Douglas Veale MB, MD

Douglas J. Veale is Director of Translational Research of the DAMC, Professor of Medicine and Consultant Rheumatologist at St Vincent¿s University Hospital and a Principal Investigator at The Conway Institute for Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, University College Dublin (UCD). He is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (1997) and the Royal College, London (1999). Professor Veale graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1984 and obtained his MD by thesis from UCD in 1992.

Professor Veale has established an international reputation in translational research in the areas of angiogenesis, early arthritis, biopharmaceutical therapy, biomarkers and scleroderma. He has established an excellent research team including senior scientists, post-doctoral scientists, clinical research fellows and Ph.D. students funded by peer-reviewed grants from The American Federation for Ageing Research, the European Union FP6 programme and Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), The Health Research Board of Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions and a several of industry partnership programmes.

The Translational Research programme integrates immunology research across groups - colorectal, endocrine, hepatic and rheumatology in the ERC, the Conway Institute, UCD and TCD. Our primary clinical focus is on inflammatory arthritis and scientifically on hypoxia, angiogenesis and inflammation. In 2012, Professor Veale was elected to the Editorial Board of Annals of Rheumatic Disease (Impact Factor 9.111) and Rheumatology, and the EULAR Scientific Committee. He is a section chair and leads an abstract selection committee for the American College of Rheumatology.