Kate GilbertDr Kate Gilbert is a retired business academic and former chair of PMRGCAuk. She is the author of the first two editions of this best-selling book. Kate was a successful head of department in a UK business school when she became ill with polymyalgia heumatica. She went on to help set up the UK charity PMRGCAuk and served on the board of trustees for six years. Her experience of teaching research methods to Masters students honed her skill for explaining complex concepts to non-medical people, and she distilled what she had learned from working alongside rheumatologists and researchers into this 'survival guide'. She lives in the English Midlands with her husband and cats, and spends as much time as possible on her allotment. Read More Read Less