UoM - University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is the largest single-site university in the UK with around 38,000 students and more than 11,000 staff. The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health aims to deliver a truly translational approach to the life sciences, ensuring smooth research pathways - from pure discovery science through to clinical application and patient care. With a total annual income of over £300 million, and over 3,000 members of staff, the faculty is comparable in size to a medium-sized UK university.
Role within PerPrev-CID
The University of Manchester will contribute to work packages aimed at recruiting patients with rheumatoid arthritis to study (i) whether there are biomarkers of flare using home-based monitoring systems and frequent blood sampling and (ii) the effect of a nutritional intervention to improve outcomes. We lead a work package to identify biomarkers to predict the development of both rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease in subjects at-risk of disease using data and samples already collected by Consortium partners.
