Standing Committee on Epidemiology
and Health Services Research
The standing committee has a number of goals: first, contributing towards the epidemiological and health services research strength of the Annual Congress; second, training rheumatologists in member countries in epidemiological methods both for population and clinical based studies; and third, undertaking collaborative studies between countries both in developing methodologies for collaborative studies and in collecting data which can address key issues of concern.
Chair: Professor Alan Silman, Manchester, UK
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Contact for Annual Congress meeting
The secretary to the standing committee to whom all enquiries should be made about attendance and the timings of the meeting at the annual congress is Margarita Pileckyte, Kaunus, Lithuania. She may be contacted at pmargarita@one.lt