Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Edited by Caroline Gordon and David Isenberg
Author Information
Edited by Caroline Gordon, Professor of Rheumatology, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK, and David Isenberg, Diamond Jubilee Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, University College Hospital, London, UK
Caroline Gordon is a Professor in Rheumatology at the University of Birmingham and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. She set up the Birmingham lupus cohort and has also been involved in the development of the BILAG disease activity index and the SLICC/ACR damage index. In 2009 Professor Gordon was appointed advisory expert to the ESF Research Networking Programme: The Identification of Novel Genes and Biomarkers for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (BIOLUPUS).
David Isenberg is the Diamond Jubilee Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology at University College Hospital, London. He has been elected to Fellowships of both the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Sciences, and is Chair of the British Isles Assessment Group and formerly the Chair (1998-2003) of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics group (SLICC). Professor Isenberg is the 2010 recipient of the Evelyn Hess Prize from the Lupus Foundation of America for his contribution to lupus research and treatment, and he chairs the Research Committee for Lupus UK and Division 5 of north London's local clinical trials network.
Contributors:
Dr Graciela S. Alarcón- University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Dr Nicola Ambrose- University College London Hospitals, London
Dr. Sarah Doaty - University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Dr Bevra Hahn- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Yiannis Ioannou- University College London, London, UK
Dr Anthony Isaacs- University College Hospital, London, UK
April Jorge- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Il, USA
Dr Sam Lim- Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Dr Peter Lloyd- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Dr Maria Mouyis- Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex
Claire Louise Murphy- University College London Hospitals, London
Prof Anisur Rahman- University College London, London, UK
Prof Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Il, USA
Dr Ben Rhodes- King's College London, London, UK
Dr. Manuel Ugarte-Gil- Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru
