What’s New at GRAPPA

Registration is now open for the GRAPPA Virtual Annual Meeting & Trainee Symposium. Members were sent registration information. See the draft agenda here. If you are not a member of GRAPPA and would like to attend this meeting, contact Sharon Andrews, [email protected], for more information.

IFPA (International Federation of Psoriasis Associations) is holding the 6^th World Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Conference 2021 from June 30 – July 3, 2021 as a virtual meeting. There will be a Joint IFPA/GRAPPA session (two parts) on Thursday, July 1 at 14:00-14:45 and 15:00-15:45 CEST. Topics will include palmoplantar pustulosis and a presentation of GRAPPA projects. More information and registration can be found in this newsletter.

GRAPPA Adjacent to AAD, a virtual meeting

Thank you to all who attended this successful meeting. The video is now available for for on-demand viewing, https://youtu.be/FkeJnB3_z8A. Click here to see the agenda.

COVID-19 Vaccines and Psoriatic Disease
Do you have questions about the new COVID-19 vaccines for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis? Click here to read a joint guidance statement from IFPA and GRAPPA.

GRAPPA COVID-19 Guidance Statement

This guidance was prepared by rheumatologists, dermatologists and patient members of GRAPPA to provide guidance to persons with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis during the current COVID-19 pandemic, in particular to those taking immunosuppressant medicines. Click here to read entire statement.

GRAPPA’s “A Patient’s Guide to Treatments for Psoriatic Arthritis”

This guide is now available free for download. Written in lay language, it explains current treatments for psoriatic disease. Health care professionals are encouraged to provide it to their patients. The guide was written by members of GRAPPA’s patient research partner team, with support from GRAPPA’s treatment recommendations group. Printing instructions are supplied in a separate pdf. To download, please click on this icon: