National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

And the issues they brought to those meetings were specific.

Funding for the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, that is NIAMS, which funds psoriasis research, Medicare reimbursement for phototherapy, the creation of a CDC registry to track psoriasis patients at scale.

And these were not front-page legislation efforts.

They were the foundational, unglamorous work of changing how a disease is classified and what resources flow toward it.

I just want to say thanks for giving me the opportunity to show our study.

I also want to thank the ACR for this opportunity to showcase our research, and I also have to sh- you know, say thank you to NIAMS because they support this study.

Yeah, amazing.

So I want to close today by also thanking our students who continue to dive into rheumatology research with curiosity and grit, and to all of the mentors who guide them, providing wisdom and encouragement for the next generation.