Biography
Athimalaipet V. Ramanan is a consultant paediatric rheumatologist at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK. He is the joint lead for research (Division of Women and Children) at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, and Professor of Paediatric Rheumatology at the University of Bristol.
Professor Ramanan is a medical advisor for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society and the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society. He is also Chair for the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network: Children/Versus Arthritis Paediatric Rheumatology Clinical Studies Group and Associate Director for the UK Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre for Children (JIA-Uveitis and Industry work streams).
He was awarded the Vice Chancellor's Health Impact award in 2017. He was awarded the British Society of Rheumatology’s Innovation in Clinical Practice Award in 2010. He is the RCP/NIHR CRN Consultant Award for outstanding contribution to research in 2018.
Professor Ramanan’s research interests focus on biologics for uveitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), juvenile dermatomyositis, genetic aspects of JIA, and macrophage activation syndrome, and has published more than 125 articles and numerous book chapters covering a variety of topics in the field of rheumatology. He is Associate Editor for the Archives of Diseases in Childhood, and he is a member of the editorial board of Paediatric Rheumatology. He is also the Associate Editor of Rheumatology.
Expertise in support of the EATC4Children
- Clinical Trials in JIA
- Clinical trials in Uveitis (including JIA-Uveitis)
- Trials using adaptive design in rare diseases
- Biomarkers for JIA and JIA – Uveitis
- Industry link for trials in Paediatric Rheumatology.
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