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Ryan’s first ever 10k run! UTHealth Houston 10k today. Wonderful weather and so much positive energy.

Dr. Assassi attended the CONQUER Investigators Capillaroscopy Workshop in Nashville. Many thanks to Dr. Tracy Frech for organizing this event. #scleroderma

Dr. Yvette Farran (2nd year fellow) challenging the rheumatology crowd with an unusual case of Takayasu's disease at the Thieves Market session during the ACR Convergence Meeting 2022.

Proud of Nancy Wareing (MD/PhD candidate) who gave a wonderful presentation on long-term blood gene expression changes in scleroderma patients undergoing myeloablation followed by autologous stem cell transplantation at the ACR Convergence Meeting 2022

Longitudinal global transcriptomic profiling of preclinical scleroderma pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36040182/ Congrats to Drs. Bellocchi, Beretta, and Assassi on publishing the first global gene expression profiling study of preclinical systemic sclerosis #scleroderma #UTHealth

Congratulations to the 2022 Rheumatology Fellowship Class!

Congrats to Drs. Skaug and Lam on publishing the largest case series on individuals with false positive Scl-70 results - This real life experience underscores the importance of accurate antibody testing in rheumatology. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35753143/

Congrats to Nancy Wareing for defending her PhD thesis on the role of SIX-1 in systemic sclerosis on World Scleroderma Day #scleroderma

Peripheral blood gene expression profiling can help identify systemic sclerosis-ILD patients who are likely responders to mycophenolate - Dr. Assassi and colleagues' recently published manuscript in ARD: ard.bmj.com/content/early/…

Drs. Wu and Assassi's review article on type I interferon pathway as a potential therapeutic target in systemic sclerosis: #scleroderma #systemic sclerosis #interferon rdcu.be/czPvb

Congratulations to Dr. Mark Hwang for receiving Spondylitis Association of America/Bruckel Early Career Investigator Award. med.uth.edu/blog/2021/10/2…

Congrats to Dr. John Reveille for receiving the Anibal Ruiz Moreno Award from Pan American League of Associations for Rheumatology.

Our immense gratitude to Dr. Jammie Barnes for her service as UTHealth Rheumatology Program Director (2016-21). Excited to welcome Dr. Courtney McCray as our next Program Director. She will take our fellowship program to new heights.

@UTHealthRheum would like to welcome Yvette Farran, Amy Le, and Karim Doughem to our fellowship program. We are excited to have matched such a talented group of fellows! @McGovernMed @UTHealthHouston

Congratulations to our graduating @UTHealthRheum fellows! We are so proud of you! Best wishes for your next adventure. @McGovernMed @UTHealth

Our study on characterization of systemic sclerosis serum protein profile and cross-comparison to peripheral blood cell transcriptome: Differential expression for most serum proteins in SSc is likely to originate outside the peripheral blood cells. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33131208/

Despite these unusual times, our Division knows how to have fun together. #Holiday Party

Congratulations to @patti_katz!

Congrats to Dr. Maureen Mayes for receiving the UTHealth President's Research Scholar Award for her important contribution to understanding the molecular and clinical aspects of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). bit.ly/35rUWw8 #scleroderma