Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) doesn’t look the same for everyone—and research supported by the Rheumatology Research Foundation is helping us understand why.

With support from the Foundation’s Scientist Development Award, Dr. Paras Karmacharya and his team followed people with PsA over time and identified distinct patterns in how skin and joint symptoms affect patients. Their findings suggest that PsA may include different subgroups, which could have important implications for how the disease is treated. What could this mean for people living with PsA? 💙 More personalized care: Treatment could be better matched to a person’s specific disease pattern. 💙 Better planning: Understanding disease subgroups may help doctors anticipate how PsA could progress. 💙 Better outcomes: More targeted treatment could mean less trial and error and a better quality of life. Learn more about Dr. Karmacharya's research on the RheumLab. #RheumResearch #RDAM #Rheumatology #PsA #PsoriaticArthritis #medicalresearch #chronicillness