{"id":291,"date":"2021-07-31T14:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T14:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2023-07-06T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T16:44:13","slug":"arthritis-research-scientists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/arthritis-research-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"291\" class=\"elementor elementor-291\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0c455b elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"d0c455b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a25b6\" data-id=\"31a25b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-15b6e7e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15b6e7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dff527\" data-id=\"1dff527\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b4d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70b4d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 12-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education &amp; Resources<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dffbbd6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dffbbd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientists<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f4663a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f4663a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0f6e53\" data-id=\"a0f6e53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00af65c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00af65c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 12-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The world-renowned Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of physician-scientists only chooses the best and brightest emerging arthritis research scientists each and every year. Donor support of these scientists and the research they are doing is critical to discovering new therapies and treatments, and creating a path to a cure for arthritis and related autoimmune diseases. In addition, when a scientist receives funding, it propels the ability to establish their independent research careers. Ensuring they stay in research and spend their lifetime dedicated to finding a cure will translate into a commitment to the research needed to make an impact.<\/p><p>Ninety-five percent of ANRF funded scientists remain in research working towards a cure. These individuals work in top laboratories and ANRF funding enables them to make discoveries more quickly than without the extra support. 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PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.umich.edu\/dept\/internal-medicine\" target=\"_blank\">University of Michigan<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Role of Neutrophils and NETs in the Pathogenesis of Scleroderma\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/ramadan-ali\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ali_Shabana_20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ali_Shabana_20.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ali_Shabana_20-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ali_Shabana_20-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shabana Amanda Ali, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.henryford.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Ford Health System<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cElucidating the Role of miR-126-3p in Osteoarthritis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/shabana-amanda-ali\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sanja-Arandjelovic-Submitted-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sanja-Arandjelovic-Submitted-Headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sanja-Arandjelovic-Submitted-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sanja-Arandjelovic-Submitted-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Sanja Arandjelovic, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/nephrology\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Virginia<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRemoval of Apoptotic Cells in Inflammatory Arthritis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/sanja-arandjelovic\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Y-Atisha-Fregoso-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Y-Atisha-Fregoso-Headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Y-Atisha-Fregoso-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Y-Atisha-Fregoso-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Yemil Atisha Fregoso, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/feinstein.northwell.edu\/institutes-researchers\/institute-molecular-medicine\" target=\"_blank\">The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cActivation and Repertoire of Autoreactive B cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/yemil-atisha-fregoso\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/david-b-beck-hero-crop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/david-b-beck-hero-crop.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/david-b-beck-hero-crop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/david-b-beck-hero-crop-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>David Beck, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/med.nyu.edu\/centers-programs\/human-genetics-genomics\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York University Grossman School of Medicine<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDefining the Role of UBA1 in Autoimmune Disease\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gale \u201cMorrie\u201d Granger Fellowship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/david-beck\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bigley-Tarin_Peds_03-copy2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bigley-Tarin_Peds_03-copy2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bigley-Tarin_Peds_03-copy2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bigley-Tarin_Peds_03-copy2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tarin Bigley, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatricrheumatologyimmunology.wustl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington University in St. Louis<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cVirus-induced Predisposition to Lupus after TLR7 Stimulation\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carl F. Ware Fellowship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/tarin-bigley\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SBok.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SBok.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SBok-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SBok-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Seoyeon Bok, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pathology.weill.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weill Medical College of Cornell University<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAn Articular Cartilage Stem Cell Mediating Cartilage Regeneration for The Treatment of Osteoarthritis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/seoyeon-bok\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Canny_Susan-_headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Canny_Susan-_headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Canny_Susan-_headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Canny_Susan-_headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Susan Canny, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peds.uw.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Washington<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Role of Cytokines in Monocytes During Macrophage Activation Syndrome\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/susan-canny\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MChang-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MChang-Headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MChang-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MChang-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Margaret Chang, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\/research\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cInflammatory Mediators of Synovial Resident Memory T Cell Formation\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sontag Foundation Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/margaret-chang\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Isidoro-Cobo-Submitted-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Isidoro-Cobo-Submitted-Headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Isidoro-Cobo-Submitted-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Isidoro-Cobo-Submitted-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Isidoro Cobo, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ucsd.edu\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">University of California, San Diego<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Gout<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cEpigenetic Mechanisms of Macrophages during Gouty Inflammation\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/isidoro-cobo\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KCollins-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KCollins-Headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KCollins-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/KCollins-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Kelsey Collins, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsf.edu\/research\" target=\"_blank\">The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Role of Neuroimmune Metabolic Crosstalk in the Onset and Progression of Pain in Osteoarthritis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/kelsey-collins\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/H.-Faust_Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/H.-Faust_Headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/H.-Faust_Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/H.-Faust_Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Heather Faust, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brighamandwomens.org\/research\" target=\"_blank\">Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAdipose Tissue as a Memory T Cell Storage Site in Inflammatory Arthritis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/heather-faust\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EKefalogianni-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EKefalogianni-Headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EKefalogianni-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EKefalogianni-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/diabetesresearchcenter.wustl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington University in St. Louis<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRoles of Circulating TNFR1\/2 in Lupus Nephritis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/eirini-kefalogianni\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tkim-headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tkim-headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tkim-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tkim-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Taehyeung Kim, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\/research\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cA Non-Coding Genetic Risk Variant That Controls T-Reg Abundance\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/taehyeung-kim\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mleask-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mleask-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mleask-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mleask-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Megan Leask, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/scholars.uab.edu\/18053-megan-leask\" target=\"_blank\">University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Gout<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFunctional Genetics in Immunometabolism and Gout\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/megan-leask\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mark-Lee-photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mark-Lee-photo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mark-Lee-photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Mark-Lee-photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Mark Lee, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uab.edu\/home\/research\/research-at-uab\" target=\"_blank\">Yale University School of Medicine<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIdentification of Self-Reactive T Cell Antigens in Systemic Sclerosis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/mark-lee\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Patrick_Anna_headshot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Patrick_Anna_headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Patrick_Anna_headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Patrick_Anna_headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Anna Patrick, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pediatrics.vumc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMechanisms of Th1.17 Cell Development in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staci Stringer Valiant Women Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/anna-patrick\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bahram-Razani-headshot-new.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bahram-Razani-headshot-new.