Autoimmune rheumatic disorders CSG

Introduction

The Autoimmune rheumatic disorders CSG is chaired by Professor David Isenberg.

Steering group

The autoimmune rheumatic disorders steering group consists of:

Member	Representing research interest in
Professor David Isenberg	Chair
Professor Caroline Gordon	Systemic lupus erythematosus
Professor Christopher Denton	Scleroderma
Dr David Jayne	Vasculitis
Dr Simon Bowman	Sjögren's syndrome
Dr Ernest Choy	Myositis
Dr David D'Cruz	Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

Group meetings

The group plans to meet quarterly but additional telephone conference calls will be arranged if necessary. We are particularly anxious that individuals with potentially good ideas do not feel ostracised and we are anxious for this subcommittee to be as inclusive as possible.

At the first meeting Professor Alan Silman was invited to come along and explain his vision of how the new clinical trials initiative will work. It is clearly a work in progress but the response of the steering group members has been enthusiastic and each has been charged with contacting a wide variety of interested parties within the UK for each of the disorders that they 'represent' to ensure that the steering group really does capture the widest possible representation of research interests. The individual members of the steering group outlined a variety of potential areas of interest in each of their fields of specialty.

In the future we expect to complete our nominations of deputies for each of the committee members and to appoint a patients representative, though clearly no single patient will be able to represent the enormous range of the autoimmune rheumatic disorders alone.

Please click below for the minutes of the group meetings:

Date of meeting

Strategy

Futher details on the strategy for the autoimmune rheumatic disorders CSG will be published here when available.

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