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Dear young rheumatologists andresearchers in rheumatology,

We are happy to present you a new issue of

EMEUNEWS to introduce EMEUNET Subgroups

and activities.

The EMEUNET Working Group represents the

EMEUNET Community, undertakes the

organisational role and currently has 43 people

from most of the 21 EULAR Countries. The work

is divided among 7 Subgroups to cover the wide

aims of EMEUNET. From education to peer

mentoring, from country liaison to social media,

EMEUNET Subgroups ensure the growth of

EMEUNET community and promote interaction

and networking among members.

If you would like to join the EMEUNET Working

Group and be actively involved in the Subgroups’

activities keep an eye on emails from EMEUNET

and do not miss next call for application! If you

already applied but have not been selected, this

does not preclude you to apply again the

following year.

In this issue you will also find details about

upcoming educational events.

If this is your first contact with EMEUNET, we

invite you to explore more and join us via our

website (http://emeunet.eular.org). If you are

already part of our community, we kindly remind

you that sharing is caring. Spread the word about

our activities and work and help us reach more

young rheumatologists and researchers.

We hope that you enjoy reading this Newsletter

and would be happy to receive any comments or

contributions for future issues.

The EMEUNET Newsletter Subgroup

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THE EMEUNET STEERING COMMITTEE 3

EMEUNET SUBGROUPS

Education 4

Country Liaison 7

Social Media 9

Visibility 14

Newsletter 16

Peer Mentoring 18

Global Affairs 21

EDUCATION AT A GLANCE 23

EULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY COURSE 24

EULAR ULTRASOUND COURSES 25

MORE ON EDUCATION 26

More information about EMEUNET can be found in

http://emeunet.eular.org

You can also reach us through the following email

[email protected]

www.facebook.com/EMEUNET

www.twitter.com/EMEUNET

http://www.linkedin.com


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Sofia is a rheumatology trainee at the

Leiden University Medical Center,

Leiden, the Netherlands. She has

recently finished her PhD at the

University of Amsterdam on long-term

outcomes in ankylosing spondylitis

under the supervision of Prof. Landewé

and Prof. van der Heijde. She has done

a Master in Epidemiology at Maastricht

University. Her research focuses in axial

spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis,

imaging and outcomes research. She

comes originally from Portugal and has

an appointment at Nova Medical School

in Lisbon. Sofia is the Chair of

EMEUNET.

THE EMEUNET STEERING COMMITTEE 2016- 2017

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Sofia Ramiro

MD PhD

EMEUNET is a network of young clinicians and researchers in the field of rheumatology in Europe.

The main objectives of EMEUNET are to enhance the quality of education and to promote

research and create collaborations among emerging rheumatologists and researchers.

None of these objectives could be fulfilled without the work and enthusiasm of the people involved

in the 7 subgroups that form the Working Group of EMEUNET: Education, Peer Mentoring,

Newsletters, Social Media, Visibility, Country Liaisons and Global Affairs.

EMEUNET subgroups are enthusiastically engaged in several activities, and the list of current and

upcoming projects has quickly expanded over the past few months.

With all these initiatives and activities that are presented in this Newsletter, we hope that

EMEUNET will continue to be embraced by the young rheumatology community and more and

more young clinicians and researchers in rheumatology will become involved in rheumatology

education, research and EULAR, making EMEUNET a successful and influential resource that

fosters new and long-term collaborative endeavours and ensures that excellence in European

Rheumatology and EULAR is maintained.

Sofia Ramiro, Elena Nikiphorou and Anna Moltó

Elena, is a clinical researcher within

the Academic Rheumatology

Department of King's College London

and a consultant rheumatologist at the

Whittington Hospital, UK. Her main

research interests focus on clinical

outcomes and multimorbidity of

rheumatoid arthritis and

spondyloarthritis. She has undertaken

her MD (epidemiological) Research on

outcomes of structural damage in

Rheumatoid Arthritis at University

College London, where she also

completed her medical studies and

BSc in Physiology (First Class

Honours). Elena is currently the Chair-

Elect for EMEUNET.

