Global Myositis Network

Please click on the link below to view the first edition of the MYONET newsletter (January 2024). This will be updated on an annual basis to keep members informed of developments with both the collaboration and the registry. It will be circulated via email to all members and published on the website. Newsletter...

Dr Karin Lodin from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden has recently been published in ‘Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism’. The article was entitled ‘Patient global assessment and inflammatory markers in patients with Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies - A longitudinal study’ and was based on data from the MYONET registry. For further information please see the publication details and click on the link below. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049017224000209 Lodin K, Espinosa-Ortega F, Dastmalchi M, Vencovsky J, Andersson H, Chinoy H, Lilleker JB, Shinjo SK, Maurer B, Griger Z, Ceribelli A, Torres-Ruiz J, Vasquez-Del Mercado M, Leonard D, Alexanderson H, Lundberg IE; MyoNet Registry Study Group. Patient global assessment and inflammatory markers in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies - A longitudinal study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 Jan 14;65:152379. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152379. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38241913....

      In partnership with GCOM24, Myositis UK is offering 3 ‘speed funding awards’ of $15,000 USD (or equivalent sum in other currency) each, to 3 young researchers working in the field of myositis (clinical, basic, or translational) The funding call is open for all young researchers (clinical or non-clinical) who are involved in myositis networks or research communities. The deadline will be 5th January 2024, at 5pm US East coast time. Please see link below with further details on this opportunity for funding. GCOM Speed Funding Application Form   This funding mechanism represents a wonderful opportunity for our younger, earlier-stage investigators to jump start a myositis research program.   Applicants should use only office@imyos.org as the contact email ....