Tunks, Alice https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7960-7870
Piper, Martha
Humfrey, Sean
Dalby, Ellie
Calderwood, Lucy
Naidu, Kaira
Taylor, Sydnae
Li, Rosia Xiaoke
Ahmed, Shihab
Diment, Wendy
Bosley, Michael
Van Emmenis, Miranda
Naughton, Felix
Norton, Sam
Cousins, Mandy
D’Cruz, David
Sloan, Melanie
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lupus Trust
LUPUS UK
Vasculitis UK
National Institute for Health Research
Article History
Received: 28 August 2025
Accepted: 3 November 2025
First Online: 15 December 2025
Declarations
:
: This research has not been presented as a congress abstract and no part of this work is copied or published elsewhere, whole or in part. MP and AT received funding from The Lupus Trust. ST received funding from The Lupus Trust, Lupus UK and Vasculitis UK. SH is a volunteer manager at the Wren Project. DD’C reports grants from MRC, NIHR, LUPUS UK, and The Lupus Trust; consultancy/speaker fees from GSK, Eli Lilly, and UCB; and a leadership role on the board of APS support UK. MS receives funding for her research programme from the NIHR, The Lupus Trust, LUPUS UK, Vasculitis UK, and SRUK, and reports consultancy fees from Otoimmune. The remaining authors have declared no conflicts of interest. The views expressed are those of the study participants and/or author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the funders, the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care.