ACR REF/Abbott Medical and Pediatric Resident Research Award

We are not accepting applications at this time. For complete information about the award and requirements, please view the application below.

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Application Deadline
The application deadline has passed. Check back in May 2009 for the new application and instructions.

Funding Source
Funding for this award is made possible through the Abbott Endowment for Rheumatology Development.

For more information about this award, please contact the REF office by e-mail or by phone at (404) 633-3777.

Award Application

2008 Award Recipients

Alexis R. Ogdie, MD
University of Pennsylvania

2007 Award Recipients

Daniela S. Ardelean, MD
The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
VEGFB expression in a mouse model of Kawasaki Disease

Nazanin Firooz, MD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Shoe modifications as an intervention for medical knee osteoarthritis

2006 Award Recipients

Amanda E. Nelson, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Investigation of the Genetics of Erlapsing Polychondritis: Results from the Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) Disease Registry

Marcus H. Snow, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Association of Cigarette Smoke Exposure and Shared Epitope Status with Serum Cytokine Expression and Measures of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis

2004-2005 Award Recipients

Adriana Blanco, MD
Hospital of Saint Raphael
Intravenous Colchicine: Patterns of Use and Rate of Complications

Pamela G. Fitch, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Methotrexate and Prednisone Therapy for Localized Scleroderma

Jamal Lone, MD
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
Pulmonary Hypertension Complicating Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis

Micah T. McClain, MD, PhD
Duke University
Viral Peptide Initiation of Autoantibody Production Through Molecular Mimicry is Influenced by Genetic Background in a Murine Model of SLE