Elena Nikiphorou

MBBS/BSc, MRCP, MD

(Res), PGCME, FHEA

Anna became a rheumatologist in

2010, and in 2016 defended her PhD

thesis on diagnosis and treatment in

real life in early axial

spondyloarthritis. She is currently a

staff Rheumatologist and

Clinical/Epidemiological researcher

in Pr Dougados Department of

Rheumatology in Cochin Hospital in

Paris. Her professional and scientific

interests focuses on outcome

measures, especially in

spondyloarthritis and rheumatoid

arthritis and pregnancy in rheumatic

inflammatory diseases. Anna is the

Past Chair of EMEUNET.

Anna Moltó

MD PhD

ChairChair-elect Past Chair


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Aim of the Education Subgroup is to improve the clinical and scientific

knowledge and educational support for young rheumatologists/researchers

(trainees and specialists included, < 40 years of age) working in the field of

rheumatology in Europe and beyond. When EMEUNET started its activities, a

large online survey (more than 700 participants) was used to assess the

educational needs of young rheumatologists and researchers. The educational

sub-group was formed to meet these needs, by providing information about

existing educational programmes as well as funding opportunities (by EULAR

and other organizations) and develop new educational opportunities. Over the

past years, EMEUNET has expanded and is now engaged in several

educational activities, in conjunction with ESCET, the EULAR standing

committee of education, EULAR school of rheumatology and other EULAR

committees. Successful ongoing projects are as follows: Undergoing the update

of the EMEUNET website for educational content; EMEUNET-EULAR fellow

sessions- proposing clinical and scientific sessions at the annual EULAR

meetings with special interest for young attenders; EMEUNET-EULAR

ambassador programme, to support 1st time attendees and match them with an

experienced member with similar interests at the annual EULAR congress (see

photos from the 2016 EMEUNET-EULAR ambassador programme in the next

page); selection of EMEUNET members in EULAR recommendation

committees; EMEUNET educational calendar- to inform about educational

events/ deadlines, development of the EMEUNET/EULAR immunology course

the 1st Immunology course in April 2016 (see photos taken at the 1st

Immunology course in the next pages). New projects include exploring the need

of a pan-European educational portfolio (in collaboration with the EULAR

school of rheumatology) and development of a range of useful ‘how to’ guides

for EMEUNET members who are early career researchers. In addition, from this

year EMEUNET is actively involved as co-organizer of the EULAR

epidemiology course (see the group photo of last edition of the course in the

next page and the call for the 2017 course at page 24).

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Victoria is working at

University Hospital La Paz

in Madrid (Spain) combining

research with her clinical

duties. She just finished her

PhD at the University of

Leiden, focused in

assessing inflammation and

damage in spondyloarthritis

and rheumatoid arthritis

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EDUCATION

Co-leaders: Victoria Navarro, MD; Meghna Jani, MBChB

MRCP MSc PhD

Meghna is an NIHR clinical

lecturer at the ARUK Centre

for Epidemiology and a

Rheumatology Trainee in

Manchester, UK. Her main

interests focus on

inflammatory arthritis,

specifically biomarkers of

treatment response,

immunogenicity in response

to biologics, drug safety and

pharmacoepidemiology.

Meghna was a member of

the EULAR Task force for

recommendations for

management of rheumatoid

arthritis with synthetic and

biological DMARDs 2016.

Meghna is also a social

media editor for Annals of

Rheumatic Diseases.


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MEMBERS AND ACTIVITIES

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EDUCATION SUBGROUP

Marcin

Milchert

Sofia

Ramiro

Felice

Rivellese

Tânia

Santiago

Marloes

van Onna

THE 4TH EULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY COURSE, 2015


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ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)

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EDUCATION SUBGROUP

THE 1ST EULAR-EMEUNET IMMUNOLOGY COURSE


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Rucsandra is a resident in

Rheumatology and PhD

student from Romania. She

is currently working as a

clinical science research

fellow within the Division of

Rheumatology, University

Hospital Zurich. Her main

areas of interest are

systemic sclerosis and

other connective tissue

diseases.

