17 February 2022
We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 BSR research funding call. Congratulations to our four successful applicants, now taking their first steps in research. You can read more about each of their projects below. The winners are:
- Friederike Baldeweg, specialty registrar in rheumatology at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust: Establishing complex care needs for adolescents and young people living with osteogenesis imperfecta in a specialist multidisciplinary team setting
- Natasha Cox, rheumatology academic clinical fellow at the Haywood Hospital: Exploring the role of digital patient-reported outcome measures in the routine care of patients with inflammatory arthritis
- Stephanie R Harrison, rheumatology academic clinical fellow from the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Using genome-wide association studies to characterise the phenotype of axial psoriatic arthritis
- Kate Smith, research sonographer from the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Chapel Allerton Hospital: To evaluate the perceptions and experiences of sonographers being taught the 'halo' and 'compression' ultrasound techniques for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis
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The winners' applications aligned with priority areas for research in 2021:
- BSR data such as registers, audit, and paediatric and adolescent rheumatology
- A focus on health services research
- Chronic pain (including fibromyalgia) and rare diseases, including the impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology patients
We look forward to hearing more about Friederike, Natasha, Stephanie and Katie's research outputs over the coming year. Congratulations!