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Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exercise as a Supportive Treatment for My Ankylosing Spondylitis
Sara King-Dowling, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are often caught in a paradox as they experience mobility challenges, but long periods of immobility cause increased…
Abstract Number: PP10 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Advocating for My Autoimmune Disease Led Me to Desire to Pursue a Career in Rheumatology
Brooklyn Johnson¹ and Kathleen Collins², ¹Memphis, TN, ²LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
Background/Purpose: The summer before my senior year, I developed a faint rash on my face and my arms. At a dermatology appointment, I pointed this…
Abstract Number: PP15 • ACR Convergence 2022
Coordination of Care by a Healthcare Team for Unexpected and Unusual Side Effects Occurring During a Global Pandemic
Laura Genoves, Arthritis Foundation, Bainbridge Island, WA
Background/Purpose: I am a patient who lives with moderate to severe RA. My quality of life is dependent on medications such as a biologic, DMARDs…
Abstract Number: PP18 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Devastated to Empowered: How Patient Engagement in Research Changes Lives
Eileen Davidson, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: In April of 2015 I was a 29 year-old single mom diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA wasn't unknown to me; my aunt who…
Abstract Number: PP17 • ACR Convergence 2022
Engaging with the Spoon Theory: How I Make Decisions Using a Cost-Benefit Analysis That Works to Improve My Mental Health While Living with RA
Stephanie Aleite, AiArthritis, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Patients living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often also live with comorbid mental health conditions. Regardless of diagnosed mental health condition, living with a chronic…
Abstract Number: PP14 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Use of Social Support as Treatment
Aleta McLean, Open Hand Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The months leading up to my diagnosis were frustrating. Initially my hair started falling out. I was told it was stress related. I was…
Abstract Number: 2271 • ACR Convergence 2022
Circulating Calprotectin: A Potential New Biomarker for “Non-Criteria” Clinical Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Claire Hoy¹, Naveen Kumar S K¹, Sherwin Navaz¹, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi¹, Cyrus Sarosh², Noah Peters¹, Tristin Smith¹, Gary Norman³, Gabriel Figueroa Parra⁴, Johann Gudjonsson¹, J. Michelle Kahlenberg¹, Jacqueline Madison¹, Ali Duarte-Garcia⁴, Jason S Knight⁵ and Yu (Ray) Zuo¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Temperance, MI, ³INOVA Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵University of Michigan, Division of Rheumatology, Ann Arbor, MI

Background/Purpose: While thrombosis and pregnancy loss are the best-known features of APS, many patients also exhibit "non-criteria" manifestations such as thrombocytopenia and heart valve damage.…
Abstract Number: 2247 • ACR Convergence 2022
Priority Research Topics for Vaccine Uptake Among Adults with Autoimmune Conditions
Shilpa Venkatachalam¹, William Benjamin Nowell², Shubhasree Banerjee³, Kelly Gavigan⁴, Laura Stradford², Jennifer Gordon⁵, Lisa Emerich⁶, Hope Sullivan⁷, Ashira Blazer⁸, Brittany Banbury⁹, Vandana Dronadula¹, Kimberly Weaver¹⁰, Angela Degrassi⁴, Peter Merkel³, Robert McBurney¹¹, Mike Kappelman¹⁰, Jeffrey Curtis¹² and Michael George³, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁵Vasculitis Foundation, Philadelphia, ⁶iConquerMS, Waltham, MA, ⁷Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Partners, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹NYU Langone, Fort Lee, NJ, ¹⁰School of Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, ¹¹Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis, Waltham, MA, ¹²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Compared to the general population, adults living with autoimmune disease are at nearly twice the risk of vaccine-preventable infections, making this a high priority…
Abstract Number: PP25 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Denial of Spondyloarthritis to Becoming a Support Group Leader and Medical Doctor of Rheumatology: A Patient’s Perspective
Shung Chiu¹ and Mei Nee Chiu², ¹Spondylitis Association of America, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, ²University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Background/Purpose: From being a table tennis champion to getting into medical school, I thought my life was smooth sailing. But little did I know it…
Abstract Number: PP24 • ACR Convergence 2022
Planting Seeds of Self-Advocacy: Increasing Healthcare Engagement in Children and Adolescents Through Arthritis Camp
Kaye Anderson¹, Kristine Carandang² and Courtney Wells³, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, River Falls, WI, ²Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ³University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at the age of ten. The constant battle between doctor appointments, pain, and medication side effects left…
Abstract Number: PP26 • ACR Convergence 2022
Chronically Catherine: A Sex and the City-Inspired Autobiographical Column for Disabled Young Adults on Subjects We Really Care About – Like Disabled Dating and How Hot Cheetos Saved My Life
Catherine Ames¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang¹, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: What if Carrie Bradshaw, sex advice columnist, fashionsta, and all around icon from Sex and the City were chronically ill? Or disabled? That's the…
Abstract Number: PP22 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patients Raising Awareness for Patients – A Collaborative Partnership Between Take a Pain Check Foundation and Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
Natasha Trehan¹ and Laurie Proulx², ¹Take a Pain Check Foundation, Markham, ON, Canada, ²Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is a chronic disease that affects a child's school life and relationships, creating social isolation for youth and young adults. Take…
Abstract Number: PP20 • ACR Convergence 2022
‘It Is Due to Stress’ – But Which Type of Stress? Cumulative childhood stress is a risk factor for autoimmune disease
Melissa Allman, Michigan State University, Meridian Charter Township, MI
Background/Purpose: Trauma can have profound detrimental influences on our health and well-being. I am tangibly familiar with how trauma can impact the individual due to…
Abstract Number: PP23 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Journey to Collaborative Care and Patient-Centric Educational Opportunities for a Scleroderma Patient
Amy Gietzen and Hannah Bowen, The Ann Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2001 I started to experience forearm, elbow, and wrist pain. My fingers were constantly swollen, and sensitive. After 6 months of living in…
Abstract Number: 2198 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Did a Mandatory Switching Policy for Biosimilars in Canada Impact Uptake and Spending?
Alison McClean¹, Nick Bansback¹, Lucy Cheng¹, Fiona Clemont², Mina Tadrous³, Mark Harrison¹ and Mike Law¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Uptake of biosimilars has been suboptimal in North America. In 2019, British Columbia (BC) became the first jurisdiction in North America to require patients…

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