BIRD

The Educational Committee (EduCom) of BIRD is dedicated to improving the clinical and scientific knowledge amongst IBD professionals (physicians, scientists, study coordinators, nurses and other paramedical professionals). The goal is to provide top class education in various formats... Numerous ECCO guidelines have BIRD members amongst their list of authors. This international representation allows for collaborations beyond our national borders as BIRD is currently participating in clinical trials with GETAID and Dutch IBD centers, with future collaborative efforts still to come... The IBD Research Group, as the BIRD group was originally called, was founded On March 7th, 1998 by Professor Paul Rutgeerts. The primary aim of the group was to stimulate research in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Other aims put forward were to increase the knowledge about the epidemiology and course of IBD, to develop protocols for clinical studies which could be performed in collaboration in Belgium,..

Also known as: BIRD Group, BIRD vzw

Primary location: Zaventem Belgium