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bahram-Razani-headshot-new-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bahram-Razani-headshot-new-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Bahram Razani, MD, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsf.edu\/research\" target=\"_blank\">University of California, San Francisco<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Psoriatic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRole of A20 in Restricting Psoriatic Skin and Joint Disease\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Janssen Immunology Psoriatic Arthritis Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/bahram-razani\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FanZhang_Photo2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FanZhang_Photo2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FanZhang_Photo2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FanZhang_Photo2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Fan Zhang, PhD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.cuanschutz.edu\/rheumatology\" target=\"_blank\">The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDeciphering Complement-Dependent Phagocytic Myeloid Phenotypes in Human Autoimmune Arthritis Using Single-Cell Computational Omics\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/scientists\/fan-zhang\/\">Read Full Bio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2482\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2022-23<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2482\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2482\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ramadan-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ramadan-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ramadan-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ramadan-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Ramadan Ali, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Role of Neutrophils and NETs in the Pathogenesis of Scleroderma\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shabana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shabana.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shabana-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shabana-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shabana Amanda Ali, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Henry Ford Health System<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cElucidating the Role of miR-126-3p in Osteoarthritis\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ArandjelovicSanja-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ArandjelovicSanja-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ArandjelovicSanja-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ArandjelovicSanja-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Sanja Arandjelovic, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Gale &#8220;Morrie&#8221; Granger Fellow<br>University of Virginia<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cRemoval of Apoptotic Cells in Inflammatory Arthritis\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jonathan-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jonathan-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jonathan-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jonathan-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jonathan Brunger, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Judy E. Green Valiant Women Fellow<br>Vanderbilt University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Synthetically regulated cell-based therapeutics for targeted articular cartilage regenerative medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Canny.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Canny.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Canny-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Canny-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Susan Canny, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Kelly Rouba-Boyd Fellow<br>University of Washington<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Role of Cytokines in Monocytes During Macrophage Activation Syndrome\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cobo-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cobo-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cobo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cobo-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Isidoro Cobo, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Diego<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Gout<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cEpigenetic Mechanisms of Macrophages during Gouty Inflammation\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/roxane.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/roxane.png 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/roxane-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/roxane-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Roxane Darbousset, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p><em>Platelets as neutrophil amplifiers in systemic sclerosis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FaustHeather-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FaustHeather-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FaustHeather-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FaustHeather-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Heather Faust, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cAdipose Tissue as a Memory T Cell Storage Site in Inflammatory Arthritis\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Vic Braden Family Fellow<br>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p><em>Splicing Disruption in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1640\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LeePui_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LeePui_1.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LeePui_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LeePui_1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LeePui_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LeePui_1-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LeePui_1-1534x1536.jpg 1534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1638px) 100vw, 1638px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Pui Y Lee, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>mTORC1 in the pathogenesis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ruth-napier.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ruth-napier.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ruth-napier-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ruth-napier-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Ruth Napier, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Oregon Health &#038; Science University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Ankylosing Spondylitis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Understanding how the CARD9-neutrophil-Th17 axis controls ankylosing spondylitis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Paley M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Washington University in St. Louis<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Spondyloarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mechanistic Insights into Organ-Specific Manifestations of Spondyloarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Patrick.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Patrick.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Patrick-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Patrick-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Anna Patrick, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Carl F. Ware, Ph.D. Fellow<br>Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cMechanisms of Th1.17 Cell Development in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Razani.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Razani.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Razani-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Razani-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Bahram Razani, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Janssen Immunology Psoriatic Arthritis Fellow<br>University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Psoriatic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>\u201cRole of A20 in Restricting Psoriatic Skin and Joint Disease\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nisarg-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nisarg-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nisarg-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/nisarg-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Nisarg J Shah, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The Sontag Foundation Fellow <br>University of California, San Diego<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Microparticle-assisted modulation of regulatory T cells in rheumatoid arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/anil-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/anil-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/anil-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/anil-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Anil Kumar Singh, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Washington State University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Molecular reprogramming of Rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts by interleukin 6<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Muskardin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Muskardin.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Muskardin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Muskardin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Theresa Wampler Muskardin, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Kathryn Suzanne Ferris Fellow<br>Hospital for Special Surgery<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Type I Interferon Pathway Activity Informs TNF-inhibitor Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shouan-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shouan-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shouan-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Shouan-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shouan Zhu, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Ohio University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Metabolic regulation of chondrocytes by Sirt5 and protein malonylation in osteoarthritis development<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ray-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ray-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ray-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ray-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Yu Ray Zuo, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mechanisms of infection-induced autoimmunity in COVID-19 and beyond<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2483\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2021-22<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2483\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2483\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Sarah Baxter, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Washington<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p><em>Characterize the role of AIM2 in the autoimmune disease Systemic Lupus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/JBrunger.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/JBrunger.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/JBrunger-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/JBrunger-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jonathan Brunger, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Vanderbilt University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Synthetically regulated cell-based therapeutics for targeted articular cartilage regenerative medicine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Roxane-Darbousset.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Roxane-Darbousset.jpg 529w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Roxane-Darbousset-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Roxane-Darbousset-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Roxane Darbousset, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p><em>Platelets as neutrophil amplifiers in systemic sclerosis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maria-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p><em>Splicing Disruption in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lauren Henderson, M.D., MMSc<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Function &amp; Autoreactivity of Th1 Polarized &amp; Clonally Expanded Tregs in Oligo JIA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Jurynec, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Carl Ware Fellowship  <br>University of Utah<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Analysis of the NOD-RIPK2 signaling pathway in osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pui-Y-Lee-MD-PhD.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pui-Y-Lee-MD-PhD.jpg 560w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pui-Y-Lee-MD-PhD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pui-Y-Lee-MD-PhD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Pui Y Lee, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>mTORC1 in the pathogenesis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Susan Maclauchlan, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mechanisms by which clonal hematopoiesis augments inflammation and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Napier-Ruth.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Napier-Ruth.jpg 398w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Napier-Ruth-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Napier-Ruth-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Ruth Napier, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Oregon Health &#038; Science University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Ankylosing Spondylitis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Understanding how the CARD9-neutrophil-Th17 axis controls ankylosing spondylitis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NAYAK.