Levelling the playing field of RMD research across Europe to address patients’ needs: the emerging EULAR Research Centre

Herein, we describe the Research Centre launched by the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) in 2020. The Centre aims to facilitate collaborative research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) across Europe. RMDs disable millions of people in Europe and worldwide. Des...

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Published in:Rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases open 2022-06, Vol.8 (2), p.e002456
Main Authors: Reuter, Katja, Haupt, Carina, Molto, Anna, Cope, Andrew, van Vollenhoven, Ronald F, Elewaut, Dirk, Lories, Rik, McInnes, Iain B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Autoimmune Diseases
Careers
Collaboration
Consultants
Epidemiology
Europe - epidemiology
Funding
Humans
Infrastructure
Medical personnel
Musculoskeletal diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology
Patients
Public health
Qualitative research
Research centers
Rheumatic Diseases - epidemiology
Rheumatic Diseases - therapy
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatology
Rheumatology - education
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Summary:Herein, we describe the Research Centre launched by the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) in 2020. The Centre aims to facilitate collaborative research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) across Europe. RMDs disable millions of people in Europe and worldwide. Despite progress with improved therapeutics and strategic interventions in several RMDs, there are no cures, and their collective impact remains substantial. Access to RMD-related care, policies prioritizing RMDs, and related research, education, training, and funding differ significantly across European countries. Building a new equipoise in opportunity and capacity across Europe will facilitate optimal understanding of those different factors that influence the epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and outcomes in RMDs. The EULAR Research Centre aims to address the significant barriers to accelerating RMD research across Europe. It provides an RMD research roadmap of unmet needs, expert services, infrastructures, networks, research resources, training, education, and mentoring. It will place RMD research in the ideal position to benefit from forthcoming remarkable advances in digital, biological, and social science anticipated in the coming decades.
ISSN:2056-5933
2056-5933
DOI:10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002456