Abstracts tagged "Minority Health"

Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR Convergence 2023
Optimizing Rural Rheumatology Access: Collaborative Tele-Health Clinic Between University of North Carolina and Piedmont Health 1 Year Extension and Opportunities for Improvement
Prarthana Jain¹, Eli Tiller², John Doughton³, Rumey Ishizawar⁴ and Alfredo Rivadeneira⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Pittsboro, NC, ²University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Siler City, NC, ³University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Prospect Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Access to healthcare is challenging for racial and ethnic minorities, especially in medically underserved rural areas.1 This issue is particularly prevalent in North Carolina…
Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of Historical Redlining and Present-Day Neighborhood Inequities with Missed Outpatient Appointments Among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions
Sherry Yang¹, Leah Santacroce² and Candace Feldman², ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Structural racism pervades U.S. history with continued effects on health inequities. Residential segregation serves as an example, where redlining maps outlined areas with high…
Abstract Number: 1505 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Voclosporin in Black Patients with Lupus Nephritis: Results from the AURORA 1 and AURORA 2 Studies
Gabriel Contreras¹, Matt Baker², Lucy Hodge² and Ernie Yap², ¹University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL, ²Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Black patients with lupus nephritis (LN) are reported to have more severe disease, are often refractory to treatment, and have worse long-term outcomes. Voclosporin…
Abstract Number: 1695 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single Cell Transcriptomics in Kidney Tissue from African American Patients Enrolled in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) Implicates Tubular Cells in the Pathogenesis of APOL1 Associated Lupus Nephritis
Philip Carlucci¹, Jasmine Shwetar², Siddarth Gurajala³, Qian Xiao³, Joseph Mears⁴, Katie Preisinger¹, Devyn Zaminski⁵, Kristina Deonaraine¹, Peter Izmirly¹, Andrea Fava⁶, Judith James⁷, Joel Guthridge⁷, Brad Rovin⁸, Sethu Madhavan⁸, Wade DeJager⁷, David Wofsy⁹, Ming Wu², Chaim Putterman¹⁰, Deepak Rao¹¹, Betty Diamond¹², Derek Fine¹³, Jose Monroy-Trujillo¹³, Kristin Haag¹⁴, H Michael Belmont⁵, William Apruzzese¹¹, Anne Davidson¹², Fernanda Payan-Schober¹⁵, Richard Furie¹⁶, Paul Hoover¹¹, Celine Berthier¹⁷, Maria Dall'Era⁹, Kerry Cho¹⁸, Diane L. Kamen¹⁹, Kenneth Kalunian²⁰, Jennifer Anolik²¹, Arnon Arazi²², Soumya Raychaudhuri¹¹, Nir Hacohen²³, Michelle Petri²⁴, Robert Clancy²⁵, Kelly Ruggles², Jill Buyon²⁵ and The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in RA/SLE²⁶, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone, New York, NY, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Michigan University, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ¹¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁴Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁵Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, ¹⁶Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁰University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²²Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Melrose, MA, ²³Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ²⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²⁵NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²⁶Multiple, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: The G1 and G2 risk variants (RVs) in Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) associate with CKD and may contribute to poorer outcomes for African American (AA)…
Abstract Number: 2087 • ACR Convergence 2023
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Pediatric Fellowships: Fortifying the Pipeline
Bessie Roca Loor¹, Maya Pandit², Tracey Wright³ and Mill Etienne⁴, ¹New York Medical College, Yonkers, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁴New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: The 2015 American College of Rheumatology Workforce study estimated the pediatric rheumatology full-time equivalent workforce to be 300 providers while the estimated excess demand…
Abstract Number: 2088 • ACR Convergence 2023
Room for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Adult Rheumatology Fellowship Pipeline
Bessie Roca Loor¹, Maya Pandit², Tracey Wright³ and Mill Etienne⁴, ¹New York Medical College, Yonkers, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁴New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: The 2015 American College of Rheumatology Workforce study showed 8 of 1011 adult rheumatologists identified as Black, 85 Hispanic and 3 American Indian or…
Abstract Number: 1100 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Differences in Clinical Trial Perceptions Among a Large, Predominantly Black Cohort of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Southeastern United States
