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Centre for Musculoskeletal Research awarded European centre of excellence status

21 Jul 2016

A University research centre recently been designated as a Centre of Excellence for the third time by European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)

The five year award recognises Manchester as one of the top research centres for rheumatology in Europe and was awarded as a result of the centre’s high quality publications, approximately 100 articles per year, with 35% in high impact journals.

EULAR’s aim for the Centres of Excellence is to develop a group of first-class research centres for active researchers, to enable exchange of fellows, research projects, and link with other centres across Europe.

The Centre for Musculoskeletal Research has over 130 members of staff, who sit across a number of different research groups, including:

  • Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology
  • Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics
  • Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group
  • NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (BRU)
  • Independent Researcher Programmes
  • Stratified Medicine Consortia including MATURA and MASTERPLANS

The vision of the centre is to be the largest, most comprehensive and most productive centre for musculoskeletal science in the UK by 2020, with research spanning from basic science, to experimental medicine, clinical trials, technology innovation and through to implementation and applied research.

Professor Anne Barton, Lead for the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, said:

“Having our Centre of Excellence designation renewed is a testament to researchers across the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research and the quality of our research and publications.

"The EULAR Centre of Excellence title is a quality stamp which will enable us to foster further rheumatology collaborations across Europe, continue to host Fellows from across the world to undertake research with us and apply for large research grants.”