Fuji SAA co-sponsors a second scientific conference with the NIH, titled “Spondyloarthritis: The Unmet Needs.” The purpose of the meeting, organized by Dr. Reveille and Laurie Savage, is to create a cross disciplined dialogue among research clinicians both in AS and peripherally associated AS in “bone” and “gut” experts.
NIH awards an additional grant in the amount of $5 million to the genetic project headed by Dr. Reveille, with a goal of identifying the exact genes within the seven chromosome regions that cause and influence AS.
Jane Bruckel retires as Executive Director after 23 years at the helm of the organization. The position is filled in the interim until Laurie Savage takes the lead position in 2008.
