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Rheumatology 2008 47(Supplement 1):i1-i3; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem337
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Report on Arthritis Research Campaign sponsored meeting: Osteoarthritis Research Horizon Scanning—23/24 October 2006, University of Warwick

A. J. Silman

Arthritis Research Campaign, Chesterfield, UK.

Correspondence to: A. J. Silman, Arthritis Research Campaign, Chesterfield S417TD, UK. E-mail: a.silman@arc.org.uk

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   Summary
 
The UK Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) organized a meeting on 23/24 October 2006 with the aim of bringing together the leading UK clinical and basic scientists in osteoarthritis (OA) research. The principal goal was to identify key strategic research target areas that would stimulate an increase in competitive applications for research funding in these areas. In addition, the meeting aimed to identify constraints to research in OA and suggest solutions, with a particular focus on areas that ARC could lead on. Thus the meeting also focused on the technologies, infrastructure and skills needed to ensure a successful programme of research.

The major outcome of the meeting was the identification of a number of research priority areas suitable for applications to response mode funding. In addition, a number of key activities that would facilitate high-quality research were considered appropriate for ARC central organization.


   Workshop programme outline
 
The workshop was attended by 60 invited UK . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Subgroup tasks

   Priority OA research topics
 
Research fellowships

   Centralized ARC activities
 
Inventory of data sets and tissue collections
Working groups on standards in OA research

   Appendix 1
 

   OA Horizons Research Scanning Meeting
 
Priority topics for research

   Epidemiology and genetics
 

   Imaging and molecular markers (all biomarker research will need to utilize agreed phenotype definitions)
 

   Disease mechanisms and pathogenesis
 

   Novel therapies
 

   Conservative management
 

   Orthopaedic surgery
 

   Appendix 2
 

   OA Horizons Research Scanning Meeting
 
Priority topics for research fellowships

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