Grant writing is an important component of research funding, but it is an art that must be developed and practiced. During this workshop, experiences and 14 tips from experts on grant writing, as well as suggestions for writing a career development award, were shared.
This article summarizes sessions that dealt with axial psoriatic arthritis (axPsA) at the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) 2020 virtual meeting. The summary includes the symposium, which comprised a plenary presentation by Dr. Dafna Gladman from Toronto, Canada, as well as a panel discussion with Dr. Philip Helliwell, Dr. Denis Poddubnyy, and Dr. Gladman, moderated by Dr. Philip Mease. In addition, the paper also summarizes Dr. Mease’s “Meet the Expert” session, which focused on axPsA.
Eleven Patient Research Partners (PRPs) attended the virtual Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) 2020 Annual Meeting. PRPs fully participated in the panel discussion at the 2020 GRAPPA Annual Meeting on the topic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; caused by SARS-CoV-2). The members of the PRP group have been involved in many GRAPPA projects over the last year, including work on the GRAPPA-Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Core Set, GRAPPA's 2020 Treatment Guidelines update project, and GRAPPA's Collaborative Research Network project.
In response to the travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019; caused by SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and recognizing that virtual meetings and symposia may play an important role in 2021, the education committee reviewed future directions and ideas for virtual symposia over a wide diversity of topics.
A summary of the research conducted by the recipients of the 2019 Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) Research Awards is presented. Dr. Alla Ishchenko's project was "Role of Metabolomics in Diagnosis, Disease Severity, and Progression in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: A 2-year Prospective Pilot Study" and Dr. Zhenrui Shi's project was "Preclinical Analysis of CCR6 and CCL20 in Mouse and Human Joints, Respectively, as Targets of Therapeutic Intervention in Psoriatic Arthritis."
