The Face of Arthritis
Donate TodayIt’s not what you think. Over 6 million Canadians of ALL ages, including children, have this debilitating disease. Help them live their lives to the fullest.
Health Benefits of Everyday Activities
Learn MoreWe are recruiting individuals with and without inflammatory arthritis for a study that will explore the relationship between a person’s everyday activities and their health.
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The Arthritis Newsletter
Learn MoreDiscover how to get involved in research, find tips for surviving the holidays with arthritis, and learn about patient engagement in research and more in our winter newsletter.
Leave a Legacy
Learn More5.6 million Canadians live with the pain and disability of arthritis. Leaving a gift to Arthritis Research Canada in your will can change and save lives for generations.
The Face of Arthritis
Donate TodayIt’s not what you think. Over 6 million Canadians of ALL ages, including children, have this debilitating disease. Help them live their lives to the fullest.
Health Benefits of Everyday Activities
Learn MoreWe are recruiting individuals with and without inflammatory arthritis for a study that will explore the relationship between a person’s everyday activities and their health.
Read More
Featuring Mike Reno, lead singer of Loverboy, along with an all-star band.
PRESENTING SPONSOR
The Roof,
Hotel Vancouver
May 22, 2019
SAVE THE DATE
Leave a Legacy
Learn More5.6 million Canadians live with the pain and disability of arthritis. Leaving a gift to Arthritis Research Canada in your will can change and save lives for generations.
The Arthritis Newsletter
Learn MoreDiscover how to get involved in research, find tips for surviving the holidays with arthritis, and learn about patient engagement in research and more in our winter newsletter.
WHAT WE DO
Arthritis Research Canada is the largest clinical arthritis research centre in North America.
Our mission is to transform the lives of people living with arthritis through research and engagement. Led by world-renowned rheumatologist, Dr. John Esdaile, Arthritis Research Canada’s scientific team of over 100 are creating a future where people living with arthritis are empowered to triumph over pain and disability.
With centres in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec, Arthritis Research Canada is leading research aimed at arthritis prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, and quality of life issues.
Maya was 17 and studying for final exams for high school when she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Read her story.
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OUR LATEST RESEARCH
How much extra time do people with certain systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) lose from paid and unpaid work, and what are the costs?
Scientific Study Title Excess Productivity Costs of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Sclerosis, and Sjogren’s Syndrome: A General Population-Based Study Principal Investigator Natalie McCormick, Ph.D. Research Trainee, Arthritis Research Canada Faculty of...
read moreHow do price caps on generic drugs affect cost and supply?
Aslam H. Anis. PhD, FCAHS. Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
The goal of this research is to assess whether current price-cap regulations including the Pan-Canadian Generic Pricing Framework are efficient.
read moreBiologic drugs for spondyloarthritis patients: do policies in different countries affect costs and health?
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Harvard, University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health PhD student and Arthritis Research Canada Trainee supervised by Dr. Bruno Fautrel, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, and Dr. Aslam Anis, University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health
Using information from DESIR, researchers looked at which patients satisfied the criteria to receive biologic drugs in different countries: France, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
read moreMEET THE TEAM
John Esdaile
Scientific Director, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FCAHS
Jocelyn Cruickshank
Board of Directors Chair
Shauneen Kellner
Executive Director
