ORWH Director Janine Clayton, M.D., and fellow ophthalmologist Claude Cowan, M.D., spoke on gout and inflammatory eye disease at the 14th Annual Kenneth Austin Rheumatology Symposium at Howard University Hospital on April 6. Howard University sponsored this symposium, which honors Dr. Clayton’s father, Kenneth Austin, M.D., a noted rheumatologist and Howard University College of Medicine alumnus. In addition to eye disease, speakers explored the role of the microbiome in rheumatic diseases, clinical research efforts at the Howard University Hospital Rheumatology Clinic, and the evaluation of patients with elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels.