Arthrities Research UK

The Centre hosts it's 7th annual symposium

featuring talks and posters on basic science, clinical insights and patient perspectives. All are welcome to join this free event, link below to register.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/7th-annual-adolescent-rheumatology-symposium-tickets-517731718507

Our 5th Adolescent Rheumatology Symposium is now avaliable online please follow the below links;

https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/84447

Session 1: Role of interferon in autoimmune diseases: Intro from Professor David Isenberg and talk from Professor Hector Chinoy

Session 2: COVID 19. Talk from Dr Kate Webb

Session 3: Patient perspective: mental health and coping with disease – led by Professionals.
Talks from Dr Polly Livermore, Dr Janet McDonagh & Eleanor Edgar (young person)

Session 4: Poster presentations.
See pdf for full programme for list of speakers

Session 5: Debate and closing remarks. Debate: This house believes that Adolescent Rheumatology should be a standalone specialty.
Closing remarks by Professor Lucy Wedderburn

https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/56341

https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/56344

https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/56345

https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/56390

https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/56357

2nd Adolescent Rheumatology Symposium - 28th January 2016!

Our Symposium was attended by 170 people and sessions included talks on imaging, management of rheumatic disease in young people, and young person involvement in research. Our Young Person Representatives, Cat and Phoebe gave emotive powerful speeches on being young people with a rheumatic disease. They spoke about the difficulties and realities of everyday life, thoughts on research, how they were inspired to study medicine and become representatives for other young people. They also spoke about how involving patients in research development not only improves quality of research conducted but also empowers young people to ensure their voice is heard and meaningful differences made.

Royal visit to the Centre - 12th February 2015!

Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, today visited teenagers with arthritis at the Centre in her capacity as Patron of the charity Arthritis Research UK. During the visit, The Duchess of Cornwall was shown immune cells in a microscope as part of a project defining how puberty and stress can affect the immune system and MRI scans which show how the progress of arthritis in teenagers is different to that of adults. She also had the opportunity to meet young people who have worked with researchers to develop support and information services for other young people with arthritis. For more information: http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/news/press-releases/2015/february/duchess-of-cornwall-visit.aspx 

Adolescent Rheumatology Lab Opened - 4th December 2014!

We are pleased to announce that the first laboratory dedicated to studying diseases related to arthritis and other rheumatic problems in adolescents and young adults was formally opened at UCL  by Kiss FM Radio DJ Melvin Odoom and Arthritis Care’s Young Person’s Supporter Kelly-Anne Lyons, with some of our young patients!