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NAYAK.png 589w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NAYAK-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NAYAK-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Renuka Nayak, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Elucidating mechanisms of methotrexate metabolism by the human microbiome in rheumatoid arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Paley-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Paley M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Washington University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Spondyloarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mechanistic Insights into Organ-Specific Manifestations of Spondyloarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tam Quach, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Gale \u201cMorrie\u201d Granger Fellowship<br>The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune Disease<\/h3>\n<p><em>The role of TNF and TNFR1 in breaking B cell tolerance<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nisarg-shah.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nisarg-shah.png 389w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nisarg-shah-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Nisarg J Shah, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Sontag Fellow <br>University of California, San Diego<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Microparticle-assisted modulation of regulatory T cells in rheumatoid arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh_Anil_WSU-e1621025980805.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh_Anil_WSU-e1621025980805.jpg 599w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh_Anil_WSU-e1621025980805-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Singh_Anil_WSU-e1621025980805-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Anil Kumar Singh, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Washington State University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Molecular reprogramming of Rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts by interleukin 6<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hu Zeng, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Mayo Clinic<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Induced Inflammatory Arthritis Correlates with Imbalance Between T-cell Exhaustion and Senescence<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759-1.jpg 601w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Chenghai Zhang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Harvard Medical School<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Investigating the role of gene Creb5 in lubricin expression during the development of osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zhu-min.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zhu-min.png 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zhu-min-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/zhu-min-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shouan Zhu, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Ohio University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Metabolic regulation of chondrocytes by Sirt5 and protein malonylation in osteoarthritis development<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yu-Ray-Zuo-min.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yu-Ray-Zuo-min.png 958w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yu-Ray-Zuo-min-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yu-Ray-Zuo-min-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Yu-Ray-Zuo-min-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Yu Ray Zuo, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The Regents of the University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mechanisms of infection-induced autoimmunity in COVID-19 and beyond<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2484\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2020-21<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2484\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2484\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Baxter_Sarah--150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Sarah Baxter, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Senior Fellow, University of Washington<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune Disease<\/h3>\n<p><em>Characterize the role of AIM2 in the autoimmune disease Systemic Lupus<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chan_Charles.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chan_Charles.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chan_Charles-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chan_Charles-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Charles Chan, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Assistant Professor, Stanford University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Investigating the role of resident stem cell populations in the regeneration of cartilage and in OA progression<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Henderson_Lauren-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lauren Henderson, M.D., MMSc<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Identifying why some children outgrow JIA whereas others develop chronic disease.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr-jacome-galarza.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr-jacome-galarza.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr-jacome-galarza-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr-jacome-galarza-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Christian Jacome-Galarza, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoclasts<\/h3>\n<p><em>Investigate how such OCs form and how they lead to joint tissue destruction in arthritis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jurynec_Mick-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Jurynec, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Assistant Professor, University of Utah<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Hypothesizes that mutations in specific genes as found in OA susceptible families may underlie the enhanced joint inflammation that is a hallmark of OA progression.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan.jpg 400w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan-Maclauchlan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Susan MacLauchlan, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Associate Scientist, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Evaluating the impact of mutations in the gene TET2 in RA since her previous work demonstrated that such mutations result in accelerated CVD development.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nayak-Renuka.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nayak-Renuka.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nayak-Renuka-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nayak-Renuka-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Renuka Nayak, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Characterize the microbiomes and Methotrexate (MTX) metabolites of a number of RA patients to more fully understand how specific bacterial genes may influence the activity of MTX in RA patients.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/quach-Tam-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tam Quach, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Instructor, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune<\/h3>\n<p><em>Investigating how TNF affects the generation of autoreactive B cells.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug_Brian-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug_Brian-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug_Brian-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug_Brian-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Brian Skaug, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Instructor, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p><em>Understand how this specific DNASE1L3 polymorphism leads to the development of scleroderma<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr.-Jolien-Suurmond.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr.-Jolien-Suurmond.png 512w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr.-Jolien-Suurmond-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dr.-Jolien-Suurmond-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jolien Suurmond, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Instructor, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p><em>The genetics of antinuclear antibodies and the risk of lupus<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu.jpg 600w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeng_Hu-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hu Zeng, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Assistant Professor, The Mayo Clinic<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Analyze ICI patient samples to determine the mechanisms that lead to the development of this form of arthritis following ICI therapy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759.jpg 601w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chenghai-Zhang_ANRF-1-e1618588509759-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Cheng-Hai Zhang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Instructor, Harvard Medical School<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Investigating the role of gene Creb5 in lubricin expression during the development of osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2485\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2019-20<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2485\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2485\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ashouri.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ashouri.png 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ashouri-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ashouri-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Judith Ashouri-Sinha, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>UC San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Decoding rheumatoid arthritis using a unique tool to identify arthritogenic T cells<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/charles-chan.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/charles-chan.png 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/charles-chan-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/charles-chan-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Charles Chan Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Stanford University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: <strong>Osteoarthritis\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>A Chemical Niche to Regenerate and Rejuvenate Cartilage in Osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex-1.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Pierre Cunin, Pharm.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Megakaryocytes as neutrophil amplifiers in inflammatory arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ermann.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ermann.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ermann-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ermann-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Joerg Ermann, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Ankylosing Spondylitis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Identification of pathogenic lymphocytes in ankylosing spondylitis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8.-Jacome-Galarza-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8.-Jacome-Galarza-1.png 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8.-Jacome-Galarza-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8.-Jacome-Galarza-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Christian Jacome-Galarza, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Origins of synovial osteoclasts in inflammatory arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries-1.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Matlock Jeffries, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Oklahoma Health Sciences Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Epigenetics at the intersection of trauma, aging, and osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson-1.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Anna Helena Jonsson, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Characterization of a CD8 T Cell Subset Enriched in Blood of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass-1.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Mohamed Khass, Ph.D. <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>The influence of the surrogate light chain protein \u03bb5 on bone health and arthritis in aging<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Getahun.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Getahun.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Getahun-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Getahun-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Andrew Getahun, Ph.D. <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Colorado Denver, AMC and DC<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Identification of inhibitory receptors involved in establishing the Lyn-SHP-1 axis in B cell tolerance<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kawai.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kawai.