Summary
The ACR/EULAR exchange provides a unique opportunity for transatlantic research exchange. Without a doubt, all program attendees benefited from participating in the exchange, and we are pleased to say the group has even met up since the exchange at the most recent EULAR Congress in Madrid this year. Indeed, we would say the friendships created during the exchange were as important to us as the formal networking opportunities it afforded. We would strongly recommend our fellow junior colleagues from across Europe consider applying for this exceptional program, as well as colleagues from the U.S. consider applying for an exchange scholarship to Europe. We would also echo this call for our senior colleagues in the U.S. to consider applying to host this highly prestigious program to support early career researchers in your field.
Ioannis Parodis, MD, PhD, is a consultant rheumatologist at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Katie Druce, PhD, is a non-clinical research associate at the University of Manchester.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the ACR, EULAR, EMEUNET and our hosts at Northwestern University for providing this exchange opportunity and tailoring an excellent program. We send a special thanks to Ngozi Afulezi and Geneviève Schärer for organizing and supporting our exchange experience.