COUNTRY LIAISON

Co-leaders: Rucsandra Dobrota, MD, Javier Rodriguez-

Carrio, MSc PhD

The main aims of the Country Liaison Subgroup are:

1) To encourage and support the Country Liaisons and to maintain an

active network of Country Liaisons: the Country Liaisons network is a key

element in the communication between EMEUNET and the young

rheumatologists and researchers at the national level. Thus, we work

together to spread all relevant information from EMEUNET to the

different countries and also to gain feedback from them to identify the

new needs and opportunities to be satisfied.

2) To promote EMEUNET and to distribute EMEUNET/EULAR

information: we aim to reach and attract the young rheumatologists and

researchers in Europe to become EMEUNET members and to participate

in EMEUNET activities. To this aim, we work closely with our Country

Liaisons, on whom we rely to distribute all the information from

EMEUNET and to perform all kind of activities and events at the national

level aimed to increase the adherence to and visibility of EMEUNET. 3)

To prepare and update EMEUNET advertising materials: we have a very

useful collection of advertising materials (flyers, slides and posters) to

help the Country Liaisons to expand and advertise the EMEUNET

network. 4) To advertise and improve the visibility of the Country Liaisons

activities: we frequently report the different activities organized by the

Country Liaisons on social media and EMEUNET Newsletters, in

collaboration with the EMEUNET Newsletters and Social Media

subgroups. We also organize yearly the Country Liaisons meeting.

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COUNTRY LIAISON SUBGROUP

Javier is a postdoctoral

researcher at the University

of Oviedo (Spain). After

completing a research stay

at the Academic Medical

Centre (Amsterdam, The

Netherlands) he obtained

his PhD degree from the

University of Oviedo in

2015. His main interests are

the endothelial damage and

vascular repair in rheumatic

diseases, mainly focusing

on translational biomarkers

for cardiovascular risk

assessment.


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EDUCATION SUBGROUP

Alessia

Alunno

Mary

Canavan

Marcin

MilchertAurélie

Najm

Anna Olewicz-

Gawlik

THE 2nd COUNTRY LIAISON MEETING

AT EULAR 2015

THE 3rd COUNTRY LIAISON MEETING

AT EULAR 2016

Marlies van

der Goes

Valentina

Vardanyan


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Vasco is a Rheumatology

Clinical and Research Fellow

based at the Lisbon

Academic Medical Centre.

Currently, he is a PhD

applicant in the field of

synovial pathobiology of

rheumatoid arthritis. He

recently completed a 6

months fellowship at the

Centre for Experimental

Medicine & Rheumatology,

Queen Mary University of

London, with the support of a

EULAR Scientific Training

Bursary. He is the Country

Liaison for Portugal.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Co-leaders: Vasco Romão, MD; Paul Studenic, MD

The EMEUNET social media team is in charge of representing the agenda and

opportunities of EMEUNET via different channels website, emails, Facebook,

Twitter, LinkedIn and Youtube. The core of all information is our website, that

has been online since June 2012 and ever since has had increasing traffic with

an average of over 8000 monthly visitors from around the world. We joined the

social media by launching the EMEUNET Facebook page in February 2014 and

a Twitter feed in September 2014 to ensure close contact with our members. A

YouTube channel is also available since May 2015 and in October 2016 we

launched our profile on LikedIn, to reach a broader audience, especially those

who are not engaged in Twitter or Facebook. Our main goals are to increase

EMEUNET’s visibility and reach out to young rheumatologists and researchers

in Rheumatology across the world. We also have a specific role in being the

“voice” of Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (ARD) on social media platforms, by

closely collaborating with the ARD Team of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) to

enhance the profile and activity of the Journal on these platforms.

