with lupus!)” Dr. Mary Crow discussing unmet need at #AWIR Dr. John Cush TheDaoIndex

“There’s a role, and a lot to be learned about organ involvement in SLE.” Dr. Crow highlights the questions around why some patients get LN or pericarditis in lupus while others don’t. Sometimes the things we don’t yet understand provide important keys. Dr. John Cush TheDaoIndex

Autoantibodies provide us with lessons. Dr. Crow gives #AWIR homework to review the data discussed in this article that reviewed antibody signatures from military individuals at baseline (before they developed lupus) and after. Antibodies contribute to disease and we need to know

Have you heard of UNC93B1? I hadn’t either, but Dr. Crow is so excited! UNC93B1 is a traffic molecule that gets TLRs to the right location. We’ve now found that mutations in this trafficking molecule have been shown to lead to different autoantibodies and different forms

“Burnt out, checked out, Get out”- Dr S Desai on what happens when the Tall Poppies get pruned. 6 out of 10 women believe they would be penalized for being ambitious at work. Association of Women in Rheumatology #AWIR24

What a wonderful day!

Dance like no one is watching! I am challenging all our male colleagues to come to #AWIR25 and have a dance off with Dr. Alvin Wells ! Bharat Kumar Sarfaraz Hasni David Karp Dr. John Cush Dr. Kaleb Michaud Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof Jeffrey Curtis Leonard Calabrese Alfred Kim Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc D White #HeForShe Association of Women in Rheumatology

Come dance with us at Association of Women in Rheumatology 2025 back at the Gaylord Palms near Orlando.

Cheers to the future of rheumatology! Association of Women in Rheumatology

Drs. LianneGensler and Catherine Bakewell bring down the house Association of Women in Rheumatology discussing pregnancy in rheum pts. One of my takeaways: Don’t use NSAIDs in these pts if you can avoid them. They may decrease implantation (some data in animals models) so discuss family planning with

What a team! What a conference! Association of Women in Rheumatology

Rct of > 200 patients with knee OA treated with usual care plus mtx vs pbo. Mtx titrated to 25mg weekly and showed improvement in pain score c/w PBO at 6 months w/o significant AEs! Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD AM Malfait —will this change OA management?