Monday June 14th 2021, 18:00 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid time)
Kick-off event for the World Sjögren's Day on July 23rd about Fatigue
Live Webinar
Fatigue in Sjögren's
with Prof Wan-Fai Ng
Professor of Rheumatology, Newcastle University Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Deputy Director, NIHR Newcastle Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Academic Lead, NIHR Bioresource Centre in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS)
Member of the Medical Board of Sjögren Europe and Trustee of the British Sjögren's Syndrome Association
Dear Friends,
Sjögren Europe (SE) and The British Sjögren's Syndrome Association (BSSA) are very happy to announce and invite you to a live webinar about fatigue in Sjögren's.
Chronic fatigue is one of the most prevalent and debilitating symptoms in primary SS (pSS). Approximately 70% of pSS patients suffer from disabling fatigue, which is associated with reduced health-related quality of life. Fatigue in primary SS clearly differs from ordinary tiredness. We describe it as an ever-present, fluctuating, and nonrelievable lack of vitality being beyond one's own control. In this webinar, Prof. Fai Ng will review the instruments used for evaluating pSS-related fatigue, the current understanding of the underlying psychosocial and physiological mechanisms of fatigue in pSS and the therapeutic strategies that have been studied in the management of fatigue in pSS.
The webinar is the kick-off event of Sjögren Europe activities for the World Sjögren's Day on July 23rd. This year the topic is Fatigue and several events about this topic will be implemented from June 14th in order to celebrate this day. Stay tuned and check our social media channels and our websites for more information about this day or our associations www.sjogreneurope.org and www.bssa.uk.net.
Please check the appropriate time for your time zone:
17:00 BST (UK, Portugal)
18:00 CET (France, Spain, Switzerland)
19:00 EEST (Greece, Finland, Romania)
This webinar has been organized with the help of unrestricted grants from SERVIER, NOVARTIS and NORGINE.
Sjögren Europe strictly follows the EFPIA code.
Sjögren Europe and the content of the webinar are totally independent from these companies.
Wednesday May 26th 2021, 18:00 CET (Paris, Berlin, Madrid time)
Live Webinar
Why and how getting involved in Sjögren research?
with Maarten de Wit, Advisor for participation in research and integration of patient perspective in healthcare, Chair EULAR study group for Collaborative Research, the Netherlands
Dear Friends,
We are very happy to invite you to invite you to another Sjögren Europe webinar.
Please check the appropriate time for your time zone:
17:00 BST (UK, Portugal)
18:00 CET (France, Spain, Switzerland)
19:00 EEST (Greece, Finland, Romania)
If you would like to join, sign up to https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wVHB3nO1SZeI-ibvo3DUWw
Your team, Sjögren Europe Board
This webinar has been organized with the help of unrestricted grants from SERVIER and NORGINE.
Sjögren Europe strictly follows the EFPIA code.
Sjögren Europe and the content of the webinar are totally independent from these companies.
Wednesday March 3rd 2021, 19:00 CET
Vaccination Webinar
Prof Ori Elkayam, Head, Rheumatology Department, Tel Aviv medical centre, gave an overview of vaccination for patients with rheumatic diseases and an update on what is known so far about COVID 19 vaccines.
You can download the slides of the presentation here.
The aim of this webinar was to provide accurate, quality and up-to-date information to enhance understanding of this hot topic and help you make informed decisions.
Sjögren Europe doesn't tell you whether or not to be vaccinated - this decision is up to you with the personal advice of your medical doctor.
Your team, Sjögren Europe Board
This webinar has been organized with the help of unrestricted grants from SERVIER and NORGINE.
Sjögren Europe strictly follows the EFPIA code.
Sjögren Europe and the content of the webinar are totally independent from these companies.
"Sjögren's Now"
Our Webinar of November 3rd 2020 is now available on replay!
You can watch the webinar on replay just below or on our YouTube channel!
You can download the invitation and program pdf file here
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This webinar has been organized with the help of unrestricted grants from SERVIER and NORGINE. Sjögren Europe strictly follows the EFPIA code. Sjögren Europe and the content of the webinar are totally independent from these companies.
September, 13th 2020 General Assembly
The General Assembly was originally planned in Athens during our 1st patient conference. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the conference has been postponed and this Assembly was organized virtually with Zoom. The General Assembly is for Members to discuss the organization and its activities. This meeting was open to observers. You can find below the draft of the Minutes of this meeting.
July, 23rd 2020 World Sjögren's Day
Have a look at our campaign about the invisibility and the burden of Sjögren's on our specific webpage. Sjögren's is a multifaceted and polymorphous disease. It's a real burden. To live with Sjögren's is a journey: we all have our own path and have to walk it by ourselves; but we are not alone. Keep going, at your own pace. If you can, connect to yourself and connect to others in a meaningful way. We want to acknowledge the difficulties of the disease while having a constructive attitude.
"We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep"
William James
June, 14th 2019, EULAR congress Madrid
Read a summary of our presentation at EULAR:
Oral presentation - PARE abstract session 1
General Assembly
First General Assembly of Sjögren Europe with members representing Portugal, United Kingdom, Finland, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Spain and Greece. Some members of the Medical Board were also present, such as Prof. Chiara Baldini, Prof. Hendrika Bootsma, Prof. Wan-Fai Ng and Dr Juan Ovalles.
The president of the Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation, Steven Taylor, was keen to participate in this historical event, which we hope will be a milestone of a new era for Sjögren patients in Europe and worldwide.