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NIAMS Awards UAB 1 of 10 Multidisciplinary
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issue highlights
UAB Awarded NIH Multidisciplinary Clinical
Research Center

The National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and

Skin Diseases (NIAMS) has awarded UAB a nearly $4.2

Singh First UAB Researcher to Garner Funding
From Federal PCORI

MD, MSc, a professor in the same division.
The MCRC contains an Administrative Core; a

UAB Well-Represented at ACR Annual Meeting

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million, 5-year Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center

Methodology Core, led by David Redden, PhD, of the UAB

(MCRC), one of only 10 in the nation. The centers support a

School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics; as

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Immunodeficiency with Rheumatic and
Autoimmune Disorders

Noteworthy Events

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full range of outstanding multidisciplinary clinical research

well as two research projects:

Featured Clinical Trials

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Publications of Note

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in the areas of arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases.
“The program is uniquely positioned to promote research
related to the causes, diagnoses, treatments, and improved
care of patients with arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases,”

Project 1.  “Facilitating Treat-to-Target Strategies Using
Novel Health Technology with Decision Support,” will be
led by Jeffrey Curtis, MD, MS, MPH, principal investigator. 
This project will extend and evaluate novel health

says MCRC Director S. Louis Bridges Jr, MD, PhD. Bridges

Bridges to Lead American College of
Rheumatology Division Directors Taskforce

information technology to enable the systematic collection

is director of the UAB Division of Clinical Immunology and

and integration of patient reported outcome and healthcare

Rheumatology. The center’s codirector is Kenneth Saag,

provider data in routine clinical practice. This data will

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