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kawai-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kawai-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Vivian K Kawai, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p><em>The genetics of antinuclear antibodies and the risk of lupus<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lood.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lood.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lood-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lood-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Christian Lood, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Washington<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mitochondrial-mediated inflammation and autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss-1.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Erika H. Noss, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Washington<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Targeting Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-\u03b1 (PDGFR\u03b1) in Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/moncrieffe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/moncrieffe.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/moncrieffe-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/moncrieffe-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Halima Moncrieffe, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Understanding a shared mechanism for genetic risk in childhood arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Muskardin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Muskardin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Muskardin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Muskardin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Theresa Wampler Muskardin, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>New York University School of Medicine<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p>Sontag Foundation Fellow<\/p>\n<h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Type I Interferon Pathway Activity Informs TNF-inhibitor Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Skaug-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Brian Skaug, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>UT Health Science Center at Houston<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p><em>Pathogenic effects of DNASE1L3 R206C polymorphism in systemic sclerosis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suurmond.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suurmond.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suurmond-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suurmond-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jolien Suurmond, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Feinstein Institute for Medical Research<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Derivation and phenotype of ANA+ plasma cells in SLE<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/svensson.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/svensson.jpg 500w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/svensson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/svensson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Mattias N.D Svensson, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Regents of the University of California, San Diego<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Functional diversity of iNKT subsets in Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield-1.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Waterfield, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Characterization of a novel epigenetic regulator of Th17 differentiation<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2486\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2018-19<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2486\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2486\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Judith-Ashouri-Sinha-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Judith-Ashouri-Sinha-1.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Judith-Ashouri-Sinha-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Judith-Ashouri-Sinha-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Judith Ashouri-Sinha, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Signaling and repertoire differences in arthritogenic T cells<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rhima-Coleman.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rhima-Coleman.jpg 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rhima-Coleman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rhima-Coleman-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Rhima Coleman, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Genetic reprogramming of OA chondrocytes to improve cartilage repair<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pierre-Cunin-HorizontalHex-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Pierre Cunin, PharmD, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Megakaryocytes as neutrophil amplifiers in inflammatory arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brian-Diekman-HorizontalHex.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brian-Diekman-HorizontalHex.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brian-Diekman-HorizontalHex-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brian-Diekman-HorizontalHex-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Brian Diekman, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Arthritis &amp; Aging<\/h3>\n<p><em>Cellular senescence as a driver and therapeutic target for osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Matlock-Jeffries-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Matlock Jeffries, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Oklahoma Health Sciences Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Epigenetics at the intersection of trauma, aging, and osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Anna-Helena-Jonsson-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Anna Helena Jonsson, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Characterization of a CD8 T Cell Subset Enriched in Blood of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mohamed-Khass-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Mohamed Khass, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>The influence of the surrogate light chain protein \u03bb5 on bone health and arthritis in aging<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tieshi-Li.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tieshi-Li.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tieshi-Li-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tieshi-Li-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tieshi Li, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Rush University Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Role of IL36\u03b1 in Osteoarthritis progression<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rachel-Miller-HorizontalHex.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rachel-Miller-HorizontalHex.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rachel-Miller-HorizontalHex-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rachel-Miller-HorizontalHex-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Rachel E. Miller, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Rush University Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Identifying Novel Mechanotransduction Targets for Treating Osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Erika-Noss-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Erika H. Noss, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Sontag Foundation Fellow University of Washington<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Targeting Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-\u03b1 (PDGFR\u03b1) in Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tam-Quach.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tam-Quach.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tam-Quach-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tam-Quach-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tam Quach, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Feinstein Institute for Medical Research<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Role of TNF and TNFR1 in Breaking B Cell Tolerance<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eliza-Tsou-HorizontalHex.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eliza-Tsou-HorizontalHex.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eliza-Tsou-HorizontalHex-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eliza-Tsou-HorizontalHex-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Eliza (Pei-Suen) Tsou, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p><em>The role of matricellular protein CYR61 in fibrosis and angiogenesis in scleroderma<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tiphanie-Vogel-HorizontalHex.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tiphanie-Vogel-HorizontalHex.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tiphanie-Vogel-HorizontalHex-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tiphanie-Vogel-HorizontalHex-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tiphanie Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Baylor College of Medicine<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Validating STAT3 as a Therapeutic Target in Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michael-Waterfield-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Waterfield, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Characterization of a novel epigenetic regulator of Th17 differentiation<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Deborah-Winter-HorizontalHex.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Deborah-Winter-HorizontalHex.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Deborah-Winter-HorizontalHex-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Deborah-Winter-HorizontalHex-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Deborah R. Winter, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Northwestern University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Comparing the Regulatory Networks Underlying Inflammation in Arthritis &amp; Aging<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tao-Yang-HorizontalHex.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tao-Yang-HorizontalHex.png 700w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tao-Yang-HorizontalHex-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tao-Yang-HorizontalHex-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tao Yang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Van Andel Research Institute<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>The function of SENP6 desumoylase in preventing articular chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2487\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2017-18<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2487\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2487\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Craft-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Craft-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Craft-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>April Craft, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Cells for Regenerating Articular Cartilage<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brian-Diekman-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brian-Diekman-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brian-Diekman-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Brian Diekman, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Arthritis &amp; Aging<\/h3>\n<p><em>Cellular senescence as a driver and therapeutic target for osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Shaun-Jackson-Lupus-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Shaun-Jackson-Lupus-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Shaun-Jackson-Lupus-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shaun Jackson, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p><em>Mechanisms Underlying TACI-dependent activation of immature transitional B cells in BAFF-driven humoral autoimmunity<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fadia-Kamal-300x300-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fadia-Kamal-300x300-1.png 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Fadia-Kamal-300x300-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Fadia Kamal, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Penn State University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Therapeutic targeting of GPCR Gbetagamma-GRK2 signaling in osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jason-Knight-Lupus-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jason-Knight-Lupus-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jason-Knight-Lupus-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jason Knight, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p><em>Thrombo-inflammatory role of neutrophils in lupus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michela-Locci-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michela-Locci-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Michela-Locci-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michela Locci, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Activin A regulation of T follicular helper cell biology in Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rachel-Miller-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rachel-Miller-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rachel-Miller-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Rachel E. Miller, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Rush University Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Identifying Novel Mechanotransduction Targets for Treating Osteoarthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Grace-OConnell-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Grace-OConnell-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Grace-OConnell-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Grace O\u2019Connell, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, Berkeley<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Predicting tissue growth potential using high-throughput screening for cell mechanics<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/richard-reynolds-gout-research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/richard-reynolds-gout-research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/richard-reynolds-gout-research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Richard Reynolds, IV, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Gout<\/h3>\n<p><em>Genetic and Epigenetic Covariance of Gout, Hyperuricemia and its Comorbidities<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lam-Tsoi-Psoriatic-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lam-Tsoi-Psoriatic-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lam-Tsoi-Psoriatic-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lam (Alex) Tsoi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Psoriatic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Personalized approach to enhance prediction of psoriatic arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eliza-Tsou-Scleroderma-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eliza-Tsou-Scleroderma-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Eliza-Tsou-Scleroderma-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Eliza (Pei-Suen) Tsou, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Scleroderma<\/h3>\n<p><em>The role of matricellular protein CYR61 in fibrosis and angiogenesis in scleroderma<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tiphanie-Vogel-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tiphanie-Vogel-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tiphanie-Vogel-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tiphanie Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Baylor College of Medicine<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Juvenile Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p><em>Validating STAT3 as a Therapeutic Target in Arthritis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Deborah-Winter-RA-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Deborah-Winter-RA-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Deborah-Winter-RA-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Deborah R. Winter, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Northwestern University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Rheumatoid Arthritis Project<\/h3>\n<p><em>Comparing the Regulatory Networks Underlying Inflammation in Arthritis &amp; Aging<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Deborah R. Winter, PhD is the Sontag Foundation Fellow for 2017-2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Intriguing Role of Macrophages in Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tao-Yang-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tao-Yang-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tao-Yang-Osteoarthritis-Research-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Tao Yang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Van Andel Research Institute<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Osteoarthritis Project<\/h3>\n<p><em>The function of SENP6 desumoylase in preventing articular chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2488\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2016-17<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2488\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2488\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Abdollahi-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shahla Abdollahi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>NYU School of Medicine<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><strong>Research: <\/strong>\u00a0Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Title:<\/strong>\u00a0Identifying Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Microbiome-Driven Inflammatory Arthritis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iouri_Chepelev-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Iouri Chepelev, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Cincinnati Children\u2019s Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Psoriatic Arthritis<\/p>\n<p>Understanding the Cause of Psoriatic Arthritis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/craft.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>April Craft, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><strong>Research:<\/strong>\u00a0Osteoarthritis<\/p>\n<p>Cells for Regenerating Articular Cartilage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/galloway.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jenna Galloway, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Massachusetts General Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Osteoarthritis<\/p>\n<p>Elucidating the function of musculoskeletal promoting small molecules for osteoarthritis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/jackson.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shaun Jackson, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Lupus<\/p>\n<p>Mechanisms underlying TACI-dependent activation of immature transitional B cells in BAFF-driven Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/knight.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jason Knight, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Lupus<\/p>\n<p>Thrombo-inflammatory role of neutrophils in lupus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GangLi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Gang Li, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Adult and Pediatric Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/p>\n<p>High-throughput experimental interrogation of GWAS loci in adult and pediatric arthritis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/reyonlds.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Richard Reynolds, IV, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research:<\/b>\u00a0Gout<\/p>\n<p>Genetic and Epigenetic Covariance of Gout, Hyperuricemia and its Comorbidities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hilde-Schjerven-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hilde Schjerven, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Autoimmunity<\/p>\n<p>Role of the transcription factor Ikaros in development of autoimmune disease<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sharma.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shruti Sharma, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Tufts University Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Autoimmunity<\/p>\n<p>The innate immune adaptor STING regulates age-dependent bone homeostasis and remodeling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/stanford.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Stephanie Stanford, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Diego<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/p>\n<p>Unraveling a novel mechanism of action of PTPN22, a major RA gene<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tsoi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lam Tsoi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Psoriatic Arthritis<\/p>\n<p>Personalized approach to enhance prediction of psoriatic arthritis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yang.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Kai Yang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><p><b>Research: <\/b>Lupus<\/p>\n<p>Regulation of Treg metabolism and stability by PTEN in autoimmune diseases<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2489\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2015-16<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2489\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2489\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Abdollahi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>New York University School of Medicine<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Microbiome-Driven Inflammatory Arthritis: Studying Bacteria as Cause of RA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Pallavi-Bhattaram.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Pallavi Bhattaram, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Cleveland Clinic<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>How Joint-Protecting Cells Transform into Joint-Destroying Cells<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bhutani.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Nidhi Bhutani, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Stanford University<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Osteoarthritis (OA) study could lead to new treatment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Susan_Carpenter.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Susan Carpenter, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, Santa Cruz<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: General Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Genetic Mechanisms in Inflammatory Arthritis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Iouri_Chepelev.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Iouri Chepelev, Ph.D. <\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Cincinnati Children\u2019s Medical Center<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Psoriatic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Understanding the Cause of Psoriatic Arthritis<\/p>\n<p><em>Co-Funded Grant with National Psoriasis Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jenna-Galloway.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jenna Galloway, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Massachusetts General Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Study to prevent or reverse damaged Osteoarthritis joints<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kahlenberg-lupus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>J. Michelle Kahlenberg, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Lupus<\/h3>\n<p>Skin Rash Triggers Kidney Inflammation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gang-Li.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Gang Li, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Gene Study may provide targeted treatment for RA, JIA patients<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lori-Broderick.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lori Broderick, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Diego<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmune<\/h3>\n<p>Inherited Immune Cell Defects May Hold Key to Understanding<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hilde-Schjerven.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hilde Schjerven, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Autoimmunity<\/h3>\n<p>Gene could provide key to understanding autoimmunity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Shruti-Sharma.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Shruti Sharma, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Massachusetts Medical School <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoporosis\/Autoimmunity<\/h3>\n<p>Understanding initiation of bone loss may yield new targets for treatment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Stephanie-Stanford.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Stephanie Stanford, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Genetic study may lead to targeted treatment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Wentian-Yang.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Wentian Yang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brown University \u2013 Rhode Island Hospital <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Osteoarthritis<\/h3>\n<p>Laying a foundation for new OA therapy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-24810\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2014-15<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-24810\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-24810\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bartok.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Beatrix Bartok, M.D.  John Vaughan Scholar<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Diego <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cResident\u201d cells targeted for new RA treatment<\/h3>\n<p>Damage in joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is induced by the patient\u2019s immune system attacking its own joint tissues. However, a portion of this damage is caused by \u201cresident\u201d normal cells in the joint that have become altered during and after the immune attack. The altered resident cells undergo abnormal growth and healing which results in scarring, disfigurement and joint immobilization.<br \/>\nStudying joint tissue from human RA patients and mice, Dr. Bartok has discovered how the normal joint cells become altered by the immune attack. Her important findings can lead to the development of new methods to block this destructive cellular response. This can lead to new drugs and treatments to prevent and stop the progressive destruction of joint tissues in RA patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bhattaram.