SPARTAN Group

Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network

  • Become a SPARTAN Member
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Log In
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Spondyloarthritis
    • About SPARTAN
    • Corporate Supporters
    • Leadership
    • Committees
    • Awards
    • The Latest News from SPARTAN
    • Bylaws
  • Membership
    • Become a SPARTAN Member
    • Member Directory
  • Annual Meeting
    • 2025 Annual Meeting Toronto
    • 2025 Annual Meeting Agenda
    • 2025 Spondyloarthritis Review Course
    • Trainee Abstracts
    • Information for Sponsors
    • Past Conference Materials
  • Projects
    • SPARTAN Projects
    • CLASSIC Study
  • Grants
    • Spondyloarthritis Fellowship Training Award
      • Award Information
      • Past Awardees
    • Early Career Investigator Award
      • Award Information
      • Past Awardees
    • Mentored Fellowship Award
      • Award Information
      • Past Awardees
    • Spondyloarthritis Research Fellowship
      • Award Information
      • Past Awardees
    • SPARTAN Overhead Policy
  • Education
    • SPARTAN-PANLAR axSpA Pre-congress Educational Course
    • SPARTAN GRAPPA ASAS Symposium
    • SPARTAN Member Forum at ACR 2025
    • CAPES Education Series
    • GRAPPA SPARTAN Global Education Seminars
    • Case Library
    • Treatment Guidelines
  • Members
    • Password Reset
    • Log Out
      • SPARTAN Member Forum at ACR 2025

Early Career Investigator and Seed Grant Awardees

2025
“Chronic Opioid Use in Patients with Spondyloarthritis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
 
Rahul Dalal, MD, MPH (Brigham & Women’s Hospital)

“Mapping the Peptide-Binding Repertoire of Disease-Associated HLA-B*27 Alleles with EpiScan”
Kristin Mengwasser, MD, PhD (University of California San Francisco)

2024
“Characterizing Nociplastic Pain in Axial Spondyloarthritis: a prospective longitudinal study”
 
Mohamad Bittar, MD  (Oregon Health & Science University)

“Sex differences in real world treatment patterns and drug adherence in axial spondyloarthritis: a comprehensive assessment from the RISE registry and Medicare claims”
Rachael Stovall, MD (University of Washington)

2023
“The Relationship Between HLA-B27 Positivity and Inflammatory Back Pain in the US Population”
Mark Hwang, MD (University of Texas Health Science Center)

“Spatial Gene Profiles for New Bone Formation in Ankylosing Spondylitis”
Akihiro Nakamura, MD, PhD (Queen’s University, Ontario)

2022

“Characterizing gut microbial dysbiosis in HLA-B27 negative axial spondyloarthritis”
Tejpal Gil,  PhD (Oregon Health & Science University)

2021

“Functional Genomics to Identify Key Cellular Drivers in Ankylosing Spondylitis”
Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus, PhD (Boston Children’s Hospital)

“Significance and Outcome of Magnetic Resonance Enterography Revealing Sacroiliitis in Crohn’s Disease: A Pilot Study”
Fardina Malik, MD (NYU Langone School of Medicine)

“Elucidating a Role for Neutrophils in Th17 Immunity and Disease in Ankylosing Spondylitis”
Ruth Napier, PhD (Oregon Health & Science University)

2020

“The impact of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor use on cardiovascular events in ankylosing spondylitis”
Jean Liew, MD (University of Washington)

2019

“The interplay between gender and sex in understanding health quality of life among patients with axial spondyloarthritis: an exploratory sequential mixed method study”
Shao-Hsien Liu, MPH, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

2018

“Development of Minimal Disease Activity Criteria in Spondyloarthritis”
Maureeen Dubreuil, MD, PhD (Boston University School of Medicine)

“Validation of administrative billing codes for the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis”
Jonathan Chan, MD (University of British Columbia, Division of Rheumatology)

2017

“Understanding the pathophysiology of SpA by characterizing trafficking lymphocytes in the gut-joint axis”
Kristi Kuhn, MD, PhD (University of Colorado School of Medicine)

“N-of-1 trials of NSAIDs in SpA with adaptive design”
Runsheng Wang, MD, MHS (Columbia University Medical Center)

About US

About SPARTAN
Leadership
Committees
ByLaws

Keep in Touch with SPARTAN

Receive the SPARTAN email newsletter, published quarterly.

Browse newsletter archives.

Twitter @spartan_updates
SPARTAN on LinkedIn

Contact Us

SPARTAN Office
PO Box 55491
Portland, OR 97238

Copyright © 2025 SPARTAN · Log in