Disease, Treatment, Health – our three new subcommittees

As we informed you in a previous news for researchers post, we have developed a new approach to funding to ensure we fund exceptional, sustainable research that impacts positively on the quality of life of people with arthritis. This has meant substantial changes to our committee processes and membership as well as launching ambitious, thematic research challenges.New subcommittees As part of this new approach to funding, the charity has formed three reformulated strategic research subcommittees:Disease – discovery research and pre-clinical experimental researchTreatment – clinical and experimental researchHealth– applied research and health service research This committee structure spans the complete timeline of development from early stage laboratory work to patients receiving treatment. Three eminent and well respected researchers have agreed to chair our new sub-committees:Disease subcommittee: Professor Luke O’Neill, Chair of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin Treatment subcommittee: Professor Janet Darbyshire, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, University College London Health subcommittee: Professor Ray Fitzpatrick, Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, University of OxfordAmong other activities, these subcommittees are being established to help develop research-based activities, to recommend new funding awards and oversee the performance and outputs of the charity’s current award portfolio. Another major change ...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news