Let's Talk about Inclusion: A Report on Patient Research Partner Involvement in the GRAPPA 2015 Annual Meeting

Maarten de Wit¹, Willemina Campbell², Laura C Coates²+12

• ¹From the VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Krembil Research Institute of Toronto Western Hospital, and the University of Toronto, and the Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK; Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.M. de Wit, PhD, Patient Research Partner, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; W. Campbell, BEd, LLB, Patient Research Partner, Toronto Western Hospital; L.C. Coates, MBChB, PhD, UK National Institute for Health Research Clinical Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; D.D. Gladman, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Senior Scientist, Krembil Research Institute, Director, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network; J. James, Patient Research Partner; C.A. Lindsay, PharmD, Patient Research Partner; R. MacDonald, Patient Research Partner; A.R. Moverley, MB, BS, BSc, MRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; A. Ogdie, University of Pennsylvania; A.M. Orbai, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology; D. O'Sullivan, BE, Patient Research Partner; A. Parkinson, Patient Research Partner; I. Steinkoenig, BA, Patient Research Partner; W. Tillett, BSc, MB ChB, PhD, MRCP, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases; N. Goel, MD, Patient Research Partner, Duke University School of Medicine. mp.dewit@vumc.nl.+1