About OMERACT: OMERACT stands for Outcome Measures in Rheumatology. It is an informal international network of working groups and gatherings interested in outcome measurement across the spectrum of rheumatology intervention studies.

OMERACT has expanded its leadership to a 14 member Executive Committee with members from three continents.

The Patient Liaison Group co-ordinates the participation of patients in the OMERACT Working Groups. OMERACT highly encourages the input of patient perspectives into all research groups.

OMERACT holds Consensus Conferences every 2 years in various parts of the world. OMERACT 11 will be held at Pinehurst in North Carolina from 13 - 18 May 2012!!

We are pleased to announce that EULAR will once again be supporting OMERACT Fellows by means of a Fellows Bursary. The OMERACT 11 EULAR bursary deadline is March 15th the abstract should be no longer than 500 words, work described in the abstract should be related to outcome measures. Please visit the EULAR website for more information on how to apply for the fellows bursaries.

OMERACT publishes the proceedings from each conference in the Journal of Rheumatology. Over 200 articles have been published incorporating the OMERACT Filter. A full list of publications can be found here.