We are responsible for managing and updating the content of all Social Media

Platforms: website, Facebook page, Twitter account, email messages, LinkedIn

account and YouTube channel. You can find all the up to date information on

the website and easily connect with other members with similar areas of

interest. Facebook and Twitter are readily accessible platforms, very intuitive,

where you can follow all ongoing activities, deadlines and projects as they take

place! This is why we would like to encourage all our members and also non-

members to join and support these initiatives. Our aims include reaching out to

as many young rheumatologists as possible through all platforms, sharing

scientific and educational content as well as specific opportunities worldwide.

Our ultimate goal is to support EMEUNET in its initiative to keep every young

rheumatologist in the world informed and involved in educational, clinical and

research activities. Through our collaboration with ARD/BMJ, we hope to

promote high quality clinical and research material and engagement of the

wider rheumatology community on social media platforms.

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SOCIAL MEDIA SUBGROUP

Paul is a medical resident

and clinical research fellow at

the division of rheumatology

of the Medical University in

Vienna, Austria. His research

focus lies within

epidemiologic outcomes in

musculoskeletal diseases,

mainly rheumatoid arthritis,

patient reported outcomes,

predictors of disease activity

and biomarkers. He is

currently in the final steps to

obtain his PhD degree.


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SOCIAL MEDIA (CONTINUED)

What our Social Media Platforms provide:

- Information about what ’s going on

On our website, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn pages you will find announcements of interesting

conferences, useful courses or exchange programs. We will update you with important information about

registrations to conferences and bursaries, links to educational content, calendar of activities, job offers and

newsletters. As a logged-in member you have full access to all the content of the website, including all

newsletters and the membership database. Our website is especially designed for the needs of young

rheumatologists and it is the only webpage gathering information about rheumatology worldwide.

Connect Members – allow interaction

Once registered on our website, you become part of the EMEUNET network. You gain access to the

EMEUNET Membership-database, where you can get in contact with other members, share information or

initiate collaborations. After reaching the EMEUNET age limit (40 years), you will become part of the Alumni

Network, with a specific database and still keep access to all EMEUNET content.

- Provide important links & tools

The website provides important research/clinical links for you, which should simplify your daily life as a

rheumatologist or scientist. We have links to online tools, funding opportunities and all important

Rheumatology Journals.

- Mailing service

After becoming an EMEUNET member you will receive regular updates (job offers, courses and many

more) and our EMEUNET newsletters (e.g. EULAR and ACR highlights) by mail.

- YouTube

In May 2015 we started a YouTube channel, where you can find interviews with fascinating rheumatologists

and short video introductions about our different working groups to explore EMEUNET further. In the future

we will increase our video archive with short reports on events and rheumatology related videos.

- Twitter Education

In addition to keeping our members up to date on Rheumatology news and events we also run a yearly

Twitter course in the lead up to EULAR. The course runs over 10 consecutive weekdays. Each day, each

participant is emailed a short task followed by details of how to complete this task (starting with setting up a

Twitter account). These tasks take 5-10 minutes so there is no big time commitment. It has proved

successful in the last two years with loads of our members using this course to become familiar with

Twitter.

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Mary

Canavan

Diederick

De Cock

Tamas

Gati

Meghna

JaniAnna

Moltó

Elena

NikiphorouKaren

Schreiber

Michelle

Trenkmann

Anne

Troldborg

Alberto

Sifuentes

EMEUNET WEBSITE http://emeunet.eular.org


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THE EMEUNET TWITTER PAGE

Follow us at www.twitter.com/EMEUNET

THE EMEUNET FACEBOOK PAGE

Like us at www.facebook.com/EMEUNET

http://www.twitter.com/EMEUNET

http://www.facebook.com/EMEUNET

http://www.google.it/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiOsdD4muvKAhUCG5oKHRhPDAgQjRwIBw&url=http://dancemayuri.org/contacts/&bvm=bv.113943665,d.bGg&psig=AFQjCNH2z6vgcfu6TYcDapfOp2qSX2W24w&ust=1455125469967052

