Department

Rheumatology

The research department Rheumatology consists of following research lines: Arthritis, Reproductive Rheumatology and Research lab ‘Immunology and inflammatory arthritis.’

About our department

Principal Investigators

Arthritis
Prof. Mieke Hazes, MD PhD

(Early) Rheumatoid Arthritis
Prof. Annette van der Helm-van Mil, MD PhD

Treatment strategies in Arthritis
Pascal de Jong, MD PhD
Annelieke Pasma, PhD

Psoriatic Arthritis
Marijn Vis, MD PhD

Value based Healthcare
Prof. Angelique Weel, MD PhD

Reproductive Rheumatology
Radboud Dolhain, MD PhD

Research lab ‘Immunology and inflammatory arthritis’
Erik Lubberts, PhD

Research lines

Arthritis

This research line focusses on different rheumatic diseases, such as Clinically Suspected Arthralgia (CSA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)

Reproductive Rheumatology

This research line focusses on the impact of rheumatic diseases on fertility, pregnancy outcome and the development of children born to parents with a rheumatic disease.

Research lab ‘Immunology and inflammatory arthritis’

The research lab is focused on early diagnosis of RA and to understand the molecular immunological mechanism(s) driving persistent arthritis. The Rheumatology Research laboratory is integrated into the department of Immunology

Projects

Biological Registry

The Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMID) Registry is a collaboration between the departments of Rheumatology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Immunology and the Hospital Pharmacy. The registry is set up as a value-based healthcare initiative for patients with IMIDs, but we also monitor side-effects in an uniform way. The IMID Registry is a healthcare research project, which means that the outcomes of the study are directly implemented into daily practice, and not primarily meant to answer a scientific research question.