About one in 100 people have rheumatoid arthritis, a painful condition of the joints where the body mistakenly attacks itself.
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Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Muirhead Chair of Medicine and Director of Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow
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Rheumatologist, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Queen Mary University of London
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Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in the School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, National Centre for Population Health & Well-being Research, Swansea University
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Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow & Honorary Lecturer, King's College London
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Rheumatologist, Professor/Director Monash Medical Course/ Deputy Dean Health Faculty, Monash University