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THE EMEUNET YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Connect with us at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbRl4huZCu6yKIP0FIrA1-A

THE EMEUNET LINKEDIN PAGE

Connect with us at https://www.linkedin.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbRl4huZCu6yKIP0FIrA1-A

https://www.linkedin.com/


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Felice is currently a Marie

Curie Research Fellow at

the Department of

Rheumatology of Queen

Mary University of London,

where he is working on a

research project aiming at

assessing the involvement

of mast cells in the

pathogenesis of RA,

specifically studying the

presence of mast cells in

the synovia of RA patients

as a marker of disease

severity, progression and

response to therapy. He is

a Clinical Immunologist

since 2014 and also works

as Honorary Clinical Fellow

at the Department of

Rheumatology of Barts

Hearlth NHS Trust. Felice

is also a member of

EMEUNET Education

Subgroup..

VISIBILITY

Leader: Felice Rivellese, MD PhD

The visibility Subgroup’s tasks mainly comprise the setting up of the

EMEUNET corner at the EULAR annual meeting and the organization of

social events for EMEUNET members at EULAR and ACR annual

meetings. The EMEUNET corner is the ‘headquarter’ for EMEUNET

members at the EULAR meetings, where they can meet, get informed

and discuss. EMEUNET social events are organized in every city where

EULAR/ACR meetings take place. Finally, this year we are contacting

past EMEUNET chairs to organize a committee of experts to advise us

on current and future activities.

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VISIBILITY SUBGROUP

Katja

Lakota

Anne

Troldborg


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ACTIVITIES

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VISIBILITY SUBGROUP

THE EMEUNET BOOTH AT EULAR 2016 CONGRESS

THE EMEUNET NETWORKING EVENT AT EULAR 2016 CONGRESS

THE EMEUNET NETWORKING EVENT AT ACR 2016 CONGRESS

2015

2014, Paris, Boat tour 2015, Rome, Bike tour

2015, San Francisco2014, Boston

2014


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Alessia works as

consultant rheumatologist

and PhD candidate at the

Rheumatology Unit, Dept.

of Medicine, University of

Perugia, Italy. Her

research interest focuses

on the pathogenic role of

T and B lymphocytes and

autoantibodies in primary

Sjögren’s syndrome, and

rheumatoid arthritis.

Alessia is a member of

the EULAR Study Group

on Sjögren’s syndrome

and one of the founders

of the Italian Research

Group on Sjögren’s

syndrome (GRISS). She

recently joined the social

media advisory board of

Annals of Rheumatic

Diseases.

NEWSLETTER

Leader: Alessia Alunno, MD

The EMEUNET Newsletter ‘EMEUNEWS’ is aimed at spreading any

information considered useful to young rheumatologists/researchers of

the EMEUNET community. Together with EMEUNET´s Social Media,

EMEUNEWS can be considered the “voice” of EMEUNET. EMEUNEWS

is released monthly with 11 issues per year. Newsletters promote

EMEUNET’s visibility, by introducing working group members (August

issue) and country liaisons (March issue) as well as by showing the

different activities of the Subgroups (February issue). They also report

about Do-Not-Miss Abstracts (May and October issues) and Abstract

Highlights (July and December issues) of EULAR and ACR and provide

press reviews to highlight most recent rheumatology literature (January,

April and September issues). All EMEUNEWS issues also include

general information about EMEUNET, upcoming events, abstract

deadlines, fellowships, courses, grants, etc. Recently, a new format of

EMEUNEWS, the EMEUNET one year in review, has been started to

provide an overview of EMEUNET achievements and growth over the

past year (June issue).

