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About Us
This project is funded by the National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation and Research. JA Help has been developed through a collaboration among organizations interested in providing meaningful resources to children and teenagers with juvenile arthritis (and related conditions) and their caregivers. Key partner organizations include:
Many individuals have guided the development of this resource. They include:
- Jerry Parker,Ph.D., Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MARRTC) Principal Investigator and Director of Research Projects. Associate Dean for Clinical Research and Development and Clinical professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the MU School of Medicine.
- Michael Grinfeld, Principal Investigator for MARRTC’s JA Help project. Associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Adjunct associate professor at the MU School of Law, and a senior fellow at its Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution. Co-director of the MU Center for the Study of Conflict, Law and the Media. Senior fellow at the MU Center for Religion, Professions and the Public.
- Mary Ellen Ankeney, M.Ed., OTR/L, Occupational Therapist, Columbia, Missouri Public School System.
- James Cassidy, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Departments of Child Health and Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine. Pediatric rheumatologist and co-editor of leading text on juvenile arthritis, Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology.
- Margaret Duffy, Ph.D., Principal Investigator for MARRTC’s efforts to improve media coverage of disability issues. Associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Chair of Advertising.
- Janet Farmer, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor of Health Psychology and Child Health Director, Thompson Family Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri-Columbia.
- Ann Kunkel, Education Coordinator, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Kansas Medical Center. Active in the American Juvenile Arthritis Organization. Recipient of the Charles B. Harding Award for Distinguished Service from the national Arthritis Foundation.
- Beth Richards, CTRS, Manager, Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program, Department of Health and Senior Services.
- Jon Stemmle, Director of Strategic Communications, Health Communication Research Center, Missouri School of Journalism.
- Rud Turnbull, J.D., Co-Director,The Beach Center on Disability, University of Kansas-Lawrence. Past chairman, American Bar Association Commission on Disability Law.
We also wish to acknowledge the dedication and support of the following individuals who contributed to this project:
- Brian Hensel, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Training Program.
- Christine Babel, Hala Dawood, and Wassim Nasr of Information & Access Technology Services, University of Missouri.
- Becky Woelfel, Senior Information Specialist, Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.
- Kim Holtmeyer, Grant Administrator, Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.
- Patricia Cornwell, Senior Secretary, Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.
- Ekaterina Pesheva, Graduate Research Assistant, Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.
- Rajah Maples-Wallace, Information Specialist, Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.
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