About the Centre
The mission of the Centre is to improve the health and well being of adolescents and young adults with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases through cutting-edge research.
"These research studies are so important in order to make predictions about the future and provide the best treatments today"
Lucy, Director
Adolescence is a time of significant change in terms of physical, emotional and educational development. It is such an important time in one’s life. However, at the moment most research focuses around adults and younger children, with adolescents often ‘missing out’. With very little research carried out on this age group, a big knowledge gap remains about this time of transition.
The Centre aims to fill this gap through both education and undertaking high quality state-of-the art research to ensure that adolescents and young people with arthritis, lupus, myositis and other rheumatic conditions are receiving the best treatment and care.
To achieve this ambitious goal, the Adolescent Unit at University College London Hospital has teamed up with Great Ormond Street Hospital and the research centres at University College London to create a ‘virtual’ where doctors and researchers work together on research projects that all have a focus on adolescent health.
53 years, 5 months ago