Winter 2022 (Volume 32, Number 4)
News from the ASM Program Committee
By Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD
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The CRA Annual Scientific Meeting
(ASM) Program Committee
looks forward to seeing you all at
the 2023 CRA & AHPA Annual Scientific
Meeting, this coming February 8-11,
2023. After 3 long years, we look forward
to finally reconnecting with colleagues
and friends in Québec City! Of course,
for those who prefer, a virtual conference
experience will also be made available.
As we celebrate the 77th anniversary
of the CRA and move toward new beginnings,
this year’s meeting theme, Reconnect,
Renew, Reimagine, will focus on
our collective strength in leading change.
We will once again provide unparalleled
educational and networking opportunities,
centered on a program that will deliver
leading-edge science, interactive programming,
and insights from Canadian
and international experts.
In addition to the Distinguished Investigator
lecture that will be announced
in the coming months, the ASM will
feature 3 keynote addresses: Dr. Fiona
Rawle from the University of Toronto-Mississauga will present her lecture, titled
“Communicating Science to Patients:
Complexities & Caveats”; Professor John
Isaacs from Newcastle, UK, will discuss
precision medicine in rheumatoid arthritis;
and the CRA’s own Dr. Rae Yeung will
present the 2023 Dunlop-Dottridge Lecture
called, “The Evolution of Juvenile
Idiopathic Arthritis”.
Dr. John Isaacs
Dr. Fiona Rawle
Dr. Rae Yeung
This year’s ASM format has changed,
with core educational content featured
from Wednesday afternoon to Friday
evening (Wednesday prior to the start of
the ASM and Saturday morning will be
reserved for small group and committee
meetings). The meeting will commence
the afternoon of Wednesday, February
8th, 2023, with discussion on mysterious
cases and clinical pearls and will end on
Friday, February 9th, 2023, with the gala
dinner and awards ceremony. Each day
will offer a full day of safely delivered
formal, in-person events, with adequate
time for networking. As an added bonus,
all delegates will have the opportunity to
watch on-demand sessions afterwards!
The meeting will of course feature all
of the compelling content you have come
to expect. We will bring back the live poster
session and poster tours for trainees
and investigators to showcase their research
activities; state-of-the-art, paired
specialty and crowd-sourced workshops;
satellite symposia; as well as favourites
including Clinical Pearls and Mysterious
Cases, RheumJeopardy and The Great Debate!
This year’s debate topic is “Be It Resolved
That Canadians with New Inflammatory
Arthritis Should Have Access to
all Therapeutic Options at Disease Onset
to Induce Remission.” Opportunities to
celebrate our award-winning colleagues
will be featured throughout the meeting.
Satellite meetings include the Residents’
Pre-Course, CRA Review Course, AHPA
Pre-Course, and the Canadian Arthritis
Research Conference.
We welcome all CRA and AHPA
members, as well as interested stakeholders
and colleagues from around the
world to join us. We look forward to reconnecting
with you all and celebrating
our achievements together in February!
Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD
Chair, CRA ASM Program Committee
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine,
Division of Rheumatology,
University of Toronto
Scientist, Krembil Research Institute,
University Health Network
Toronto, Canada
Adjunct Professor, Memorial University
St. John’s, Newfoundland
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