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NEWSLETTER SUBGROUP

Mike

Becker

Francesco

CarubbiRichard

Conway

Christian

Dejaco

Barbara

Ruaro

Joanna

ZalewskaAntonis

Fanouriakis

Fatih

Keleşoğlu


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ACTIVITIES

Latest Newsletters (to read the full issues login or register at emeunet.eular.org)

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NEWSLETTER SUBGROUP

EULAR 2016 DO NOT MISS

(May 2016)

EULAR 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

(July 2016)

EMEUNET WORKING

GROUP (August 2016)

PRESS REVIEW

(September 2016)

ACR 2016 DO NOT MISS

(October 2016)

ACR 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

(December 2016)

PRESS REVIEW

(January 2017)

EMEUNET ONE YEAR IN

REVIEW (July-Aug 2016)

http://emeunet.eular.org/index.cfm


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Alexandre works as

rheumatologist at the

Hospital Egas Moniz,

Lisbon, Portugal and a

PhD applicant at the

Rheumatology Dept.,

Leiden University Medical

Center, The Netherlands.

His research activity is

mainly focused on

spondyloarthritis and

epidemiology.

PEER MENTORING

Leader: Alexandre Sepriano, MD

The aim of the Peer-Mentoring subgroup is to help young

rheumatologists to have more access and information to interact with

mentors and leading clinicians/researchers in the field of Rheumatology.

In addition we encourage the exchange of ideas between peers and

provide an opportunity to interact with rheumatologists with similar

research interests. Ongoing projects are the following:

-Collaboration with Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (ARD): to train

EMEUNET members as reviewers for the journal under the supervision

of senior reviewers.

- Mentor-mentee meetings at international conferences (e.g. ACR and

EULAR): informal meetings between EMEUNET members and experts in

the field of rheumatology to discuss possible career plans, research

options, training etc.

- EULAR centres of excellence glossary: to promote research

collaborations between EMEUNET members and research institutes in

Europe (full database online only for EMEUNET members:

http://emeunet.eular.org/centres_excellence.cfm).

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PEER MENTORING SUBGROUP

Ida

Haugen

Yesim

OzgulerJan

Leipe

Katrin

Thorarinsdottir

Polina

Putrik

Javier Rodriguez

Carrio

Joanna

Zalewska


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ACTIVITIES

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THE MENTOR-MENTEE MEETINGS AT EULAR 2016

THE MENTOR-MENTEE MEETINGS AT ACR 2016


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EMEUNET Peer Review Mentoring for Rheumatology Journals

Due to the relevance of the peer review system in the scientific career, EMEUNET

started in 2012 a collaboration with the leading journal in rheumatology, the

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, aimed to improve the peer review skills of

your rheumatologists and researchers. Since then, this innovative program has

been received with enormous attention by all the EMEUNET community and it

has been continuously growing. Recently, we developed an online survey to

further improve this program.

For more information you can visit: http://emeunet.eular.org/peer_mentoring.cfm

The EMEUNET Peer Mentoring subgroup is actively working on finishing the last

steps before launching the next edition. This new edition will bring important

novel aspects, new top-level mentors and a broader selection of research

topics, as well as a higher number of places available.

The call for the next edition will be launched in the coming weeks, and it will

be announced in the EMEUNET Social Media, website and by e-mail.

Ready to become an independent reviewer? Pay attention to our social

media and do not miss the opportunity to apply!!

http://emeunet.eular.org/peer_mentoring.cfm


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Christophe is currently

Professor of Rheumatology

at Bordeaux Hospital

affiliated with University of

Bordeaux. He completed his

PhD in immunology in 2009.

He has got international

experience as research

scholar in Boston University.

His main clinical interests

are lupus and rheumatoid

arthritis. His research

focuses on the involvement

of innate immunity in

various inflammatory

diseases

GLOBAL AFFAIRS

Co-leaders: Christophe Richez, MD PhD; Marie Kostine,

MD

The new objectives of the Global Affairs subgroup are:

To interact with Young PARE, a subgroup of PARE (People with

Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe) aiming to communicate the specific

needs of young people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases;

To develop interactions between other Young Specialists

Organisations for improving the management of our patients and

gathering our strengths for a better translational research on diseases

shared by our specialties.

We met during the last EULAR congress few representatives of young

PARE and decided to develop strong interactions in the next future,

especially in social media and eHealth fields.

