Chronic inflammatory disease raised my interest, as there is still so much we don’t know and so much to find out regarding its pathophysiology and curability. I experienced the need for research in this field, while working in a hospital Arusha, Tanzania. People were simply not able to pay for lifelong therapy, resulting in them either suffering from the disease or putting their family at financial risk to afford treatment. The RTG1743 provides an ideal setting to promote my academic education by working with scientists, who are on the top of their field. This enables me to learn and master scientific methods at a level that would not be possible during my normal studies and add knowledge to one of the most complex group of disease known.