Patti Katz, PhD

UCSF
San Rafael, California, United States

Dr. Patricia Katz is currently Professor Emerita of Medicine and Health Policy at UCSF. She has authored more than 300 publications, and has received grants from a variety of sources including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Department of Defense, and the Rheumatology Research Foundation (RRF). Her research has followed two main paths: measurement of patient-centered outcomes, and the impact of “lifestyle” factors such sleep, obesity, and physical inactivity on clinical and patient-centered outcomes. Dr. Katz is a past Editor-in-Chief of Arthritis Care & Research and ACR Open Rheumatology. Dr. Katz received the ARHP Distinguished Scholar Award in 1997, the STAR Award in 2005, the ARHP Presidential Award in 2003 and 2010, the ARHP Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, and ACR Excellence in Investigative Mentoring Award in 2019.

Presentation(s):

• Physical Activity, Stress Management, and Nutrition to Improve Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease: Bringing the Science to the Clinic

  Sunday, October 26, 2025
  1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Central Time

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

• Cognitive Dysfunction in Inflammatory Arthritis: What Do We Know from People with Rheumatoid Arthritis?

  Tuesday, October 28, 2025
  10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose