It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Arthritis Research Foundation web site. Our mission is to raise funds for world leading research into arthritis and autoimmune diseases.

We are singularly focused on raising funds for arthritis and autoimmune disease research to improve the lives of millions of Canadians. Through new technologies and a unique and multidisciplinary approach to research, the scientists of the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre (AARC) are now poised to make major breakthroughs in the treatment and prevention of arthritis.

A truly collaborative approach, AARC researchers include internationally recognized experts across the University Health Network's (UHN's) three hospitals (Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital), the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower, the Arthritis Centre of Excellence, the recently announced Buchan Family Arthritis Research Centre, the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, the Canadian Network for Improved Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, the Canadian Vasculitis Network, the Centre for Prognosis Studies in Rheumatic Diseases, the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease (Mount Sinai Hospital), the Hospital for Sick Children and St. Michael’s Hospital.

-Marc Milgrom, Chair