The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program and 10 partner Institutes, Centers, and Offices have funded 26 research projects to support novel analyses and tool development using All of Us’ data. The two-year awards advance impactful research in high-priority mission areas of the NIH.

Since joining NIAMS in 2021, I have been struck by how much our mission is driven by meaningful interactions with patient advocacy and other community groups interested in research related to bones, joints, muscles, and skin.

Mariana Kaplan, M.D., a longstanding NIAMS researcher and leader, has been promoted to the title of NIH Distinguished Investigator.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation, pain, and stiffness. There are several treatment options to control inflammation, but response to therapy varies and some people with RA never reach remission, suggesting there may be different drivers of inflammation.

The K Forum brings together clinician-scientists with a NIAMS K08 or K23 award.

Research from NIAMS’ Michael Ombrello is a focus of a recent essay in The New Yorker: "Nobody Has My Condition But Me," by Beverly Gage.

Recently, a small IRP study showed that exercise training can help reduce the debilitating fatigue that often accompanies the autoimmune disease known as lupus, and also illuminated some of the underlying mechanisms that may lead to those benefits.