New fund to support translational research into paediatric inflammatory diseases

A new fund has been set up to drive bench-to-bedside research for children with inflammatory immune diseases. The Ped IMID fund (Fonds Pediatrische Immuun-inflammatoire Aandoeningen) was set up by Prof Carine Wouters (Pediatric Rheumatology), Prof Patrick Matthys (Immunobiology) and Prof Adrian Liston (Autoimmune Genetics) to build on our strong research cooperation. More than merely "translational research", where basic science is pushed into the clinic, our group performs "dialog research", where we meet regularly to discuss the clinic and the science of the most difficult-to-treat patients. We use the clinic to inform the research and the research to inform the clinic, and have already had multiple break-throughs in understanding and treating children with rare inflammatory diseases. 

If you would like to support our research, and allow us to take on more cases, you can transfer a tax-deductable donation to IBAN-number BE45 7340 1941 7789, BIC-code: KREDBEBB with the label "voor EBD-FOPIIA-O2010".