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

• Ronald F van Vollenhoven,
• Anna Molto,
• Iain B McInnes,
• Rik Lories,
• Andrew Cope,
• Dirk Elewaut,
• Katja Reuter,
• Carina Haupt

Affiliations

Ronald F van Vollenhoven

Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Anna Molto

INSERM U1153, Paris, France

Iain B McInnes

1 MVLS College Office, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Rik Lories

Division of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Andrew Cope

1 Academic Department of Rheumatology, King’s College London, London, UK

Dirk Elewaut

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent, Belgium

Katja Reuter

Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA

Carina Haupt

European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR), Zurich, Switzerland