🌍✨ Raquel Marques, Chair of the Local Organizing Committee for GCOM 2026, is excited to welcome the global myositis community to Lisbon! Join us for the 6th Global Conference on Myositis.
Early-bird registration open until 7 Jan 2026. 🇵🇹💙
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#Myositis #GCOM #iMyoS
Giulia Quiring, 3rd-year PhD student at the University of Strasbourg, is attending for the first time.🚀
Her research focuses on anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM).✨
Meet her at GCOM26 in Lisbon!
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#GCOM2026 #Myositis #iMyoS #RareDisease
🎥 Meet Ingrid de Groot 🇳🇱
From The Netherlands, Ingrid has lived with myositis for 20 years. A dedicated myositis patient research partner, she believes patients, researchers & clinicians together can drive faster diagnosis & better treatments.
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#GCOM2026 #Myositis #RareDisease
📣 Meet Prof. Marianne de Visser, an adult neurologist from the Netherlands. A leading NMD expert. She led the AMC Amsterdam neuromuscular group, built a renowned #myositis center & remains active as professor emeritus supporting research, mentorship & the patient perspective.
🔗 gcom.imyos.org
#GCOM
🌍 Excited for GCOM next month!
Dr. Marie Hudson (McGill University, Montreal) looks forward to learning more about muscle ultrasound in myositis and moderating a workshop on epidemiology and classification.
Join the global myositis community in Lisbon
👉 gcom.imyos.org
#GCOM26 #Myositis #RareDisease
Choon Guan Chua, Consultant Rheumatologist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore, will be coming to the GCOM 2026!
He is connecting with the global myositis community— to exchange research findings & ideas and explore multi-omic approaches.
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#GCOM26 #Myositis #IIM #iMyoS
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Today is Rare Disease Awareness Day!
🤝At #EULAR, we stand with everyone living with rare rheumatic diseases — conditions that are often overlooked, underdiagnosed, and misunderstood.
Together, let’s raise awareness to promote earlier diagnosis and better access to care.
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🌍 Our 2026 #WORDDay2026 webinar brings the theme: “Children Are Not Small Adults: Why Young People Need Dedicated Paediatric Rheumatology Care”.
We are pleased to have Caroline Kirsten from EULAR Young PARE as one of our speakers. Join us 👉https://pulse.ly/3npd35i5ur
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📢 EULAR is soon to launch the #EULARGlobalEquityFund, a new global initiative dedicated to reducing inequities in rheumatology care, education, and research worldwide.
📅 Call opens from 6 March 2026 to 10 April 2026
Stay tuned and get ready to apply 👉 https://pulse.ly/ptxyfusrx5
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📣 CLINICAL CASES WORKSHOPS
We are pleased to invite submissions for the Clinical Cases Workshop, an innovative educational activity of the Global Conference on Myositis (GCOM) 2026.
🚨Deadline: 13. February 2026
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#GCOM #iMyoS #Lisbon #Myositis
🤝 On #WorldCancerDay, our hearts go out to everyone affected by cancer.
Did you know that people living with RA may have a slightly higher risk of certain cancers?
Awareness, regular screenings, and effective RA management are key toward prevention. Let’s take it together!
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Prof. Ingrid Lundberg from the Karolinska Institute was the chair of the first GCOM held in Stockholm, Sweden in 2015.
She tells us why the GCOM is a great meeting for anyone who is working in the area of inflammatory myopathies (myositis).
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#myositis #gcom #imyos #Lisbon2026
Helene Alexanderson is an Associate Prof. of Physiotherapy at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm & a global leader in exercise research for myositis. Through pioneering research, she has helped establish exercise as a safe, evidence-based way to improve health & quality of life. 💪
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Meet Quentin Toumazeau, a 1st-year PhD student exploring molecular mechanisms behind exercise-& myositis-related muscle damage. Combining sports science & molecular biology, he works at the intersection of medicine & care & looks forward to connecting with the myositis GCOM community.
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Olga Drápalová is Chair of the Czech Myositis Working Group & brings lived experience as a myositis patient.💪
At the 6th GCOM in Lisbon, she is excited to see patient voices represented, shaping discussions & driving impact at the heart of progress.
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#myositis #gcom #imyos #patients
We’re excited to spotlight Daniel C. Andersson, Associate Prof. of Physiology at Karolinska Institute.He is also a consultant cardiologist & part of the multidisciplinary myositis care team & looks forward to contributing to global discussions at GCOM26.
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#GCOM2026 #Myositis #iMyoS
We’re excited to introduce Dr. Fulden Sari, Assistant Professor at Bingöl University, Turkey, and Postdoctoral Researcher at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. She is heading to GCOM 2026 in Lisbon to connect with experts & foster new collaborations in myositis research.
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#Myositis #GCOM
Karen Cheng lives an extraordinary & purposeful life, despite a diagnosis of myositis in 2006. She is deeply committed to the global myositis community & looks forward to GCOM 2026, to learn, share & advance care for people with this rare disease.
GCOM 2026:
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#GCOM26 #Myositis #iMyoS
Prof. Jens Schmidt, former chair of iMyoS, shares why he's eagerly anticipating the Global Conference on Myositis (GCOM).
Join us in Lisbon in March 2026, when the global myositis community comes together.
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#myositis #imyos #gcom
Prof. Olivier Boyer, Immunologist at Université de Rouen Normandie, France, tells us why the GCOM is the unique place to learn and network with people from all over the world who are involved in myositis.
Join the 6th GCOM and register now:
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#Myositis #iMyoS #GCOM #Lisbon2026
Anneli Dihkan is the Chair of the Myositis Working Group in Sweden.
She tells us, why it is so important for patients to attend the GCOM in Lisbon 23-26 March 2026.
Join the GCOM in Lisbon:
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#Myositis #iMyoS #GCOM
Eduardo Dourado, rheumatologist in Portugal, is looking forward to welcoming the global myositis community to a truly special event: the 6th Global Conference on Myositis!
Take this special opportunity and join us in Lisbon‼️
23-26 March 2026
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#Myositis #iMyoS #GCOM #Lisbon2026
Alain Meyer is a rheumatologist & researcher at the University of Strasbourg. A leading expert in myositis, passionately dedicated to advancing knowledge & improving care for patients with IIM.
He is very much looking forward to the GCOM. gcom.imyos.org
#Myositis #GCOM #iMyoS #Lisbon2026
Eleni Tiniakou is a rheumatologist & Associate Prof. of Medicine at UTHealth Houston & she co- leads the multidisciplinary program on IIM, with her colleague from Neurology, Suur Biliciler. She is looking forward to the insightful discussions & connections to be made at GCOM26
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#gcom
We’re excited to highlight Margherita Giannini, rheumatologist & researcher at the Univ. of Strasbourg! Together with her colleagues,she is advancing innovative research in myositis. Next March,she’ll join the GCOM to present new findings & connect with the global myositis community.
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Meet Lorenzo Cavagna, Rheumatologist at IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation of Pavia & Associate Prof. at the Univ. of Pavia! 🚀
He will share insights from the CLASS Project — Classification Criteria for Anti-Synthetase Syndrome — advancing research. Join us at GCOM26!
#Myositis #GCOM26 #iMyoS
