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  • 08.18.2026

     

    The OAI CORE Knowledgebase Presents: OAI.Edu - Live Webinar Series with Dr. Shao-Hsien Liu

    Causal Inference Using OAI Data: Opportunities, Challenges, and Practical Considerations.

    Wednesday, September 14
    9:00 am (ET)

    This webinar will introduce researchers to opportunities for conducting causal inference studies using the Osteoarthritis Initiative’s rich longitudinal clinical, imaging, medication, behavioral, and patient-reported data. The presentation will highlight practical considerations for defining research questions, selecting analytic samples and time-varying measures, addressing confounding and missing data, and choosing appropriate causal inference methods.

    Dr. Liu is Associate Professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School.

    Register here


    For any questions, please reach out to the OAI CORE Team at: oaiknowledgebase@umassmed.edu

     

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  • 08.06.2026

     

    Qualitative Methods Through a Participatory Lens with Dr. Marquita Lewis and Dr. Ida Salusky

    Dates: August 25 & 27, 2026 and September 1, 3, & 17, 2026 

    Qualitative Methods Through a Participatory Lens is a five-day virtual, interactive training designed for researchers and community partners who want to conduct research that is rigorous, inclusive, and reflective of real community experiences. The training includes four half-day virtual sessions for researchers and a dedicated full-day session bringing community and academic partners together — creating a space for shared learning grounded in collaborative approaches to research. Participants will build foundational knowledge of qualitative research and develop practical skills for designing and carrying out research methods that center community voices. Join Marquita Lewis, PhD, and Ida Salusky, PhD, for an introduction to using qualitative methods in research design and grant proposal development with a focus on participatory research. Learn more here now. 

     

    Qual Methods Short Course 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • 06.17.2026

    An international task force of leading lupus experts has developed the first consensus-based treatment recommendations for 24 rare manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

    This landmark review, published in The Lancet Rheumatology, was a collaborative effort by major SLE networks, including the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) and other major international lupus networks, to ensure broad applicability to both adult and pediatric patients in complex scenarios.

    Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH, the John P. Gallagher Research Professor of Rheumatology at Northwestern Medicine and past SLICC chair, contributed to this global initiative. 

    Learn more here.

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  • 04.13.2026

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    Social Forces & Clinical Cases
    Breaking Boundaries with The Lancet’s Global Social Medicine Cases

    Panel Discussion and Keynote Address by Sir Michael Marmot

    Thursday, April 16
    5:00 – 6:30 pm (CDT)

    This event is free and open to the public. This in-person event will be available via livestream

    Frank Billings Auditorium, P-117, University of Chicago Campus
    Entrance through Goldblatt Pavilion lobby (860 E. 59th St.)

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    Sir Michael Marmot, a preeminent epidemiologist renowned for his work exposing the social determinants of health, leads this event that introduces a new series from The Lancet, produced by the Case of the Human research project at the Neubauer Collegium. The “Cases in Global Social Medicine” series centers real clinical cases from around the world that together form a practical social medicine toolkit. Each case traces a clinical course shaped by social forces, introduces a social theory concept to make sense of those forces, and distills actionable implications for clinicians, public health practitioners, health system leaders, and policymakers.

    Designed for scholars and practitioners of medicine, public health, the social sciences, and related fields, the event emphasizes how social analysis can sharpen diagnosis, guide care delivery, and inform structural intervention across clinical settings. The program includes a presentation of cases from Japan and Peru, a keynote by Sir Marmot, and an audience Q&A.

    PANELISTS

    • Michele Heisler (University of Michigan)
    • Junko Kitanaka (Keio University)
    • Mirko Pasquini (University of Gothenburg)
    • Mayssa Rekhis (Independent Scholar)
    • Scott Stonington (University of Michigan)

    This event is presented as part of an international conference (April 16–18) organized by the Case of the Human research project at the Neubauer Collegium. Learn more and register

    If you need directions or accommodations to participate in events at or sponsored by the Neubauer Collegium, please contact collegium@uchicago.edu.

     

     

  • 03.03.2026

    Submit Your Abstract & Application for the Rheumatology Research Workshop 2026 by March 13

    The Rheumatology Research Workshop (RRW) is an invitation-only, in-person workshop that promotes interaction between rheumatology trainees, early career investigators, PhD students, post-doctoral research fellows, established investigators, and junior faculty who conduct rheumatology-related research to foster collaboration and facilitate career mentoring.

    RRW 2026 will take place on June 25-26, in Atlanta, Georgia and includes two days of scientific lectures, oral abstract presentations, and opportunities for early career investigators to interact with senior investigators.

    Trainee applicants may be eligible for a $750 travel scholarship! Submit your abstract and application by March 13 at 11:59 PM ET.

    Learn more and apply here.

  • 07.02.2025

    Sam Dowling, MD, PhD, a Pediatric Rheumatology fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, has received a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Arthritis National Research Foundation! 

    Dr. Dowling completed his pediatric residency at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where he joined Dr. Harris Perlman’s research group. Dr. Dowling’s research interest is in the pathogenesis and treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). He is defining genetic signatures of immune cells, with a particular emphasis on monocytes and macrophages, from the synovium, the tissue that lines the inside of the joint and is the main site of disease activity in JIA.

    Congratulations, Dr. Dowling!