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

Pr. Axel Finckh

Inflammatory Diseases
Rheumatoid arthritis: the mechanisms involved

Dr. Matthias Jarlborg

Systemic Diseases
Improve the participation of patients with systemic sclerosis in clinical studies

Pr. Michele Iudici

Back Pain
Neck pain, low back pain, sciatica

Pr. Stéphane Genevay

Inflammatory Diseases
The mechanisms of inflammation

Pr. Gaby Palmer

Microcrystalline Arthropathies
Gout and Chondrocalcinosis (CPPD)

Dr. Kim Lauper
Pr. Delphine Courvoisier

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

Pr. Cem Gabay