ACR Journals Peer Review Mentoring Program
For most scholarly scientific journals, it is challenging to identify willing and well-qualified manuscript reviewers. The goal of the Rheum With a (re)View program is to ensure we have a strong pipeline of reviewers for the ACR journals for the future.
The American College of Rheumatology Committee on Journal Publications launched Rheum With a (re)View in 2022, pairing early career investigators (mentees) with senior investigators (mentors) to facilitate training in effective journal peer review. ACR/ARP members who have completed training within the last 10 years and have research experience are encouraged to apply.
About the Mentoring Program
Each mentor will have a group of one to three mentees who will complete a brief online self-study program and then begin their “live” (but virtual) training. Throughout the 1-year program, the mentor will share at least three articles they have been invited to review with mentees. The mentees will complete a review of the same articles, either individually or as a group, and will receive mentor feedback. At the end of the program, with mentor discretion, the mentee will receive a Certificate of Completion and will be added to the reviewer rosters of our three peer-reviewed journals: Arthritis & Rheumatology, Arthritis Care & Research, and ACR Open Rheumatology.
Upcoming Mentoring Class
The 2025–2026 application is closed. The 2026–2027 application will open January 2026.
ACR/ARP members who have completed training within the past 10 years and have research experience are encouraged to apply.
Questions?
Contact Christy Austin (caustin@rheumatology.org)
Elizabeth Ferucci, MD, MPH
- Ujjwol Risal, MD, FICR: B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
- Sheryas Patil, MBBS: The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Jennifer Barton, MD, MCR
- Kristen Mathias, MD: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Lisa S. Traboco, MD, FPCP, FPRA: St. Luke’s Medical Center, Global City, Philippines
- Neethu Maria Kunjumon, MD: Hamad Medical Corporation, Ad Dawhah, Qatar
Shervin Assassi, MD
- Ioannis Koulas, MD, MSc: Jacobi Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
- Ali Ayla, MD: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Vasileios Kyttaris, MD
- Mia Rodziewicz, MD: The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Elena Gkrouzman, MD, MS, RhMSUS: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Natalya Surmachevska, DO: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Aos Aboabat, MBBS, FRCPC; King Saud University
- Aya Abugharbyeh, MD; University of Toledo
- Karmela Kim Chan, MD; Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery
- Esraa Eloseily, MD; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Miriah Gillispie-Taylor, MD; Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
- Lakshmi Jayaram, MBBS; Northwestern University
- Timothy Kaniecki, MD; Johns Hopkins University
- Eugene Krustev, MD; University of Calgary
- Adam Mayer, MD; University of Pennsylvania
- Ruoning (Lemon) Ni, MD; University of Iowa
- Pooja Patel, DO; Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- Lance Peterson, PhD; Washington University in St. Louis
- Punyasha Roul, MS; University of Nebraska
- Alain Sanchez Rodriguez, MD; Mayo Clinic
- Mitali Sen, MD, FACR; University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Shruti Singh Kakan, PhD; University of Southern California
- Jennifer Strouse, MD; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Paul Tsoukas, PhD; University of Toronto
- Roberto Valdovinos, MD; University of California
- Austin Wheeler, MD; University of Nebraska Medical Center