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2024 Abstracts

Oral Presentations

Transcriptional and Epigenetic Analysis of Gut-Joint Trafficked T cells Suggest Regulatory Functions during Homeostasis Sarah Danielson
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use and Incident Hypertension among Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Insights from the DESIR Cohort Jose A. Meade-Aguilar, MD
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
The Added Utility of Hybrid Positron Emission Tomography-Magnetic Resonance (PET-MR) Imaging over Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Alone in Diagnosing Axial Spondyloarthritis Patricia Remalante-Rayco, MD
Schroeder Arthritis Institute,
University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Abstract Posters

Achieving ASDAS Inactive Disease Status in Axial Spondylarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Sarah Abi Doumeth, MD
Case Western University/University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio
What is Bone Marrow Edema in axSpA? Mahaa Albusharif
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Navigating Undiagnosed Axial Spondyloarthritis: Insights from Patients and Providers on Screening Preferences Swetha Ann Alexander, MD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Factors Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score and Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society-Health Index Remission in a Cohort of Saudi Patients with Longstanding Axial Spondyloarthritis Abdulrahman Y Almansouri, MD
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Predicting Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Treatment Response in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Using Single Cell Sequencing Mansi Kishorkumar Aparnathi, PhD
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Gender-Based Differences of Disease Characteristics and Co-morbidities in Axial Spondyloarthritis. A Single US Based Healthcare System Experience *PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER* Haseeb Chaudhary, MD
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio
Updating the 2019 ACR/SAA/SPARTAN Recommendations for the Treatment of AS/nr-axSpA: Can We Do Better? *PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER* Mathieu Choufani, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Sex Differences in Serum Protein Profiles in Psoriatic Arthritis Steven Dang
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Trends in Proportionate Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Era of Biologic Therapies: Analysis of US Death Certificate Data Ansaam Daoud, MD
Case Western Reserve University/
University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio
Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Ansaam Daoud, MD
Case Western Reserve University/
University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio
Opioid Prescription Rates in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis in the US between 2008-2021: A Joinpoint Regression Analysis Berk Degirmenci, MD
Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachuesetts
Disparities in Time to Diagnosis for Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis *PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER* Renato Ferrandiz Espadin, MD
North Alabama Medical Center,
Florence, Alabama
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1-alpha may Play a Role in Maintaining Intestinal Homeostasis Through Tegulation of Occludin and Claudin-1 expression Shaghayeghn Foroozan Boroojeni
Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Incidence and Predictors of Primary Failure of Advanced Therapy in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Fadi Kharouf, MD
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto
Culturing and Comparative Analysis of Small Intestinal Organoids from SKG and MIFKO-SKG Mice Mariia Korshko
University Medical Center Groningen,
and University of California San Francisco
Association of Physical Activity Levels on Chronic Opioid Use in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Rutvin Kyada
Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
Race and Ethnicity as Predictors of Diagnostic Delay in Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis Christine Loftis, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
Association of Contextual Factors with Sonographic Inflammatory and Structural Phenotypes in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Andre Lucas Ribeiro, MD
Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes Regarding Inflammatory Back Pain Among Non-Rheumatology Physicians in the United States William Odell
Yale School of Medicine,
New Haven, Connecticut
Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Axial Spondyloarthritis Among Non-Rheumatology Physicians in the United States William Odell
Yale School of Medicine,
New Haven, Connecticut
The Role of the Deubiquitinase Molecule TRABID in Inflammation and New Bone Formation in Axial Spondyloarthritis Archita Srinath
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
The Role of Kinesiophobia on Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity, Exercise Habits, and Quality of Life Joel Thompson
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Predictors of Long Term Etanercept Survival in Axial Spondyloarthritis Ellen Thovmasyan
University of California, San Francisco, California

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