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Pallavi Bhattaram, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>When Cells Transform from Joint Protection to Joint Destruction<\/h3>\n<p>Rheumatoid arthritis is a common joint disease causing distress and disability in the affected individuals. Abnormal changes in specialized cells lining the joint surfaces, known as the fibroblasts-like synoviocytes, are one of the major causes of this disease. In healthy joints fibroblasts-like synoviocytes are critical for the maintenance of joint integrity. They produce molecules that lubricate joints and help to protect joints from wear and tear. However, in rheumatoid arthritis, these specialized cells transform into cancer-like cells. They increase in numbers and act as a source of molecules that destroy the joints.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this knowledge, incomplete understanding of the genes and pathways that regulate fibroblasts-like synoviocytes has limited the development of treatment strategies that can target these cells. This study focuses on uncovering the roles of a group of genes that belong to the SOX family, in transforming the healthy joint protecting cells into joint destroying cells. The signaling pathways that are under the control of these SOX genes could be targeted to treat and limit the joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Bhutani.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Nidhi Bhutani, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Stanford University Stanford, CA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Enzyme Study May Lead to New OA Treatment<\/h3>\n<p>Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis that affects approximately 27 million people in U.S. alone. Current treatments are however limited to pain management mainly because of a lack of understanding of the initiation and early stages of the disease. No disease-modifying OA drug is available as a result. OA is marked by joint dysfunction and particularly cartilage degeneration caused by the native cartilage cells themselves. Dr. Bhutani\u2019s recent studies have identified that normal and OA cartilage cells from patients differ greatly in the function of a novel family of enzymes. These enzymes are responsible for modifying the DNA and such \u2018epigenetic\u2019 modifications affect widespread gene expression; therefore, these enzymes can be central regulators of the gene expression changes in OA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bhutani\u2019s research will identify the genes that are regulated by these particular enzymes in OA cartilage to understand how they affect the initiation and progression of OA. Using mice that lack these enzymes, she will test how the absence of this regulator will modulate OA. Lastly, Dr. Bhutani will evaluate whether a pharmacological manipulation of these enzymes (and its targets) has the potential to be therapeutic in OA.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Bhutani is the ANRF-AFAR Grant Recipient \u2013 a special grant on aging\u00a0co-funded by ANRF and the American Federation for Aging Research.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/carpenter.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Susan Carpenter, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, San Francisco<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Understanding the Genetics of Inflammation<\/h3>\n<p>While acute inflammation is mostly beneficial, unchecked or dysregulated inflammation can have devastating consequences leading to a wide range of diseases including Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematous, and Cancer. Thus, given the significance of these devastating diseases, new approaches towards understanding pathology and gene mechanism are urgently needed.<\/p>\n<p>It has been over a decade since the human genome was sequenced. Since then, there have been huge improvements in our ability to carry out sequencing. The classical understanding of the genome was that DNA is transcribed into RNA, which makes proteins that carry out various biological functions. However, sequencing studies have shown that only a small portion (2%) of the genome results in protein, yet there are very large amounts of RNA being produced (85% of the genome). The major class of RNA molecules produced from the genome are called long noncoding RNA (lncRNA). These RNA molecules are emerging as fundamental mediators of innate immune signaling pathways.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carpenter\u2019s research has identified lincRNA-Cox2 as a highly inducible gene in response to inflammatory stimuli and functions to repress interferon stimulated gene (ISG) expression while also being required for the induction of other inflammatory genes such as IL-6. She has identified functional interactions between lincRNA-Cox2 and the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2\/B1 (hnRNP-A2\/B1), also known as RA33, an auto-antigen in rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>This project aims to understand how lincRNA-Cox2 and RA33 are involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis. Obtaining a better understanding of the role of these RNA molecules in inflammatory conditions could lead to the development of new biomarkers for disease and unveil new therapeutic targets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/osteoarthritis-evseenko.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Denis Evseenko, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California, Los Angeles<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Restoring Joint Cartilage<\/h3>\n<p>Articular cartilage is a type of connective tissue that covers the surfaces of bones within synovial joints. Articular cartilage injury and the lack of cartilage regeneration often lead to osteoarthritis. Recent studies carried out by Dr. Evseenko and his lab and others have shown that stem\/progenitor cells can partially repair damage cartilage, but more work is needed to increase the efficiency of this therapy. Unfortunately, limited survival and degeneration of implanted stem\/progenitor cells, as well as excessive collagen type I (COL I) deposition leading to formation of mechanically inferior tissue, are the standard outcomes of currently used cell-based cartilage restoration techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Evseenko proposes a novel approach based on his recent findings and the development of an essential model to test this and subsequent therapeutic methods. He will use a highly purified population of cartilage stem cells identified in his lab\u2019s recent studies of normal human cartilage development. His team will also manipulate signaling driven by the small biogenic lipid LPA, having recently shown that LPA is highly expressed in the site of cartilage injury driving COL I deposition, which in turn leads to fibrosis and limits the expansion and survival of implanted stem cells. In rat studies, his team has also shown that pharmacological inhibition of the LPA-signaling reduces fibrosis and results in enhanced production of neocartilage at the site of injury.<\/p>\n<p>During this second year of ANRF support, Dr. Evseenko will access this novel approach in a large animal model of joint injury and apply a highly innovative robotic approach to assess the biomechanical properties of repaired joints, in addition to the routine histological tests. The ultimate objective of the proposed project is to develop new therapeutic approaches for articular cartilage restoration, which in turn will reduce the morbidity from acute cartilage injuries and degenerative joint disease.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Evseenko is this year\u2019s James Klinenberg Scholar as his work at UCLA closely aligns with that of Dr. Klinenberg.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kahlenberg-lupus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>J. Michelle Kahlenberg, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Lupus: How Skin Injury Leads to Kidney Inflammation<\/h3>\n<p>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is a severe autoimmune disorder that can adversely affect many organs, including the skin, kidney, blood and joints. This organ damage can result in substantial morbidity or even death. In patients suffering from lupus, their disease course is characterized by \u201cflares\u201d of increased disease activity that require treatment with aggressive immunosuppressive medications. Often, these flares can be heralded by the presence of a lupus rash. However, how this rash relates to systemic disease development remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>In most murine models of lupus, the onset of disease is a gradual process, and it has been difficult to model how a flare occurs. In her work, Dr. Kahlenberg has developed a model in which lupus-prone female mice develop a rapid flare of kidney disease following skin injury. This project proposes to determine the mechanisms by which skin injury can lead to a rapid flare of kidney inflammation in these mice. She will investigate this by undertaking a systematic exploration of the inflammatory cell populations present in the kidney and relate this to simultaneous changes in the skin and blood of the mice. Additionally, she and her team will target the cytokine IL-18 to determine whether induction of flares of kidney inflammation by skin injury requires this cytokine.<\/p>\n<p>She anticipates this work will show that skin injury rapidly increases the inflammatory cell populations in the kidney and that blocking IL-18 may modulate this. This work will benefit the scientific community by increasing knowledge of how the skin and kidney may cross-talk in lupus, thus leading to development of novel therapies that may help to prevent flares of lupus nephritis and reduce the need for immunosuppressive medications in lupus patients.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Evseenko is this year\u2019s Eng Tan Scholar as her work most closely aligns with that of Dr. Tan.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kalliolias.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>George Kalliolias, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>New Target for Therapy in RA: Synovial Fibroblasts<\/h3>\n<p>Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 0.5-1% of the general population and is characterized by joint inflammation (arthritis) and increased mortality, primarily due to heart attack and stroke. Scientific breakthroughs during the last 20 years have enriched our therapeutic \u201cmedicine chest\u201d with biologic therapies and kinase inhibitors, leading to a dramatic improvement in patients\u2019 quality of life. Despite this progress there are still unmet needs including the low rates of sustained disease remission and the inadequate response to therapy in about 1\/3 of RA patients. In this context, it is necessary to implement more individualized treatment protocols and identify safer and more effective therapies. The path to achieve these goals is to understand in depth the molecular events implicated in RA pathogensis.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kalliolias uses novel technologies to characterize the role of synovial fibroblasts (SF) in RA pathogenesis. SF are resident cells of the normal joint that become activated in RA. Although their implication in the inflammatory and destructive processes of RA has been considered for a long time, none of the existing therapies for RA targets SF. His previous studies have shown that SF display an uncontrolled inflammatory response to factors found in abundance within the inflamed joint of RA patients. These findings led to the hypothesis that SF of RA patients lack the appropriate \u201cbrakes\u201d that should turn off inflammatory responses. Currently, Dr. Kalliolias is testing this hypothesis with an ultimate goal to identify strategies to terminate or block the production of inflammatory and tissue destructive mediators by SF. His long-term goal is to set the stage for the development of drugs for RA patients that will target SF, supplementing the existing therapies that target the immune system.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Kalliolias was named the first Gale A. Granger Scholar, as his work most closely aligned with that of Dr. Granger, former ANRF grant recipient and board member who initially discovered tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and its receptors.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kriegel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Martin Kriegel, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Yale University New Haven, CT<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Gut Bacteria May Initiate Autoimmune Diseases<\/h3>\n<p>Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a serious autoimmune clotting disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks a self-protein in the blood. The \u201cauto antibodies\u201d that attack self molecules in blood are found in certain patients with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other autoimmune diseases. When the auto antibodies react with self molecules they form clots in the blood stream that can lodge in tissues causing stroke, heart attack and death. What induces the patient\u2019s immune system to react against these self molecules is not known.