PhD confirmation Vera Golder (8 February), "Determinants of outcomes in SLE: addressing the modifiable factors"

All staff and students are invited to attend Vera Golder's PhD Confirmation on 8 February at 1pm in the Medicine Seminar Room, Block E, MMC.

Synopsis:  Outcomes in SLE, whether measured as morbidity, mortality or patient reported burdens of disease, are a result of a complex interplay between genetic, biologic, socioeconomic and health system variables. Of these, biologic variables, such as cytokines and molecular treatment targets, as well as health system variables, such as health care quality, are potentially amenable to change. In my PhD I will explore a new way to define treatment response for clinical trials and assess the impact of quality of care on patient outcomes, as two potentially modifiable factors in SLE.

Main supervisors: Dr Alberta Hoi

Associate supervisors: Prof Eric Morand, Dr Mandana Nikpour, A.Prof Russell Buchanan 

Panel chair: Prof Michael Hickey

Independent supervisors: Prof Geoffrey Littlejohn and Dr Sarah Jones

ALL WELCOME