EULAR Abstract Awards

EULAR bestows Abstract Awards to the first authors of abstracts submitted to the EULAR Annual European Congress. Winners are selected by the EULAR Scientific Programme Committee based on the quality of the abstracts' scientific content. The award ceremony takes place at the EULAR Annual European Congress' Opening plenary session.

 

Winners of EULAR Awards 2020

 

Basic science

• Dr. Gwenny M. Verstappen, Netherlands
  The transcriptome of paired minor and major salivary gland tissue in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome: two of a kind?
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

• PhD Christopher Lessard, United States
  Genome-wide association study of Sjögren’s syndrome identifies ten new risk loci
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

• Dr. Simon Mastbergen, Netherlands
  Dorsal Root Ganglia Infiltrating Macrophages maintain Osteoarthritis Pain
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

• Dr. Yubin Luo, China
  Gut microbiota dysbiosis in the high-risk individual for RA triggers the mucosal immunity perturbation and promotes rheumatoid arthritis development
  Abstract archive

• Prof. Chamutal Gur, Israel
  Single cell profile of skin stromal and immune cells and peripheral blood immune cells of scleroderma patients towards identification of disease mechanism, prognostic biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets
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Clinical

• Dr. Martin Schaefer, Germany
  TNF inhibitors are associated with a reduced risk of venous thromboembolism compared to csDMARDs in RA patients.
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• Dr. Anna Moltó, France
  Cluster-randomized pragmatic clinical trial evaluating the potential benefit of a tight-control and treat-to-target strategy in axial Spondyloarthritis: the results of the TICOSPA trial
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

• MD, PhD Ulf Lindström, Sweden
  Comparison of anterior uveitis occurrence during treatment with secukinumab, adalimumab, infliximab and etanercept in spondyloarthritis
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• MD Andre Luquini, Canada
  Effectiveness of the Making it Work™ Program at Improving Presenteeism and Work Cessation in Workers with Inflammatory Arthritis – Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
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• Dr. Sebastian Unizony, United States
  Mass Spectrometry Identifies Novel Biomarkers in Giant Cell Arteritis, Useful in Patients on Interleukin-6 Receptor Blockade
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• Dr. Rona Smith, United Kingdom
  A randomized, controlled trial of rituximab versus azathioprine after induction of remission with rituximab for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis and relapsing disease
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

PARE (People with Arthritis / Rheumatism in Europe)

• Mr. Brian Lynch, Ireland
  Pregnancy and arthritis - a patient education programme in Ireland
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

Undergraduate

• Mr. Hsin Yen Liu, Canada
  Risk factors of Antimalarial-induced Retinopathy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Autoimmune Conditions
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress
   
• Mr. Arshed F. Al-Obeidi, United States
  ERAP1-mediated immunogenicity and immune-phenotypes in HLA-B51+ Behçet’s disease point to pathogenic CD8 T cell effector responses
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress
   
• Ms. Ana Pascual-Dapena, United Kingdom
  Cumulative antibiotic use and the risk of developing Ankylosing Spondylitis: a population-based case control study
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

 

HPR (Health Professionals in Rheumatology)

• Mr. Tim Pelle, Netherlands
  Effect of the dr. Bart application on healthcare use and clinical outcomes in people with osteoarthritis of the knee and / or hip in the Netherlands; a Randomized Controlled Trial
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress
   
• PhD Anne Therese Tveter, Norway
  A cost-utility analysis of multimodal occupational therapy in patients with thumb base osteoarthritis
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress
   
• Ms. Tuva Moseng, Norway
  Higher quality of care and less surgery after implementing osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care– long-term results from a cluster randomized controlled trial
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress

 

FOREUM

• Prof. Dr. Martin Englund, Sweden
  Risk of comorbidities following incident clinician-diagnosed knee or hip osteoarthritis: a registry-based cohort study
  Abstract archive
  Presentation at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress