Biologics for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Professorvan Vollenhoven's research interests focus around the development andsystematic evaluation of biologic and immunomodulatory treatments for therheumatic diseases. With his co-workers, he has established the Stockholmregistry for biological therapies (the STURE database) for this purpose, whichhas supported research projects relating to clinical efficacy, pharmacology,outcomes, and pharmacoeconomics. He has been principal investigator in manyclinical trials of novel therapies in rheumatic diseases and has contributed toa number of important investigator-initiated trials including the SWEFOT trial.He has published over 240 original papers, book chapters and reviews, and isEditor of the textbook Targeted Treatment of the RheumaticDiseases and associate-editor of Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus.In 2004, Professor van Vollenhoven was awarded the Scandinavian Research FoundationPrize for excellence in clinical research in rheumatology, and he is anhonorary member of several rheumatology societies. He is the Editor-in-Chief ofLupus Science & Medicine, Chair of the EULAR Standing Committee on ClinicalAffairs, member of many editorial boards, past-chair of the SwedishRheumatology Society Professors' Council, co-founder of the IRBIS registry forbiologics in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the CERERRA registries collaboration,and the NORD-STAR collaboration for Nordic trials in the rheumatic diseases,and the initiator of the Treat-to-Target-in-SLE initiative. Professor vanVollenhoven lives just north of Stockholm with his wife and children aged 20and 16. Outside his professional life he is an avid classical pianist.