The Australian Juvenile Arthritis Registry (AJAR) has reached an important milestone, with more than 1,000 children and young people now enrolled nationwide. This marks a major step toward building the first national picture of juvenile arthritis and other childhood-onset rheumatic diseases in Australia. Each participant makes a vital contribution to improving understanding, care and outcomes [...]
A big milestone has been achieved with the official launch of the Australian Juvenile Arthritis Registry (AJAR) at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 21st March 2023. The AJAR is a national registry that aims to gather key information on Australian children and young adults with juvenile arthritis (JIA) and other rheumatic [...]
The A3BC is delighted to be part of a national collaborative group who received funding in the NHMRC MRFF 2021 Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions in Children and Adolescents grant scheme. $2.5 million has been awarded for A3BC for Kids, an Australia-wide project that aims to improve health outcomes for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the [...]
The A3BC have been awarded the NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence Grant! The ‘CRE for Better Outcomes in Inflammatory Arthritis (IA)’ will redefine what cohort studies deliver for kids and adults with IA. Big thanks to @NHMRC, @GregHuntMP, Lyn, Craig, Tom and all collaborators. Minister of Health the Hon Greg Hunt MP announced the [...]
https://kollinginstitute.org.au/researchers-to-identify-safer-and-more-effective-treatment-pathways-for-rheumatoid-and-psoriatic-arthritis
https://rheuma.com.au/biobank-paves-future-for-musculoskeletal-research/18768
Well done to all the presenters at the inaugural NSLHD Northern Lights Musculoskeletal (MSK) Showcase session held in the Kolling Institute on Thursday 18th July 2019, the first in a series highlighting the remarkable advances in research and innovation across the Northern Sydney Local Health District. There was a fantastic turnout for the [...]
The A3BC has been announced as a successful recipient of the 2018/2019 NSW Health Biospecimen Collection Grants! This funding will enable collection, processing and storage of our NSW participants' biospecimens at the NSW Health Statewide Biobank, a world class biobanking facility located at the Professor Marie Bashir Centre in Camperdown, NSW. This funding also enables [...]
Australian Arthritis and Autoimmune Biobank Collaborative (A3BC) and Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD) investigators and staff recently attended the 2018 ARA Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Principal Investigators Lyn March, Jane Munro and Catherine Hill presented an overview and growing developments of the A3BC and ARAD (soon to merge) to an enthusiastic audience as part of [...]
An element of the A3BC's ongoing success will be the financial sustainability of the national operation. Within the A3BC's funding strategy is the proposal of matched funding to each state biobank node to assist in staffing and facilities development. As the first to achieve this, we are proud to announce that Prof. Catherine Hill, Assoc. Prof. [...]
