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Rheumatology 

Welcome to the website for the rheumatology unit at the UCL Institute of Child Health, which is part of the infection and immunity theme.

We aim to improve the understanding of rheumatic diseases that occur in childhood and adolescence with a focus on cradle to grave care enabled by our collaboration with the Adolescent and Adult Rheumatologists in the UCL department of medicine. Research undertaken in the unit also concentrates on furthering our understanding of the pathogenesis of these diseases and the development of new therapeutic interventions.  This bench to bedside approach is enabled through collaborations with the rheumatology departments in Great Ormond Street and University College Hospitals and the transitional care they provide our patients.

Prof Lucy Wedderburn and Dr Paul Brogan are supported by the

• Great Ormond Street Children's Charity.

Current areas of research within the unit are

• Clinical trials
• Immunopathogenesis
• Inflammatory muscle diseases
• MHC class I immunity
• Molecular rheumatology
• Vasculitis

PhD Studentships

The UCL Institute of Child Health is currently advertising studentships including one for Prof Wedderburn's group entitled 'Relationships between inflammatory and regulatory T cells in childhood arthritis'. 

• More information can be found on the studentships page here.

Links

• Click here for a list of publications
• A complete staff list can be found here
• A list of organisations that fund our work can be found here

• Great Ormond Street Rheumatology Department
• University College London Hospital Rheumatology Department
• Centre of Rheumatology at UCL Department of Medicine