Young-GRAPPA at the Annual GRAPPA Meeting: Presentation of a New Group Within GRAPPA and Its Vision

Leonieke J J van Mens; Gizem Ayan; Laura C Coates; Roxana Coras; Dimitri L F Silva; Sebastián Herrera; Alla Ishchenko; Hannah Jethwa; Hanna Johnsson; David Simon; Arani Vivekanantham; Fabian Proft

doi:10.3899/jrheum.211327

Young-GRAPPA at the Annual GRAPPA Meeting: Presentation of a New Group Within GRAPPA and Its Vision

J Rheumatol. 2022 Jun;49(6 Suppl 1):37-39. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.211327. Epub 2022 Mar 1.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ L.J.J. van Mens, MD, PhD, Amsterdam University Medical Centers/University of Amsterdam, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Amsterdam, Infection & Immunity Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² G. Ayan, MD, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey.
³ L.C. Coates, MB ChB, PhD, Associate Professor, A. Vivekanantham, MPhil, MRCP, PGCert, FHEA, MBChB, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁴ R. Coras, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
⁵ D.L.F. Silva, MD, MsC, Division of Dermatology, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ S. Herrera, MD, Clínica Las Américas Auna - ARTMEDICA, Docente Adscrito Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia.
⁷ A. Ishchenko, MD, KU Leuven, Department of Rheumatology, University Clinics Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
⁸ H. Jethwa, MBChB, MRCP, PGCert, Department of Rheumatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁹ H. Johnsson, MBChB, PhD, University of Glasgow, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow, UK.
¹⁰ D. Simon, MD, Department of Internal Medicine 3 Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
¹¹ F. Proft, MD, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany. Fabian.Proft@charite.de.

PMID: 35232806
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.211327

Abstract

At the 2021 Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) annual meeting, a separate group was created (Young-GRAPPA) to address the challenges of young researchers and physicians beginning their careers. This paper presents the initial organizational framework and different components and aims of this group. We were able to enroll over 50 young researchers as a result of this meeting.

Keywords: GRAPPA; psoriasis; psoriatic arthritis.

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Psoriatic* / diagnosis
Dermatology*
Humans
Organizations
Psoriasis*
Rheumatology*