RACE... to a cure

Versus Arthritis-sponsored, we are a partnership between the universities of Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle and Oxford. Our aim is to understand the cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis and related inflammatory arthritis, and why some patients fail to respond to treatment.

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Research

Our approach to understanding rheumatoid arthritis

Training

Our project delivers both post-graduate and post-doctoral programmes

Community engagement

Community engagement is a critical aim of the project, with the main focus on patients and their families

UofG-led UK inflammatory arthritis research centre receives continued funding

News

Clinical Trials

RACE researchers lead and participate in several collaborative clinical trials, including:

BioFlare (BIOlogical Factors that Limit sustAined Remission in rhEumatoid arthritis) - BIO-FLARE | BIO-FLARE | Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)

TRAFIC (Targeting the Rheumatoid Arthritis synovial fibroblast via cyclin dependent kinase inhibition - an early phase trial) - Projects - Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre - Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)