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Cassie Shafer takes the helm as CEO, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience from her years in the nonprofit disease organization sector.
SAA plans, co-sponsors, and hosts the “Spondyloarthritis 2017: Unmet Needs Conference III,” partnering with the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
SAA brings together an international group of leading spondyloarthritis researchers and clinicians to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD for a 2-day interdisciplinary conference. Attendees use the time to identify pressing gaps in spondyloarthritis, discuss scientific and treatment issues, and set the direction for the next decade of spondyloarthritis research.
SAA begins a collaboration with Novartis Pharmaceuticals to produce a series of AS awareness videos featuring Imagine Dragons lead singer, Dan Reynolds.
