24 March 2023
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our second Trainee Publishing Programme. Kindly sponsored by Biogen, the programme offers trainees and early career researchers the opportunity to publish their work open access in Rheumatology Advances in Practice with all fees waived.
Our congratulations to:
Dr Shivani Gor and Dr Sung-Hee Kim (Great Western Hospital, Swindon, UK)
C-reactive protein rise in rheumatology patients following COVID-19 vaccination
Dr Charlotte Sharp (The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)
How to self-examine for tender and swollen joints: co-producing a training video for people with rheumatoid arthritis
Dr Pallavi Shamdasani (Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia)
Diagnosis of septic arthritis in the acute care setting: the value of routine intra-operative sample culture
Dr Lauren Huckerby (Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK)
Growing up with chronic pain: a systematic review of the evidence in transitional care for young people with chronic pain
Dr Cristiana Sieiro Santos (Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain)
Clinical phenotype in scleroderma patients based on autoantibodies
Dr Ai Lyn Tan, Prof Rene Westhovens and Dr Mwidimi Ndosi, who judged the entries, said: “We were delighted by the high quality of work submitted, despite the increasing difficulty of choosing a top five! We offer our warmest congratulations to the winning authors, all of whom inspired us with the breadth, scope and impact of their research. We hope that you enjoy reading these papers as much as we have.”
Explore the winning papers: https://academic.oup.com/rheumap/issue/7/Supplement_1