Jessica Williams¹, Gaobin Bao¹, Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas², Cristina Drenkard², Kim Schofield¹ and S. Sam Lim², ¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Black patients have higher incidence and severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and worse outcomes as compared to White patients, yet Black patients are…
Abstract Number: 1779 • ACR Convergence 2022
Psychosocial and Health Measures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: COVID-19 Pandemic Trends in the Georgians Organized Against Lupus Cohort
Charmayne Dunlop-Thomas¹, Gaobin Bao², Jessica Williams², S. Sam Lim¹ and Cristina Drenkard¹, ¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic may have a sustained impact on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in multiple ways. In a large predominantly Black SLE cohort,…
Abstract Number: 1783 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exploring How and Why Organizations Identify, Adopt, Disseminate, and Sustain Evidence-based Programs for Latinos with Arthritis
Marvin Albert Meza Jarquín¹, Leigh Callahan², Serena Weisner³, Kirsten Ambrose³ and Sandra Soto⁴, ¹School of Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Thurston Arthritis Research Center, UNC Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Physical activity (PA) is effective in the self-management of arthritis. As such, several evidence-based programs aimed at supporting safe and meaningful PA have been…
Abstract Number: 1792 • ACR Convergence 2022
Contemporary Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Gout in the United States – 2019 Nationwide Analysis
Chio Yokose¹, natalie mccormick², na lu³, amit johi⁴, Lesley Jackson⁵, Minna Kohler⁶, Janeth Yinh², yuqing zhang⁷, John Hsu², kenneth saag⁵ and Hyon Choi⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Waltham, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Boston, MA, ⁴Regeneron, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁸MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: Gout is a highly prevalent inflammatory arthritis with increasing global disease burden in recent years.1,2 A recent analysis3 of the Multiethnic Cohort Study reported…
Abstract Number: 1884 • ACR Convergence 2022
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in Alaska Native/American Indian People in Alaska
Vivek Mehta and Elizabeth Ferucci, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities have been in noted in various autoimmune disorders. Indigenous North American populations have higher prevalence and severity of a number of autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0005 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Rheumatology Access Expansion (RAE) Initiative: Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis Care on Navajo Nation Through Primary Care Provider Education
Jennifer Mandal¹, Tabitha Carroway², Zara Izadi¹, Gwendolyn Grant³, Mary Margaretten², Starla Blanks⁴, Nataya Cabrera⁴, Peter Emanuel², Jeannie Hong⁵, Sheryl McCalla⁴, John McDougall⁶, Catherine Nasrallah⁷, McKinsey Pillsbury² and Jinoos Yazdany², ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³Centura Health, Durango, CO, ⁴American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, GA, ⁵Phoenix Indian Medical Center/Indian Health Service, Phoenix, AZ, ⁶Northern Navajo Medical Center - Shiprock, NM, Shiprock, NM, ⁷UCSF, San Francisco
Background/Purpose: The burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the United States falls disproportionately on communities of color and rural populations. The Navajo Nation is the…
Abstract Number: 2162 • ACR Convergence 2022
Systemic Sclerosis in Alaska Native/American Indian People in Alaska
Vivek Mehta and Elizabeth Ferucci, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is known to have more severe manifestations and higher mortality in Black populations, while fewer studies have examined disparities in epidemiology…
Abstract Number: 0115 • ACR Convergence 2022
Facilitators of Immunosuppressive Medication Adherence in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Qualitative Study of Racial Minority Patients, Lupus Providers and Clinic Staff
Shannon Herndon¹, Amy Corneli², Carrie Dombeck³, Teresa Swezey³, Megan Clowse³, Jennifer Rogers⁴, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Rebecca Sadun³, Jayanth Doss³, Amanda Eudy⁵, Hayden Bosworth² and Kai Sun³, ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: SLE disproportionately affects patients of color. Medication nonadherence is more common among patients of color with SLE and is associated with worse health outcomes.…
Abstract Number: 0116 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Differences in Medication Beliefs and Barriers to Taking Medications Among Patients with SLE
Emilio Guzman Cisneros¹, Shannon Herndon¹, Theresa Coles², Corrine Voils³, Megan Clowse⁴, Rebecca Sadun⁴, Jennifer Rogers⁵, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Jayanth Doss⁴, Amanda Eudy⁶ and Kai Sun⁴, ¹Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke, Durham, NC, ⁶Duke University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication adherence is critical for SLE management and can be influenced by patients' barriers and beliefs about treatment. Patients of color with SLE have…

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM CT on October 25. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].