Symposium

Rheumatic Diseases Research Resource-Based Center Mini Symposium

Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 8:30 am – 2 pm
WashU Medicine | Eric P. Newman Education Center

Morning Sessions and Talks: EPNEC Seminar Room A, 2nd floor

Lunch and Poster Session: EPNEC Great Room A, 1st floor

This symposium will bring together rheumatic/autoimmune disease researchers from across the campus and provide an opportunity to share new research findings, facilitate scientific exchange, identify potential new collaborations, and promote our associated research core facilities.

The RDRRC Mini Symposium will feature a morning session that includes a keynote address from Dr. Mary Nakamura, Director of the NIH/NIAMS-funded P30 PREMIER (Precision Medicine in Rheumatology) Center at UCSF, presentations from RDRRC P&F Awardees, select abstracts from faculty/trainees from all departments and all types of research, including basic, pre-clinical, clinical, and public health projects. There will be a poster session over lunch in the early afternoon.

Abstract Submission

Abstracts should include title, author list with presenting author underlined, department/division affiliations. Main abstract text has a 350-word maximum. Organize content in sections as follows: 

• Background/Purpose: Background or statement of purpose 
• Methods: Methods, materials, and analytical procedure used 
• Results: Summary of the results in sufficient detail to support conclusion (never “results will be discussed”) 
• Conclusion: Conclusions reached