Partnerships

We bring together a strong and internationally competitive consortium of partners with expertise in experimental medicine and related methodological support. This enables us to establish a robust platform for the delivery of “first-in-child” studies directed at novel therapeutic targets.

EATC4Children has multiple partnerships, including charities, industry, NHS trusts and philanthropic. These collaborations aim to maximise the impact of our research across the “life course” of our disease priority areas.

A “life course” approach to health aims to ensure people's well-being at all ages by addressing people's needs, ensuring access to health services, and safeguarding the human right to health throughout their life time.

Charity partners

• Versus Arthritis
• Lupus UK
• FAIR (Funding Autoimmune Research)
• Kidney Research UK
• Scleroderma and Raynaud’s UK
• Behçet’s UK
• Behçet’s Syndrome Society
• Alder Hey Children’s Charity
• Alder Hey Children’s Kidney Fund
• CRMO Foundation
• RAIISE

Philanthropic Partners

• Parry Family Charitable Foundation
• Hynd Family.

Industry

• See our Industry section for more information
• Novartis
• Pfizer
• Merck

NHS

• Multiple paediatric rheumatology and associated specialities across the UK.

Other

• UK Paediatric Rheumatology Clinical Studies Group
• Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) and its Scientific Working Parties
• European League Against Rheumatic Diseases (EULAR) and its Paediatric Committee
• European Network of Childhood Associates (ENCA)

National academic partners

• MRC CLUSTER Consortium
• NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre and Paediatric Excellence Initiative
• NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR UK Musculoskeletal Translational Research Collaboration (MSK TRC)
• BILAG Group and MRC MASTERPLAN Consortium
• Wellcome Sanger Institute
• The Francis Crick Institute

International academic partners

Our current active international partners with whom we have ongoing studies / collaborations include:

• European - Lyon, Utrecht, Genoa, Dresden, Würzburg, Berlin, Barcelona
• North American – Harvard, Pittsburgh, NIH, Iowa, Toronto
• Rest of World – Shanghai, Wuhan, Cape Town.