The Sylvia Lawry Centre is an international multiple-sclerosis research centre. It was established in February 2001 to support research into the causes of multiple sclerosis and to accelerate the development of effective therapies, by using innovative statistical methods and state-of-the art computer technology combined with medical expertise.
| Sept. 1999 |  |
Idea: Ian McDonald, Henry McFarland, John Noseworthy |
| April 2000 | Submission of full proposals | |
| Nov. 2000 | Decision following hearing of 21 experts in Washington, DC. | |
| Feb. 2001 | Contract: IMSE (Albrecht Neiß) and Trium Analysis Online (Dr. Martin Daumer, Michael Scholz) are responsible for developing and operating the Centre at the Technical University of Munich | |
| Feb. 2002 | Launch of SLCMSR Internet portal | |
| Mar. 2002 | Collection of the first data sets | |
| Aug. 2002 | Conference Call with members of the MRI Working Group: 9 experts from the USA, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland discussed the first results of the Sylvia Lawry Centre and interacted in real time with the aid of tools developed by Trium Analysis Online. | |
| Sept. 2002 | Presentation at ECTRIMS in Baltimore | |
| Nov. 2002 | 42 data sets acquired (14.000 patients, 55.000 patient years) with the participation of all important pharmaceutical companies and all relevant academic research groups | |
| Nov. 2002 | Solution for storage and retrieval of MRI data | |
| Jan. 2003 | Publication in Lancet: "Competing interests in multiple sclerosis research" | |
| Sept. 2003 | Presentation at ECTRIMS in Milano | |
| Sept. 2003 | Presentations at "Gateway to Progress", International MS-Conference in Berlin. Public presentation of the project "Individual Risk Profile". Several press releases. | |
| Sept. 2003 | 44 data sets acquired (19.500 patients, 75.000 patient years) with the participation of all important pharmaceutical companies and all relevant academic research groups |
| Team |