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kriegel has found that certain bacteria living in the digestive tract of patients with APS trick the immune system to react against the self molecules. These are important findings for they reveal 1) how this disease starts which may serve as a model of how other types of autoimmune disease can start and, 2) how to diagnose, prevent and stop the progression of this particular disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dipak-patel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Dipak Patel, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Early Prevention of RA: Pre-Natal Nutrition<\/h3>\n<p>Nutrition can have a profound effect on disease development. Most current studies have focused on how macro-nutrition (calorie, carbohydrate, fat, and protein) affects diseases, but very little is known about the role that early life micro-nutrition plays in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Micronutrients such as folic acid and methionine produce methyl donors that can attach to DNA. The amount of protein produced by a gene can be increased or decreased by the amount of methyl donors attached to that gene\u2019s DNA. When this happens, the gene is considered \u201cmethylation sensitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tissue damage in rheumatoid arthritis is caused by certain pro-inflammatory genes, and many of these genes are methylation sensitive. A subset of white blood cells, CD4+ T cells, contributes to RA by producing high levels of many pro-inflammatory proteins, and disease severity can be adjusted by controlling the methylation level of several of these genes. Feeding mice a diet rich in methyl donors during pregnancy affects expression of many of these genes in CD4+ T cells in their offspring mice (F1 methyl supplemented), compared to the offspring of pregnant mice that were fed a regular diet (F1 control). Genes favoring inflammation are expressed at lower levels in F1 methyl supplemented mice and, in a model of atherosclerosis (heart disease), F1 methyl supplemented mice had less severe disease than F1 control mice.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Patel predicts F1 methyl supplemented mice will have less severe rheumatoid arthritis, compared to F1 control mice, as well. His team has shown, in the collagen induced arthritis model, F1 methyl supplemented mice have decreased paw swelling compared to F1 control mice. To explain this, he expects that CD4+ T cells will express lower levels of pro-inflammatory mediators, and higher levels of anti-inflammatory mediators, in F1 methyl supplemented mice compared to F1 control mice.<\/p>\n<p>These results have the potential to transform our understanding of how genes and the environment interact in RA and other chronic inflammatory diseases, and to identify a new paradigm in understanding and potentially treating inflammation and disease with pre-natal nutrition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/JunxiaWang.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Junxia Wang, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham &#038; Women\u2019s Hospital Boston, MA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Neutrophils: Potential Target for Preventing RA<\/h3>\n<p>Neutrophils are white blood cells which are important for the body\u2019s defense against infectious agents. However, these same cells enter the joint in rheumatoid arthritis in large numbers and over time cause swelling, pain and tissue damage.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wang has identified the mechanism of how neutrophils leave the blood stream and migrate into joint tissues. These are important findings for blocking the migration of neutrophils into the joint can prevent the onset of the disease and stop tissue damage. These results can lead to new methods to prevent and control RA and other forms of inflammatory arthritis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Wentian-Yang.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Wentian Yang, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brown University Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Mobilizing Stem Cells to Inhibit Cartilage Degeneration<\/h3>\n<p>Current osteoarthritis (OA) treatment focuses on symptom relief but does not materially alter disease progression. OA prevention and treatment continue to be a clinical challenge due to the limited self-healing capacity of joint cartilage. Searching for cell sources capable of being mobilized and providing functional descendants in joint cartilage is of paramount importance to osteoarthritis prevention and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yang and his team recently identified a population of cartilage progenitors\/stem cells that express an enzyme called cathepsin K in joints; these cells are capable of forming cartilage and this function is enhanced in the absence of a certain protein, tyrosine phosphatase SHP2. The goal of this study is to further understand the role of this population of stem cells in joint cartilage development and homeostasis and the molecular mechanism through which this protein modulates the capability of the stem cells to form cartilage. Dr. Yang\u2019s long-term objective is to develop strategies to inhibit cartilage degeneration and promote its regeneration by mobilizing this population of stem cells and\/or modifying SHP2-regulated signaling pathway(s).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hong_zan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hong Zan, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Treating Lupus More Effectively<\/h3>\n<p>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system turns against parts of the body it is designed to protect. With lupus, instead of producing protective antibodies, the immune system makes autoantibodies, which attack the patient\u2019s own tissues and cause widespread tissue and organ injury. These autoantibodies are secreted by large number of plasma cells, which are differentiated from a type of leukocytes (white blood cells) called B cells, and are heavily mutated on the antigen-binding domain and class-switched to mainly IgG isotype.<\/p>\n<p>The pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including lupus, can be traced to both genetic elements and epigenetic modifications arising from exposure to the environment. Epigenetics involves genetic control by factors other than an individual\u2019s own DNA sequence. Epigenetic factors, such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and microRNAs, can switch genes on or off and determine which proteins impact cell function. Like many other autoimmune diseases, lupus preferentially affects women during their reproductive years, suggesting that the female hormone estrogen, which promotes autoantibody response, plays an important role in causing lupus.<\/p>\n<p>In Dr. Zan\u2019s study, he and his team utilizes FDA-approved and widely-used epigenetic modulators to selectively inhibit the generation of pathogenic autoantibodies to prevent, treat or even cure lupus. With the second year support from Arthritis National Research Foundation, he will develop therapeutic approaches including combined treatment that target both estrogen receptor, which is important for effects of estrogen, and epigenetic factors, or target multiple epigenetic factors to synergistically dampen autoantibody responses, thereby, treat lupus more effectively. He will also attempt to gain further insight into B cell-intrinsic epigenetic mechanisms in the pathogenic lupus autoantibody response, and to unveil modulation of the epigenetic factors by estrogen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-24811\" aria-expanded=\"false\">2013-14<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-24811\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-24811\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><div id=\"scientists-grid\"><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bartok.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Beatrix Bartok, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California San Diego, CA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Reprogramming Joint Cells May Lead to New RA Therapy<\/h3>\n<p>Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, debilitating condition that affects about 1% of the population in U.S. Chronic inflammation leads to joint destruction, loss of function, and severe disability in addition to shortened life expectancy, most commonly as a result of accelerated heart disease. Despite the major breakthrough with the introduction of biologics, treatment of rheumatoid arthritis remains an unmet medical need. These costly therapies have not been effective in all patients nor have they shown long lasting benefit after discontinuation.<\/p>\n<p>Fibroblast-like synoviocytes are resident cells of the joints that play a critical role in rheumatoid arthritis by participating in inflammation and joint destruction in concert with the cells of the immune system. Therefore, therapies that specifically target these cells are highly desirable and have the potential to halt disease progression and even be curative. The proposal focuses on the investigation of a novel protein called YAP and signaling pathway that is dysregulated in rheumatoid arthritis and might be responsible for synoviocytes\u2019 mediated joint destruction and inflammation. Reprogramming fibroblast-like synoviocytes by modulating the YAP pathway can lead to novel and effective therapy for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canna.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Scott Canna, M.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>National Institutes of Health Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch Rockville, MD<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Kelly Award Recipient studies little known Juvenile Arthritis disease<\/h3>\n<p>Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening complication of a number of rheumatic illnesses, particularly systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. It manifests as the rapid onset of severe systemic inflammation. Currently, our understanding of the causes, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of MAS remains very poor. Initial investigations have implicated abnormal signaling through Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) or dysregulated function of the anti-inflammatory cytokine Interleukin 10.<\/p>\n<p>Using clues from patients and model systems, Dr. Canna aims to understand how such defects contribute to MAS. Dr. Canna is the recipient of The Kelly Award for\u00a0Juvenile Arthritis Research\u00a0for 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Evseenko.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Denis Evseenko, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California Los Angeles, CA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Repairing Cartilage in OA<\/h3>\n<p>Posttraumatic cartilage injury is one of the most significant problems among orthopaedic surgery patients. There is strong evidence that cartilage lesions predispose to osteoarthritis when left untreated. Osteoarthritis is a group of mechanical abnormalities involving degradation of joints, including articular cartilage and bone. OA is the most common type of arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>Different cell types have been studied with respect to their ability to generate articular cartilage. Unfortunately, cartilage tissue derived from these populations represents functionally inferior fibrocartilage, characterized by massive and disorganized collagen 1 deposition while normal hyaline articular cartilage predominantly contains collagen type 2. Dr. Evseenko\u2019s study identifies a novel potential regulator \u2013 lysophoshatidic acid (LPA) \u2014 that can play a mechanistic role in the process of fibrocartilage formation.<\/p>\n<p>The overall goal of this work is to determine if modulation of the LPA signaling can be used to direct stem cell differentiation, so that cartilage defects are repaired with hyaline articular cartilage rather than fibrocartilage preventing progression of osteoarthritis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gauld.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Stephen Gauld, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Study May Provide New Target for Lupus Therapy<\/h3>\n<p>Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease driven by the production of autoantibodies. Our understanding of the mechanism(s) that drive autoantibody production in lupus remains poorly defined.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gauld\u2019s research group has discovered that a population of cells, called regulatory T cells (or Tregs), is essential to prevent autoantibody production. Tregs stop autoantibody production by preventing the expansion of a new, highly novel population of cells, called TAN cells. The goal of this project is to understand more about TAN cells. In particular, Dr Gauld\u2019s research will investigate how TAN cells develop and how they instruct other cells to make autoantibodies. Achieving these goals could help identify new therapeutic targets for the treatment of lupus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Huang.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Gonghua Huang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital Memphis, TN<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>More Effective Therapy for RA<\/h3>\n<p>A more effective therapy for RA could be developed if the targeting of cells studied by Dr. Huang is successful. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its mouse model, collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), are characterized by systemic and synovial tissue inflammation, beginning in the joints.<\/p>\n<p>TH17 cells play a key role in the pathogenesis of arthritis. In this study, Dr. Huang examines the roles and mechanisms of p38\u03b1 signaling in TH17 cell differentiation and function and the progression of collagen-induced arthritis in mice. His study may show that selectively targeting these cells would improve the efficiency of current treatments, and the use of novel drug-delivery vehicles to target the p38\u03b1 inhibitors to specific tissue or cell types would be a promising strategy to avoid undesired side effects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ionescu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Andreia Ionescu, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Harvard Medical School Boston, MA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Gene Therapy for OA<\/h3>\n<p>Because FoxA transcription factors play an important role in skeletal development, Dr. Ionescu has begun to explore whether this transcription factor family also plays a role during conditions such as osteoarthritis. So far, she has found that over-expression of the gene, FoxA2, in a murine model of osteoarthritis accelerates progression of the disease while deletion of this gene in osteoarthritis prevents disease progression and protects against cartilage degradation in the joints.