Historical Consortium Registry · Academic Citation Continuity

ATACC-RA Participating Centers & Regional Cohorts

Preserved institutional roster documenting the thirteen international rheumatology cohorts and principal investigators cited across McGill, MUHC, University of Manitoba, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Nordic cardiovascular publications.

Regions: North America, Nordic Europe, Western Europe, International Preserved Historical Slugs: Anchored Below

Archival Registry Note

A Trans-Atlantic Cardiovascular Consortium for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ATACC-RA) harmonized longitudinal clinical cohorts across Canada, the United States, Norway, Spain, Greece, Sweden, the Netherlands, and South Africa. All legacy investigator and hospital landing URLs cited in university profiles resolve directly to their corresponding sections on this directory.

Primary pooled methodology citation: Arts et al., Ann Rheum Dis and Crowson et al., Ann Rheum Dis.

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Table 1: Documented ATACC-RA Coordinating and Contributing Centers
Institution / Cohort	City, Country	Research Focus	Preserved Record
University of Manitoba	Winnipeg, Canada	Early arthritis outcomes, Indigenous RA vascular risk, Dr. Carol-Ann Hitchon	Jump to Profile
McGill University & MUHC / CUSM	Montréal, Canada	Canadian clinical rheumatology registry & cardio-inflammatory biomarkers	Jump to Profile
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston, United States	BRASS cohort, coronary imaging, DMARD cardiovascular safety outcomes	Jump to Profile
Mayo Clinic	Rochester, United States	Olmsted County population registry, lipid paradox & PAF biostatistics	See Pooled Papers
Diakonhjemmet Hospital	Oslo, Norway	Preventive cardio-rheumatology clinic & global SURF-RA clinical audit	Jump to Profile
Radboud UMC & Reade	Nijmegen / Amsterdam, NL	CARRE cohort, risk calculator external validation & SCORE recalibration	Risk Tool
Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla	Santander, Spain	Carotid ultrasound cIMT & plaque reclassification across Mediterranean RA	Carotid Protocol
Laiko Hospital / Athens Medical School	Athens, Greece	Subclinical carotid atheromatosis and inflammatory biomarker modeling	Carotid Protocol
Umeå University Hospital	Umeå, Sweden	Northern Sweden early arthritis cardiovascular incidence tracking	See Pooled Papers
University of the Witwatersrand	Johannesburg, South Africa	Trans-continental endothelial dysfunction & RA risk in African cohorts	See Pooled Papers

Preserved Institutional & Investigator Profiles

PRESERVED ARCHIVAL PROFILE · WINNIPEG, CANADA · LEGACY SLUG CONTINUITY

University of Manitoba: Dr. Carol-Ann Hitchon, MD, MSc

Dr. Carol-Ann Hitchon (Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba) serves as a principal Canadian collaborator cited by McGill University, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC / CUSM), and the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force for longitudinal arthritis and cardio-inflammatory cohort research. Her research addresses rheumatoid arthritis onset, cardiopulmonary comorbidity, and equitable rheumatology care in Canadian populations.

External verification: PubMed Bibliography (Hitchon CA) · McGill Reference Context

MONTRÉAL COLLABORATING CENTER · BILINGUAL REFERENCE CONTINUITY (EN / FR)

McGill University Health Centre (MUHC / CUSM)

The McGill University Health Centre (Centre universitaire de santé McGill, CUSM) contributed clinical rheumatology outcomes and biomarker analyses across North American consortium evaluations. French-language institutional references from cusm.ca and muhc.ca pointing to historical consortium pages are preserved here alongside the English clinical evidence portal.

Institutional context: MUHC / CUSM (FR)

BOSTON TRANSLATIONAL CORE · HARVARD AFFILIATED COHORT

Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA)

Investigators within the Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity at Brigham and Women's Hospital contributed longitudinal prospective RA cohort data (including inflammatory biomarker and vascular outcomes studies) to Trans-Atlantic comparative analyses. For preserved citation lists previously hosted under the hospital's publication sub-path, visit the Brigham and Women's Hospital Relevant Publications Ledger.

NORDIC COORDINATION · OSLO PREVENTIVE CARDIO-RHEUMATOLOGY

Diakonhjemmet Hospital & SURF-RA Continuity

Coordinated from Oslo, Norway, Diakonhjemmet Hospital helped bridge early ATACC-RA epidemiologic modeling into the contemporary Survey of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (SURF-RA), establishing practical preventive cardiology clinics inside rheumatology outpatient departments.

Published clinical audit: RMD Open SURF-RA Clinical Audit

Archival Note on Historical Consortium Sponsorship & Legacy URL Redirects

Historical ATACC-RA web archives documented participating institutions, steering committee profiles, and an unrestricted educational collaborator listing (including an historical Eli Lilly supporter page at /collaborators/lilly/). Following expiration of the original consortium portal, this domain was revived as an independent cardio-rheumatology clinical evidence observatory preserving all external institutional citations (mcgill.ca, muhc.ca, cusm.ca, covid19immunitytaskforce.ca) without interruption. Full governance context is recorded on the Historical Domain Disclosure page.