Myositis
Edited by Hector Chinoy and Robert G. Cooper
Author Information
Edited by Hector Chinoy, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK, and Robert G. Cooper, Professor of Medicine (Muscle & Rheumatology), MRC/ARUK Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, UK
Dr Hector Chinoy Dr Chinoy is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Rheumatology at the University of Manchester, UK, and an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital. He is on the editorial board for the European Medical Journal and Reumatologia, and is the principal investigator of the UK Medical Research Council funded prospective myositis cohort collection, MYOPROSP. His research interests include the genetic, epidemiological, and clinical aspects of adult myositis.
Professor Robert G Cooper Professor Cooper is the Chair of Medicine (Muscle and Rheumatology) in the MRC/Arthritis Research UK Institute for Ageing and Chronic Disease in the University of Liverpool, and an honorary Chair in the Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research in the University of Manchester. He has a long-standing research interest in the immunogenetic basis for myositis, and has worked on the development of myositis-specific antibodies.
Contributors:
Dr Christina Boros
UCL Institute of Child Health Infection, Immunology and Rhumatology, University College London, UK
Dr Stefen Brady
York Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Lisa Christopher-Stine
Myositis Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, USA
Prof Marianne de Visser
Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Netherlands
Dr David Hilton-Jones
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK
Dr Arash H Lahouti
Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Dr Janine A Lamb
Division of Population Health, University of Manchester, UK
Dr James Lilleker
Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Science, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Vidya Sadanand Limaye
Rheumatology Department, The Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia
Prof Ingrid E Lundberg
Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
Dr Pedro M Machado
MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, University College London, UK
Dr Andrew Mammen
Muscle Disease Unit, Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, USA
Dr He?man Mann
Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Charles University, Czech Republic
Prof Neil McHugh
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, UK
Dr Frederick W Miller
Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
Dr Jessica Nance
Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
Dr Kiran Nistala
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Dr Joanna E Parkes
Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR), Institute of Population Health, UK
Dr Nicolo Pipitone
Unit of Rheumatology, Hospital Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Italy
Dr Ranjit Ramdass
Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, UK
Dr Lisa G Rider
Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
Dr Mark Roberts
Greater Manchester Neurosciences Unit, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Simon Rothwell
Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Science, University of Manchester, UK
Prof Jens Schmidt
Neurological University Clinic, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
Dr Albert Selva-O'Callaghan
Rheumatology, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Spain
Dr Sarah Tansley
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, UK
Dr Anna Tjärnlund
Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
Dr Ernesto Trallero-Araguás
Rheumatology, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Spain
Prof Ji?í Vencovský
Department of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Charles University, Czech Republic
Prof Lucy Wedderburn
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
