Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Diane Lacaille is a Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia, and Scientific Director at Arthritis Research Canada, in Vancouver. She holds the Mary Pack Chair in Rheumatology Research from UBC and The Arthritis Society of Canada. Her research focuses on two areas: 1) Studying the impact of arthritis on employment and preventing work disability. To that effect, she has developed Making-it-WorkTM , an online program helping people with arthritis deal with employment issues. 2) Evaluating the quality of health care services received by people with RA, developing and testing interventions to improve quality of care, and conducting pharmaco-epidemiology studies, using administrative health data from a population-based cohort of RA for the province of BC. Her research has been supported by peer reviewed grants from the Canadian Institute for Health and Research, the Canadian Arthritis Network, The Arthritis Society of Canada and the Canadian Rheumatology Association.
Monday, November 13, 2023
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT
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It Takes a Team: Helping People with Rheumatic Diseases Successfully Navigate Work
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM PT
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