Conferences – UCAN CURE

Thank You for Making Childhood Arthritis and Beyond 2024 a Success!

Thank you for your amazing contributions to this the Childhood Arthritis and Beyond Conference! Has been humbling to reflect on an incredible few days, renewing acquaintances and making new connections, sharing discoveries, listening to the brave voices of our patients and families, and building bridges toward a cure for childhood arthritis. From our chairs, speakers and panelists to our highly-engaged attendees, you made this a special gathering of our community. Our heartfelt thanks to you for bringing your knowledge, experiences, and passion to the event.

Sincerely,
Rae, Susa, Bas, Joost and Deborah
Co-chairs of the CABC 2024 Organizing Committee

acheng2024-06-03T16:09:59+00:00

Canadian Rheumatology Association – Best Abstract by a Post-Graduate Research Trainee

Health Economics Team Highlight: Luiza Grazziotin

Luiza has worked incredibly hard with the UCAN Health Economics team and presented her work on medication costs in JIA at the 2021 Canadian Rheumatology Association conference. Luiza and the team’s work was recognized as Luiza won the award for Best Abstract by a Post-Graduate Research Trainee on her project entitled ‘Disentangling the Web of Costs Associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis’.

Here is Luiza’s abstract from the CRA website. Congratulations Luiza!

Frank Silverio2021-09-25T20:58:00+00:00

Arthritis Society – Top 10 Research Advances of 2019

We are very proud to announce that members of our team are being recognized for their contributions to the scientific community.

In November, the work of UCAN bioinformatician Dr Simon Eng, under the supervision of Dr Rae Yeung and Dr Quaid Morris, was selected as one of the Arthritis Society’s Top 10 Research Advances of 2019!

Here’s the article from the Arthritis Society website.

Frank Silverio2021-09-25T20:58:24+00:00

Rare Disease and Genomics in 3D: From Diagnostics to Drug Discovery

Dr. Rae Yeung will join a panel of leaders from Canada’s genomics sector at the 2019 BIO International convention in Philadelphia, USA on June 3, 2019.

For more information, visit the Genome Canada announcement.

Simon Eng2019-05-31T19:06:00+00:00