IMACS-JDM Working Group Meeting

Please join us for the in-person IMACS-JDM Working Group Annual Meeting to learn about recent activities of various IMACS Research Projects and Scientific Interest Groups. Our aim is to allow members to share information, become aware of research opportunities, and establish national and international collaborations.

This meeting is open to all IMACS and JDM Working Group members. However, pre-registration is required to attend. A mandatory registration fee of $35.00 applies to all Full and Associate members to cover meals and meeting expenses. Trainee members must pre-register, but there is no fee for Trainees.

Registration is now closed

Agenda Overview

• 11:45 AM ET: Registration opens and poster set-up begins
• 12:00 PM ET: Boxed lunches available
• 12:30 PM ET: Poster tour
• 12:40 PM ET: Poster session
• 1:20 PM ET: Main meeting begins
• 1:30 PM ET: Topic of special interest: Harmonizing Autoimmune Research at the National Institutes of Health
  • Speaker: Vicki Shanmugam, MBBS, MRCP, FACR, CCD, Director of NIH Office of Autoimmune Disease Research
• 2:15 PM ET: Panel discussion: Recent Advances in Myositis Research and Treatment
  • Panelists: Vicky Werth, MD; Ruth Ann Vleugels, MD, PhD; Jens Schmidt, MD; Brian Feldman, MD, MSc; Hanna Kim, MD, MS; Hector Chinoy, PhD, FRCP, BMBS, MSc; Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH
• 3:30 PM ET: Closing remarks and adjournment

View the detailed agenda.

Posters

• Myositis specific antibodies: SLR and consensus -Takahisa Gono, MD, PhD
• Data sharing and common data elements in myositis, Lisa Rider, MD, Didem Saygin, MD
• Revision of Myositis Classification Criteria – Didem Saygin, MD                                                    
• Exercise in patients with adult and juvenile IIM – Helene Alexanderson, RPT
• PROM for IIM patients, Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH
• ICD coding, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura, MD  
• Extension of SHARE consensus JDM, Belina Li, MD

Questions about the program? Contact IMACS Committee Chairs Julie Paik, MD and Galina Marder, MD.

Registration

Registration is required for this meeting and will close at 11:59 PM ET on Monday, November 11, 2024. All attendees must be registered members of IMACS and/or the JDM Working Group.

Registration is now closed

Virtual Info

The Nov. 15 meeting is only offered for in-person attendance.

There is also a live and virtual portion of the IMACS Annual Meeting. This takes place on Zoom on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from 8:00 AM-2:00 PM ET. Details and registration for the Nov. 6 virtual meeting can be found on the NIEHS website.

Acknowledgments

The support of Priovant Therapeutics is gratefully acknowledged.

TMA proudly partners with Cure JM Foundation to host the Annual Meeting of the IMACS-JDM Working Group.

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Are you interested in funding additional trainees, or supporting this important scientific gathering? Sponsorships are available at $3,500. Email tma@myositis.org.

Questions? Contact TMA Executive Director Paula Eichenbrenner.

We look forward to seeing you in DC!