Our Investigators

Allen Anandarajah, MBBS
Research interests: The role of imaging studies in the evaluation of inflammatory arthritis; early rheumatoid arthritis with particular emphasis on outcome measures and co-morbidities; erosive osteoarthritis of the hand; the IQ-LUPUS Project which focuses on a patient-centered approach to improve health care for lupus patients

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Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD
Research interests: The mechanisms of B cell tolerance in systemic lupus, bone marrow B cell development, and B cell regulation by the innate immune system and of the bone compartment in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Both translational approaches and murine models are utilized to study the diversity of B cell roles in systemic autoimmunity.

Anolik Lab
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Jennifer Barnas, MD, PhD
Research interests: Cellular interactions within the renal microenvironment of lupus nephritis and how this contributes to the pathophysiology of human systemic lupus

Barnas Lab

Theresa Bingemann, MD
Research interests: Clinical trials centered around food allergies.

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Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez, PhD
Research interests: Understanding the role of DC-STAMP in osteoclastogenesis; defining the value of DC-STAMP as a marker for progression from psoriasis to psoriatic arthritis

Garcia-Hernandez Lab

Benjamin Korman, MD
Research interests: Cellular and molecular processes leading to fibrosis in scleroderma

Korman Lab
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R. John Looney, MD
Research interests: The role of senescent cells in organ damage in lupus and treatment targets

Looney Lab
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Norman Madsen, BMBS, MSc
Research interests: Using ultrasound technology to better differentiate early rheumatic disease patients from the healthy normal population and as an outcome measure in clinical trials.

Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Program

Javier Rangel-Moreno, PhD
Research interests: Understanding the complex interactions among immune cells that take place in target tissues; defining and understanding the distinctive and strategic organization of immune cells in the peripheral tissues and how they contribute to the local induction of pathological or protective immune responses

Rangel-Moreno Lab

Christopher Palma, MD, ScM
Research interests: Investigating potential new therapies for granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis

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Christopher Richardson, MD, PhD
Research interests: Understanding the role of B cells and antibodies in autoimmune skin disease; understanding the pathogenesis of cutaneous lupus

Richardson Lab

Christopher Ritchlin, MD, MPH
Research interests: Understanding the mechanisms that underlie pathologic bone resorption and new bone formation in psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis; understanding the mechanisms that are responsible for bone marrow edema as recorded on magnetic resonance imaging scans in inflammatory arthritis

Ritchlin Lab
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Ummara Shah, MD
Research interests: Investigating potential new therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus; the IQ-LUPUS Project, which focuses on a patient-centered approach to improve health care for lupus patients

IQ-LUPUS Project
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Darren Tabechian MD
Research interests: Clinical research in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and gout

Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Program
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Ralf Thiel, MD
Research interests: Using high frequency ultrasound, power doppler and 3D ultrasound to identify tophi in gout as well as synovitis and enthesitis in gout, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis; sonographic diagnosis and outcomes assessment of crystal arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathy

Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Program