Welcome to the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center


News

Arthritis Foundation Triangle Walk 2013:

The TARC Heels showed true Tar Heel spirit on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the Arthritis Foundation Triangle Walk. Wearing Carolina Blue, th...(more)

Art and Medicine:

The UNC School of Medicine has reinitiated IRIS, an online Literary and Arts Magazine. The magazine celebrates the dive...(more)

Treating Peanut Allergy: North Carolina legislators are considering a bill that would require that schools have a minimum of two EpiPens and people trained to use th...(more)


Upcoming Events

05/22/2013 --Rheumatology Core Conference

Topic: SLE Skin Diseases/Mimics and Treatments
Presented by; Aida Lugo-Somolinos, MD
UNC Dermatology
Time and Place: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 8:00am in the Broyhill Conference Room, 3300 Thurston Building
NOTE: TIME CHANGE
Articles to be discussed can be found here:1, 2, 3

05/24/2013 --Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Grand Rounds

Speaker: Brent A. Senior, MD, FACS, FARS
Professor
UNC Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Topic: "Vasculitis from the ENT Perspective"

Time and Place: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 8:30 am, Dickson Conference Room, 3200 Thurston Building



05/31/2013 --Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Grand Rounds

Speaker: Nizar Chahin, MD
Assistant Professor
UNC School of Medicine
Department of Neurology

Time and Place: Friday, May 31, 2013 at 8:30 am, Dickson Conference Room, 3200 Thurston Building



OUR MISSION: To investigate the causes, consequences and treatments of arthritis and autoimmune diseases, and to reduce their impact on patients, their families and society.