Special Myositis Awareness Gear and Contest: Order a TMA bandana for your pet by May 22, then take a pic and enter your cutie into TMA’s MyoMutt Contest! Email a picture of your pet, whether that is a dog, cat, bird, bearded dragon, or other pet to TMA@myositis.org by June 30! MAM items for humans also available!
May 1 – Myositis Awareness Month Kickoff with TMA Staff (virtual meeting)
May 3 – New TMA Member Orientation (virtual meeting)
May 6 – 2024 TMA International Annual Patient Conference scholarship application opens!
May 8 – Empowerment Clinic – Inflammatory Myopathy: Integrating Lifestyle Medicine to Optimize How You Feel with Neha Bhanusali, MD (webinar)
May 9 – Amplifying the Voice of Myositis Patients at FDA hosted by TMA and TMA Women With IBM Affinity Group (virtual meeting)
May 12 – Honoring mothers with myositis with a special release of our Maternity in Myositis webinar hosted by the TMA Women of Color Affinity Group on our YouTube channel (virtual resource)
May 13 – Registration Opens for Rare Across America hosted by The EveryLife Foundation and RDLA (advocacy)
May 14 – Disclosing Your Diagnosis to Your Employer (webinar)
May 15 – Myositis Symposium for Occupational and Physical Therapists hosted by TMA Southwest Florida (in-person Sarasota, FL event for OTs, PTs, OTAs, PTAs)
May 16 – Impact of Social Connections on Patient Health and Resilience hosted by TMA Women of Color Affinity Group (webinar)
May 16 – TMA Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) Meeting (invitation-only virtual meeting; learn more about CAC)
May 18 – Ask the Therapist for Care Partners hosted by TMA Care Partner Affinity Group (virtual meeting)
May 18-19 – Patient 360 IgNS Virtual Conference – Education & Support for Patients on Ig Therapy (virtual conference)
May 20 – Pregúntale al Doctor, con la Dra. en Reumatología Francisca Bozán. Presentado por el Grupo de Afinidad de TMA “Adelante” (webinar)
May 21 – Myositis Research Insights with Kanneboyina Nagaraju, DVM, PhD (webinar)
May 22 – Ask the Doc with Tahseen Mozaffar, MD (webinar)
May 22 – Last day to order TMA MAM Gear to raise awareness!
May 23 – TMA & Abcuro Special Event – Ask the Doc (Hybrid) and Open House (Facebook live stream and in-person networking event)
May 24 – TMA Research Grant program Letters of Intent Due
May 28 – Raising Awareness Workshop: Explaining Myositis to Others (virtual meeting)
May 31 – TMA International Annual Patient Conference Sneak Peek: Ten Breakout Sessions, Top Travel Tips, and Excursions Details! (virtual resource)
Support and Affinity Group meetings ongoing in the month of May. Visit calendar for details!