Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board for the Arthritis National Research Foundation:
A gathering of the finest proven researchers in the world
It’s not often that the lions of any particular industry gather together at the same table for the same non-profit organization.
“In this case, there was just no question,” says Gale Granger, Ph.D., “There’s so much serious, world-changing research going on because of what the ANRF is doing for the most promising researchers in arthritis and immunological research, that each of us felt compelled to further its cause.”
The Arthritis National Research Foundation provides grant funding to young investigators studying the causes of – and new treatments for – the many forms of arthritis, including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus and Juvenile Arthritis.
As the annual applications for grants began to rapidly increase in number, the ANRF called upon top researchers and scientists to become members of its Scientific Advisory Board. Each year, these leaders of our industry sit down together to comb through each and every grant application. It requires hours and hours of careful study and intense discussion.
“It’s a gratifying, exciting experience to see inside the incredibly inventive minds of these amazing young researchers,” continues Granger. “What they’re already doing out there to seek out cures and advanced treatments for arthritis even blows our minds – and we’ve been at this kind of research for decades!”
The individual members of ANRF’s Scientific Advisory Board come to the discussion table regularly because each believes that ANRF plays a critical role in the global field of rheumatic disease research. In addition to its annual charge of selecting each year’s grant recipients, the ANRF’s Scientific Advisory Board actively seeks out more funding, advises the Board of Directors on the trends in research and clinical treatments, and helps guide the ANRF into the future.
Here’s a look inside the most renowned minds in the field of arthritis and immunological research:
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Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Possibilities and challenges are what this researcher, who currently has two important discoveries at various stages of the drug development process, seems to be all about. Dr. Ware hopes that his discoveries will help the 30 to 40 percent of rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s sufferers who don’t respond well or at all to the existing TNF based therapies …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Carl F. Ware, Ph.D.
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University of California, Irvine, CA
Early in his career as a researcher at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Granger received funding from ANRF to study the immunological processes occurring in the tissue destruction observed in Rheumatoid Arthritis. His subsequent findings changed the world’s treatments in many related fields …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Gale Granger, Ph.D.
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Director of Rheumatology Research, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Dr. Buxbaum is head of the division of Research Rheumatology and the W. M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. His research work has spanned nearly 40 years …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Joel Buxbaum, M.D.
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Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
One of the first researchers to study the functional properties of human dendritic cells and how their altered state plays a key role in autoimmune diseases like lupus, Dr. Crow continues to investigate the underlying triggers and mediators of autoimmunity in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Mary K. Crow, M.D.
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UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
A world-renowned researcher and lecturer who has collected numerous honors and awards, Dr. Hahn has emphasized a continuing theme of her research work – identification of immune abnormalities characteristic of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE or lupus) …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Bevra Hahn, M.D.
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University of California, San Diego, CA
Dr. Hoffman’s main research interests are genetics and inflammation. His work has focused on the study of one of these diseases, familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, an inherited condition characterized by recurrent episodes of rash, fever, and joint pain following exposure to cold …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Hal Hoffman, M.D.
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Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Dr. McDevitt is known world-wide for his contributions to the field of arthritis research. At Stanford University, Dr. McDevitt has been the head of the Immunology Department, the director of the Clinical Immunology Lab, and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Hugh McDevitt, M.D.
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Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Dr. Sonderstrup-McDevitt is a speaker in high demand, having been invited to universities and conferences all over the world to discuss her research work in rheumatoid arthritis. ANRF provided funding for Dr. Sonderstrup’s work in 1993 …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Greta McDevitt, M.D.
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University of California, San Diego, CA
Robert Terkeltaub, M.D., is the Chief of Rheumatology and director of the Rheumatology Training program at the VA Medical Center in San Diego with an emphasis in laboratory studies in osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis also known as degenerative arthritis …
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Read more about ANRF Scientific Advisory Board Member Robert Terkeltaub, M.D.
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Carl F. Ware, Ph.D.
Gale A. Granger, Ph.D., Emeritus
Joel Buxbaum, M.D.
Mary K. Crow, M.D.
Bevra Hahn, M.D.
Hal Hoffman, M.D.
Hugh McDevitt, M.D.
Grete Sonderstrup-McDevitt, M.D.
Robert Terkeltaub, M.D.