Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the ACR, EULAR, and EMEUNET for providing this unique exchange program. Special thanks to Megan Blake and her colleagues from the ACR and EULAR for organizing travelling and housing in the U.S. Many thanks for the hosting institutions, and all the colleagues who attended the sessions. Most importantly, special thanks to Drs. Cron and Panayi for their mentorship during the 2012 program.
Dr. Beyer is in the department of internal medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Dr. Basu is in the epidemiology group at the Institute of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, U.K. Dr. Scherer is in the department of rheumatology at Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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