![[Pain & Your Brain flyer for Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference, January 2016]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/lhwa_2016-01_pain-and-the-brain_358x500px.jpg "Pain & Your Brain flyer for Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference, January 2016")
The role of the brain in the pain and inflammation of arthritis will be addressed by David M. Labiner, MD, keynote speaker at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s 2016 Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference.
The conference will be held Saturday, Jan. 23, 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. (check-in begins at 8 a.m.), at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson.
Dr. Labiner is professor and head of the Department of Neurology at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and professor of pharmacy practice and science at the UA College of Pharmacy.
A lunch roundtable, “How Physical Stress and Cardiovascular Health Impact Brain Health and Cognition … Inflammation is the Key,” will feature UA Arthritis Center Co-Founder Eric P. Gall, MD, MACP, MACR; UA Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory Director Lee Ryan, PhD; and Mike Siemens, MS, director of exercise physiology, Canyon Ranch Health Resort.
The conference also will cover information about health and services that help improve daily life and promote strengthening the mind and body to manage arthritis. Breakout sessions with doctors and alternative therapy practitioners will encourage patient empowerment through management of arthritis.
Conference registration is $15 per person and includes lectures, breakout sessions, materials, morning refreshments and lunch. (Members of the UA Arizona Arthritis Center Friends attend free; registration required.) The fee is non-refundable and not tax-deductible. Free parking is available in nearby UA Zone 1 lots; limited free parking is available in the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson Visitor/Patient Parking Garage, just south of the hospital’s main entrance.
Early reservations are advised; spaces are limited and fill quickly. Registration closes Jan. 18 or prior if event capacity is reached. To register, or for more information about the conference, please visit the UA Arthritis Center website, www.arthritis.arizona.edu (click on “Community Outreach” then “Annual Conference”). For questions about the reservation process, or questions concerning access or disability-related accommodations, please contact the UA Arthritis Center, 520-626-5040, or email livinghealthy@arthritis.arizona.edu 
The conference is presented by the UA Arthritis Center and supported by the Susan and Saul Tobin Endowment for Research and Education in Rheumatology, the University of Arizona Arthritis Center Friends and Genentech.
Flyer for this event: lhwarthritisannualconference_photos_2016-01-23-sml.pdf
Media Contact: Jean Spinelli
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