<\/p>\n<p>This raises the interesting possibility that the induced expression of FoxA transcription factors during osteoarthritis leads to cartilage degradation. Thus, FoxA2 may be an interesting target for small-molecule inhibition in hopes of preventing OA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Jellusova.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Julia Jellusova, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute La Jolla, CA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Signaling Pathways in RA<\/h3>\n<p>B cells are an important part of a normal immune system; however, their function is altered in patients suffering from many autoimmune diseases. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have been shown to benefit from treatment targeting this cell population. BAFF is a crucial survival factor for B cells and BAFF serum levels have been shown to be elevated in patients suffering from different autoimmune disorders including rheumatoid arthritis. This project will study biochemical signaling pathways activated in B cells by BAFF and their contribution to B cell maturation and survival. A better understanding of these signaling pathways could lead to the development of new therapeutic agents or treatment strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Joller.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Nicole Joller, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital Boston, MA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>A New Approach to Understanding RA<\/h3>\n<p>T cells that are activated by and react to the body\u2019s own tissues are among the cells that drive autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whether a T cell becomes fully activated is controlled by two mechanisms: 1) regulatory T cells inhibit T cell responses that are directed against the body\u2019s own tissues and 2) so-called co-stimulatory and co-inhibitory molecules fine tune the T cell response and set the threshold for T cell activation. Among these, the co-inhibitory molecule TIGIT was recently linked to susceptibility to multiple autoimmune diseases, including RA. Dr. Joller\u2019s study will determine how TIGIT regulates the autoimmune T cell responses that drive RA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Joller will pursue an interdisciplinary approach to elucidate the inhibitory function of TIGIT. The knowledge gained through this approach will help Dr. Joller identify therapeutic targets and opens up different possibilities for the development of new therapeutic strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kalliolias.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>George Kalliolias, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Sontag Fellow Explores New Targets for RA Treatment<\/h3>\n<p>Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic unremitting joint inflammation. Despite the progress in our understanding of RA pathogenesis, sustained disease remission is an unmet need for &gt;50% of RA patients. The goal of this project is to identify novel therapeutic targets to stop efficiently and safely the damaging progress of RA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kalliolias hypothesizes that the new targets to block are fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS), critical players helping perpetuate joint inflammation. Approved therapies for RA target immune cells or their products primarily and, to date, there is no therapeutic strategy available to block the disease-causing functions of FLS.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kalliolias anticipates these studies will set the stage for designing novel FLS-targeting therapies, enriching the existing therapies available without increasing immuno-suppression of RA patients.<\/p>\n<p>The Sontag Foundation felt that Dr. Kalliolias and his innovative project were among the most promising of this year\u2019s RA-related projects and named him The Sontag Fellow of the Arthritis National Research Foundation for 2013-14. Learn more about The Sontag Foundation\u2019s commitment to rheumatoid arthritis research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/longobardi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lara Longobardi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>OA: How Cartilage is Preserved<\/h3>\n<p>Osteoarthritis\u00a0(OA) is the most common form of arthritis and current therapies primarily treat pain symptoms. The lack of a cure for OA clearly indicates that novel investigative approaches are needed to elucidate the functional changes occurring during this joint degenerative disease and to develop new therapies.<\/p>\n<p>A joint is the location at which two or more bones connect and is surrounded by the joint capsule. The joint capsule is filled with a viscous fluid (synovial fluid) that protects the cartilage located at the surfaces of bones, called articular cartilage. In healthy joints, a proper joint structure is maintained by preventing the cells of the articular cartilage from undergoing mineralization followed by bone replacement, such as normally occurs during long bone growth.<\/p>\n<p>If OA is the result of the failure of articular cells to establish the correct microenvironment and prevent joint mineralization, understanding the mechanism by which these cells preserve articular cartilage in adults can lead to understand how cartilage is damaged and to develop new treatments for OA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Longobardi\u2019s study is based on her original finding that the growth factor TGF-\u03b2 (Transforming Growth factor-\u03b2), which is known to have a critical role in preserving the joint structure, can modulate joint development during fetal life by selectively repressing specific molecules secreted by inflammatory cells (cytokines), such as MCP-5 (Monocyte Chemoattractant protein-5). It has been proved that a correct balance between growth factors and cytokines is critical to maintain the properties of the articular cartilage.<\/p>\n<p>The overall objective of the proposal is to analyze in more detail the mechanism by which TGF-\u03b2 and MCP-5 interact and the molecules they activate to preserve joint integrity. This is a novel perspective to study OA disease progression in which joints are not the passive \u201cvictims\u201d of the degenerative force of inflammation but rather make their own contribution to OA pathogenesis by the failure of an active cell joint population to maintain a controlled environment. The information derived from these studies has major medical relevance and implications as it will provide critical insights to the chain of events that lead to OA pointing the research toward novel therapies to restore joint function.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Subbarao-Malireddi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Subbarao Malireddi, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>St. Jude Children\u2019s Hospital Memphis, TN<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Anti-Inflammatory Mechanism in RA<\/h3>\n<p>Rheumatoid arthritis\u00a0(RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects joints leading to joint pain, stiffness, deformity and disability. Collagen induced arthritis (CIA) is a classic mouse model of RA which has substantially furthered our knowledge about the mechanism of the disease. Although RA is traditionally known as an autoimmune disease, innate immunity orchestrates the development of adaptive responses and pathogenic responses that drive RA. Targeting innate immune responses has proven beneficial in RA patients. Nucleotide binding and Oligomerization Domain (NOD)-like Receptors (NLRs) have recently emerged as important regulators of the innate immune response.<\/p>\n<p>In this study, Dr. Malireddi will evaluate the role of NOD like receptor protein NLRP12 in the negative regulation of the immune response in rheumatoid arthritis using the CIA mouse model. This study could reveal the essential mechanisms of the innate immune responses required for suppressing inflammation and subsequently controlling arthritis causing factors. An understanding of such anti-inflammatory mechanism is a prerequisite for the development of new therapies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/reber.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Laurent Reber, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Stanford University Stanford, CA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Gout: Potential new treatment<\/h3>\n<p>Gout\u00a0and pseudogout are chronic diseases caused by the precipitation in the joints of crystals of monosodium urate and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate. Defining which cell types in the affected joints initiate and\/or perpetuate the inflammatory response and related joint pathology induced by such crystals is an essential step towards finding more effective treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Mast cells are potent pro-inflammatory immune cells which are abundant in the joints but their role in gout and pseudogout remains unknown. In this project, Dr. Reber will define mechanisms by which mast cells contribute to joint disease in mouse models of gout and pseudogout and assess whether and to what extent targeted inhibition of mast cell functions can reduce inflammation and disease pathology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/JunxiaWang.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Junxia Wang, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Harvard Medical School Boston, MA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Neutrophils: Target for RA Therapy?<\/h3>\n<p>The neutrophil represents the front line of immune defense, migrating first into inflamed tissues to clear invading pathogens. However, in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other types of arthritis, neutrophil recruitment into the joints continues unabated for years, contributing to pain, joint swelling, and tissue destruction. Animal studies demonstrate that neutrophils serve a lynchpin role in both initiation and perpetuation of joint inflammation. Therefore, neutrophils are a potentially interesting therapeutic target.<\/p>\n<p>The project will pursue the discovery of a novel regulator of human neutrophil migration, to understand how it works and to determine whether this protein could serve as a therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hong_zan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Hong Zan, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>University of California Irvine, CA<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Treating Lupus More Effectively<\/h3>\n<p>Systemic\u00a0lupus\u00a0erythematosus (lupus) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the production of an array of pathogenic autoantibodies (antibodies that attack self tissues), which cause widespread tissue and organ injury.<\/p>\n<p>Both genetic factors and epigenetic modifications that arise from exposure to the environment contribute to the pathogenesis of lupus. The word \u201cepigenetic\u201d literally means \u201cin addition to changes in genetic sequence.\u201d The term has evolved to include any process that alters gene activity without changing the DNA sequence, and leads to modifications that can be transmitted to daughter cells.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zan\u2019s research addresses core autoimmune mechanisms of lupus and will have sustained impact on the fields of epigenetics, immunoregulation and autoimmunity. This study will provide a sound mechanistic basis for use of inexpensive small molecule epigenetic inhibitors, some of which are already available and FDA-approved, to treat lupus more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><div class=\"scientist-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/curearthritis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/McAdams-DeMarco.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Mara McAdams DeMarco, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"scientist-excerpt\"><h3>Risk Factors for Gout in Older Adults<\/h3>\n<p>Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis and disproportionately affects adults over the age of 65; an estimated 4.7 million older adults have been diagnosed with gout in the US. There is increasing awareness that the risk factors, clinical presentation, and progression of gout differs for older adults.<\/p>\n<p>To address the growing public health burden and distinct clinical aspects of gout in older adults, Dr. McAdams DeMarco\u2019s research will estimate the number of older adults who develop gout, identify risk factors for gout in older adults, and determine the impact of gout on physical function in older adults. The findings from this research will lead to a better understanding of the burden, risk factors, and consequences of gout in older adults and will directly benefit patients and providers by characterizing this inflammatory arthritis in an understudied population.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. McAdams DeMarco\u2019s research is co-funded by ANRF and the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n        \t<\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education &amp; Resources Scientists The world-renowned Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of physician-scientists only chooses the best and brightest emerging arthritis research scientists each and every year. 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