Research is an objective of the Myositis Support Group and through fundraising and donations we are able to help. Over the years we have helped fund several research projects and assisted in others.

These have included treatment/therapy trials, specific scientific equipment, collaborative group meetings, and salaries to Myositis investigators. Where we have funded or part-funded a salary the person has held the post in memory of Dr Christine Saunders.

Myositis research is being undertaken across the United Kingdom, Europe and America with much excitement and enthusiasm. The rareness of the diseases makes qualitative research at a single centre and even in a single country difficult. It is through global collaborations and international working groups that promising research is being performed. The Myositis Support Group keenly supports and promotes this work.

The cost of large scale research currently exceeds our funding capacity but the charity would embrace the opportunity to do so. However, the money we raise is spent with the philosophy to fund pilot projects to tempt larger organisations to carry forward the work. This approach has been fruitful on several occasions.

Research supported by the Myositis Support Group has been helped by legacies but we would not have been able to sustain our financial help to this work without continuous donations and fundraising. To date we have raised over £500,000 and it is thanks to our supporters that we can look forward to assisting more doctors with their research into Myositis.

Doctors & Researchers Helped by the Myositis Support Group

• Professor David Scott, Dr Yuen-Li Chung, & Dr Nicolo Pipitone - King’s College London For further information visit Medical Papers in Information. » More
• Dr Robert Cooper, Dr Hector Chinoy, & Specialist Nurse Cath Edge - Hope Hospital & Manchester University » More
• Professor David Isenberg & Dr Shabina Sultan - University College London » More
• Dr Neil McHugh & Dr Zoe Betteridge - University of Bath » More
• Dr Michael Rose - King’s College London » More
• Dr Lucy Wedderburn & Dr Clarrissa Pilkington - Institute of Child Health, University College London » More
• Dr Ernst Choy - King’s College London » More
• Professor Jo Edwards & Dr Geraldine Cambridge - University College London » More
• Dr Olivier Harari - Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London » More
• Dr Haluk Topologu - Hammersmith Hospital London » More
• Dr Michael Kunaver - Hammersmith Hospital London » More
• Dr Caroline Sewrey - Hammersmith Hospital London » More
• Dr Winer & Ms Walsh - University of Birmingham » More

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