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

 Winners of the 2023 PANLAR Stimulus Award for Research in Rheumatology 

 Clinical Sciences -Junior:

“Safety And Efficacy of Topical Sodium Metabisulfite for The Treatment of Calcinosis in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis”
Antonia Valenzuela (Chile)

Clinical Sciences – Senior:

“The Neutrophil-lymphocyte Ratio and Incident Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. A Retrospective Cohort Study”
Enrique Soriano (Argentina)

No projects were received for the Basic Science category.

Winner of the H. Ralph Schumacher Award 2023

"Predictive Impact of Self-Efficacy in Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Data from the Almenara Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort"
Rocio Gamboa-Cárdenas (Perú)

Winner of PANLAR Innovation Award 2023

“RHEUPP - A RHEUmatological Follow-up Management APP”
Ilka B Lineburger (Brasil)

We sincerely congratulate all winners and wish them success in their future endeavors. We 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 2023 PANLAR Congress to be held on April 26-29 in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil. The formal awards ceremony will be held during the opening of the Congress, on April 26.