We also met, during a dedicated meeting organised by EULAR, the

chairs of Y-ECCO (Young-European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation),

young PRES (Paediatric Rheumatology European Society), and the

Young Nephrologists’ Platform.

During this one-and-a-half-hour meeting, we exchanged information

about our different organisations, the content of our working groups, our

interaction with our mentors, and how we could work together in the

future. We believe that we could extend our interests, collaboration and

programmes far beyond. We are currently preparing a survey to know

how young clinicians see multi/transdisciplinarity.

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GLOBAL AFFAIRS SUBGROUP

Marie is a clinical fellow in

Rheumatology at Bordeaux

Hospital in France.

Currently she is working as

a PhD candidate at the

Leiden University Medical

Center, Netherlands, on

immune infiltrate in bone

and soft-tissue tumours. Her

main interest area focuses

on onco-rheumatology Aurélie

Najm

John

Pauling


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ACTIVITIES

Networking with Young PARE and other Young Specialist European Societies

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UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AT A GLANCE

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MARCH 2017

EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

MARCH 2017

37th European Workshop for Rheumatology

o When and Where: 2-4 March 2017, Athens, Greece

o Website: http://ewrr.org/index.html

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology - Basic course

o When and Where: 2-4 March 2017, Rome, Italy

o Website:

http://www.eular.org/myUploadData/files/Programma%20SIR%20US_Roma-1-

FINALE.pdf

Intensive Course in Applied Epidemiology

o When and Where: 6-10 March 2017, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

o Website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/epidemiology/icae-aberdeen-

course-158.php

4th International Congress on Controversies in Rheumatology and

Autoimmunity

o When and Where: 9-11 March 2017, Bologna, Italy

o Website: http://cora2017.kenes.com

5th Workshop on Ultrasound in Large Vessel Vasculitis and Polymyalgia

Rheumatica

o When and Where: 17-19 March 2017, Kristiansand, Norway

o Website:

http://www.efsumb.org/euroson-sch/es-kristiansand2017-programme.pdf

WCO-IOF-ESCEO Florence 2017 - World Congress on Osteoporosis,

Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases

o When and Where: 23-26 March 2017, Florence, Italy

o Website: http://www.wco-iof-esceo.org

12th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (LUPUS

2017) & the 7th Asian Congress on Autoimmunity (ACA 2017)

o When and Where: 26-29 March 2017, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia

o Website: http://lupus2017.org/

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http://www.efsumb.org/euroson-sch/es-kristiansand2017-programme.pdf

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THE EULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY COURSE

This year’s course will cover the topic of outcome measures, from how to develop and validate them to their

measurement properties.

WHERE AND WHEN? Berlin, 30 June & 1 July 2017 (2 day-course)

FOR WHOM? This 2-day course is aimed at young rheumatologists/HPR/researchers with at least some previous

experience in epidemiology/outcomes research/clinical trials/statistics.

WHY? The main goal of the course is to increase the interest, knowledge and skills of young researchers

n epidemiology and outcome measures and to stimulate critical thinking in the design and reading of research studies.

Furthermore, the course will also allow young researchers to get together, which will facilitate future collaborations; as

well as interact with the prestigious speakers.

HOW MUCH? This EULAR Course costs 425 euros (with 1 night accommodation) or 500 Euros (with 2 nights

accommodation); this includes the courses, all meals and hotel (so additionally you only have to pay the travel costs).

You may also ask for a EULAR bursary which will cover the Course costs (or ask for pharma company support if you

wish).

HOW TO PARTICIPATE? The number of participants is limited to 45 and this is a competitive application process!

Applicants will be selected based on their curriculum vitae/application form.

For more information, please refer to:

EULAR website: http://www.eular.org/edu_course_epidemiology.cfm

Course flyer/programme: http://www.eular.org/myUploadData/files/Epid_Course_Flyer_2017.pdf

You can find some additional information on previous courses with feedback from participants:

http://emeunet.eular.org/epi_course_2012.cfm

http://emeunet.eular.org/new_epi_course_2013.cfm

Applications are now open! The application deadline is 30th March 2017

but the sooner you sign up, the better.

Bursary applications can be made through: http://www.eular.org/bursary_app_epidemiology.cfm

The epidemiology course application form should be sent to:

Mrs Gaëlle Notzli, c/o MCI Suisse SA

Phone: +41 22 33 99 628

Fax: +41 22 33 99 601

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.eular.org/edu_course_epidemiology.cfm

http://www.eular.org/myUploadData/files/Epid_Course_Flyer_2017.pdf

http://emeunet.eular.org/epi_course_2012.cfm

http://emeunet.eular.org/new_epi_course_2013.cfm

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THE EULAR ULTRASOUND COURSES

The aim of this annual multi-level course is to cover the whole spectrum of conditions in which

musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) could be used in rheumatology practice and research.

The advanced course (for up to 50 participants with considerable experience in MSUS) focuses on difficult

issues within MSUS and emerging research fields in MSUS (contrast enhanced, 3D, quantification of

inflammation). This includes time for discussion with expert rheumatologists and radiologists in MSUS.

The intermediate course (for up to 50 participants with some experience in MSUS) aims at consolidating

standardised MSUS scanning methods according to EULAR guidelines, as well as describing and

identifying musculoskeletal lesions/abnormalities by US and knowing the role of MSUS in different

musculoskeletal pathologies (inflammatory, degenerative and/or traumatic). The standardised approach in

the study of the various anatomic regions as well as the future development of US technique and its role as

a research tool is discussed.

NEW: The EULAR-PReS paediatric musculoskeletal ultrasound course, is a combination of lectures

and workshops on the principal applications of musculoskeletal ultrasound in children, ultrasound scanning

of paediatric joints and basic ultrasound abnormalities in children with rheumatic diseases. The course is

recommended to rheumatologists or paediatricians with special interest in paediatric musculoskeletal

ultrasound.

The 24th EULAR Ultrasound Courses will take place on 11-13 June 2017,

The PRes US course will take place on 12-14 June 2017

All courses in Madrid, Spain

Applications are now open! EULAR grants 20 bursaries to young rheumatologists

attending the intermediate, advanced level courses or the paediatrics US course

to cover part of the attendance fee

For additional information and to apply: http://www.eular.org/edu_course_ultrasound.cfm

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For more information and to register visit: http://www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk/events/ame2017

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EULAR-ENDORSED COURSE ON

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

This course on SLE takes place once every 2 years and is aimed at young rheumatologists under

40 years of age and fosters international collaboration among experts. The attendees learn about

the major clinical, pathogenetic and therapeutic aspects of SLE.

Much time is devoted to the clinical discussion of personal experience in the management of SLE

patients, and participants are encouraged to discuss difficult clinical cases followed at their units.

The sessions also include practical exercises and case discussions to improve the clinical skills of

the attendees.

The 8th EULAR Imaging Course will take place on 21-26 May 2017 in Pisa, Italy.

EULAR grants up to 10 bursaries of 1000EUR each to cover part

of the registration fee to young rheumatologists

Application deadline is 16th March 2017

Official website: http://ecm.clinexprheumatol.org/en/corso.asp?IDC=57

For more information and to apply: http://www.eular.org/edu_course_sle.cfm

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SHARE YOUR IDEAS!

Over the years EMEUNET has developed several projects covering different topics and areas of

interest. However, we appreciate any suggestions and welcome new ideas to expand on what we

currently offer to EMEUNET members.

Make your voice be heard and share with us your ideas!

It is easy, just write down some lines to summarize your proposal and send it either via email at

[email protected] or through our website (http://emeunet.eular.org/contact_us.cfm). Don’t forget

to provide your contacts so we can come back to you for additional details!

We look forward to hearing from you!!!

http://ecm.clinexprheumatol.org/en/corso.asp?IDC=57

http://www.eular.org/edu_course_sle.cfm

mailto:[email protected]

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