Abstract: The Chair-holder will hold a tenure or tenure-track appointment in the Faculty of Health Sciences of SFU situated at ARC. The Chair is funded by an Endowment (the Fund) comprised of a $1,000,000 gift to the Arthritis Research Cpntre from Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. and a matching grant from SFU of $1,500,000 in capital or its operating equivalent. A further $1,500,000 will be raised jointly by ARC and SFU, providing a total endowment of $4,000,000. The workload of the Chair will be modified such that up to 70% of the Chair-holder's time will be spent on research. John Waterhouse Vice Preside' nt, Academic Simon Fraser University Dr. David MacLean Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser...