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Social support research and the importance of 

being heard

Mini Episode 13

Rheumy Rounds™ Episode 1 - break out segment

Air Date: February 12, 2020

Welcome to this week’s episode of AiArthritis Voices 360: At The Table. This week listen to an excerpt from Part One of our pilot episode of Rheumy Rounds™, a break out series that brings rheumatology professionals & persons affected by AiArthritis diseases to the same table, as equals, to discuss important community topics that, if solved, would improve communication and positively impact outcomes.

This mini-episode captures a break out discussion between Kelly and Jerik about the research Jerik and his team have been working on regarding social support and the need for people with AiArthritis diseases to find others, like us, who understand our journey.

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Your Co-Hosts & Guests: Who is at the table this episode?

Jerik Leung 

Jerik Leung is a graduate student in the Master of Public Health Program at Saint Louis University, College for Public Health and Social Justice (SLU CPHSJ) focusing in behavioral science and health education. He has been involved with lupus-related health research for the past four years, beginning during his time as an undergraduate student at Washington University, where he met Dr. Alfred Kim and conducted a senior thesis project in medical anthropology seeking to understand the primary obstacles of living with lupus from the patient perspective. This work and the necessity of the patient voice in guiding research and treatment priorities has formed the basis of Jerik’s current work with Dr. Kim and Dr. Elizabeth Baker, Professor of Behavioral Science and Health Education at SLU CPHSJ, on understanding and developing interventions related to social support and impact on quality of life among those living with lupus using a community-based approach. After graduate school, Jerik intends to continue on a career path in health sciences research with a specific focus in autoimmune diseases.

Kelly Conway

Kelly is co-founder of our organization, a speech-language pathologist, author/blogger, and a patient advocate. She has been living with autoimmune arthritis since age 14 but wasn’t formally diagnosed until age 32. That diagnosis has changed more than 5 times over the past 18 years. She has represented her state of Pennsylvania on Capitol Hill for the American College of Rheumatology multiples times, and speaks of the patient perspective at medical/pharmaceutical conferences. Kelly believes in the power of the patient voice and sharing our stories to raise awareness, education, and advocacy.
 
Kelly’s blog is “As My Joints Turn: My Autoimmune Soap Opera” at www.asmyjointsturn.com. She has also authored a book about her chronically ill dog, called, “Making Lemonade with Georgia Grace.” Visit the facebook page about Georgia at https://www.facebook.com/georgiathecavalier.  

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