Priority Areas and Research Projects

Our research projects focus on the main challenges in rheumatology. The goal: to improve diagnosis, treatments, and patients’ quality of life.

Inflammatory Diseases
Understanding the causes of rheumatoid arthritis

Prof. Axel Finckh

Inflammatory Diseases
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Underlying Mechanisms

Dr. Matthias Jarlborg

Systemic sclerosis
Improving Participation of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in Clinical Studies

Prof. Michele Iudici

Back Pain
Neck pain, low back pain, sciatica

Prof. Stéphane Genevay

Inflammatory Diseases
The mechanisms of inflammation

Prof. Gaby Palmer

Microcrystalline Arthropathies
Gout and Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (CPPD)

Dr. Kim Lauper
Prof. Delphine Courvoisier

Rare Autoinflammatory Diseases
Still’s disease, macrophage activation syndrome, …

Prof. Cem Gabay