The Rheumatology Research Foundation recently awarded Jarred Younger, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Neuroinflammation, Pain and Fatigue Laboratory, with a pilot grant to fund his research in rheumatology. Younger will use the funding for a study on brain thermometry, a noninvasive method for detecting neuroinflammation in rheumatoid arthritis.

The pilot grants encourage established investigators to begin tests of novel research ideas into arthritis and related inflammatory diseases by providing seed funds to gather preliminary data.

Younger is one of 85 rheumatology trainees and professionals who recently received awards from the Rheumatology Research Foundation.