After careful evaluation by a jury formed by members from the different PANLAR countries, the winners of the PANLAR annual awards are:

 

Winners of the 2022 PANLAR Stimulus Award for Research in Rheumatology

Basic Science – Junior

Correlation of immunothrombotic biomarkers and platelet activation with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Yessenia Ambriz Murillo, MD (México)

 

Clinical Science – Junior

Risk of preeclampsia/eclampsia and placental insufficiency associated to antiphospholipid antibodies.

Alvaro Danza, MD (Uruguay)

 

No projects were received for the Senior categories.

 

Winner of the H. Ralph Schumacher Award 2022

 

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in ANCA-associated vasculitis patients in a tertiary Latin American center.

Victor R. Pimentel-Quiroz, MD (Peru)

 

 

Winner of PANLAR Innovation Award 2022

 

Radiographic remission, Fractal geometry and Artificial Intelligence in Rheumatoid Arthritis: RaFAI-RA

Gerardo Quintana Lopez, MD (Colombia)

 

We would like to sincerely congratulate all winners and wish them success in their future endeavors. We would like to thank all participants for their enormous contribution and dedication to PANLAR and invite them to continue participating in the PANLAR Awards and Scholarships.

We also wish to take this opportunity to invite all of you to participate in the 2022 PANLAR Congress to be held on August 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency Miami, USA. The formal awards ceremony will be held during the opening of the Congress, on August 10.