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RESEARCH
Accelerating Impact is driving our research investments.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Thanks to the support of donors and sponsors, the Arthritis Society is Canada’s largest charitable
source of research funding and has invested over $200 million in arthritis research since our
founding in 1948. These projects have led to breakthroughs in the diagnosis, treatment and care $750,000
of people with arthritis.
to fund a five-year project,
along with the Canadian
In 2019-20:
Institutes of Health
$4.2M 7 21 Research, looking at
INVESTED NEW RESEARCH NEW ARTHRITIS the potential of medical
IN RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH CAREERS cannabis to manage
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arthritis pain.
By 2025: $360,000
to fund a three-year
$30M 60 150 project studying if diet and
TOTAL INVESTED IN TOTAL TOTAL NEW
RESEARCH INNOVATIVE ARTHRITIS RESEARCH exercise can help prevent
RESEARCH CAREERS LAUNCHED
PROJECTS knee osteoarthritis.
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