LRI Grant Recipients

Pascal Alard, PhD

University of Louisville, KY
2005 New Treatments

Felipe Andrade, MD, PhD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2005 New Treatments

Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD

University of Rochester, NY
2007 B Cells

Gregory Barton, PhD

University of California, Berkeley, CA
2007 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Natalia Beglova, PhD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston
2011 Cardiovascular System

Timothy W. Behrens, MD

Genentech
(previously at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN)
2005 Biomarkers

Steven Bensinger, VMD, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Cardiovascular System

Susan A. Boackle, MD

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
2002 Genetics
2002 Biomarkers

Silvia Bolland, PhD

NIH-NIAID
Section head, NIAID’s Laboratory of Immunogenetics
2001 Genetics

Daniel Bullard, PhD

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2008 Genetics

Janis Burkhardt, PhD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
2005 Genetics

Harvey Cantor, MD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
2006 Genetics

Roberto Caricchio, MD

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2004 General Immune System Function
2008 Kidney

Edward Chan, PhD

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2008 Genetics

Hongbo Chi, PhD

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
2009 General Immune System Function

Robert M. Clancy, PhD

New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
2003/2004 Cardiovascular System
2003/2004 Biomarkers
2011 Kidney

Marcus Clark, MD

University of Chicago, IL
2005 Kidney

Stephen H. Clarke, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2011 B Cells

Philip L. Cohen, MD

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Mary K. Crow, MD

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
2004 Biomarkers
2001 General Immune System Function
2001 Biomarkers

Tyler Curiel, MD, MPH

Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
2011 Gender Matters

Anne Davidson, MD

Feinstein Medical Research Institute, Manhasset, NY
2003/2004 Kidney
2003/2004 Biomarkers
2009 B Cells
2009 Kidney
2009 New Treatments

Randall Davis, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
2013 Human Lupus Biology
2013 B Cells
2013 Target Identification

Umesh Deshmukh, PhD

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2003/2004 Kidney

Betty Diamond, MD

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
North Shore-LIJ Health System
2001 Central Nervous System

Jeffrey Edberg, PhD

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2008 Genetics

Robert A. Eisenberg, MD

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Imaging
2002 Cardiovascular System

Keith Elkon, MD

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2006 Central Nervous System

Loren Erickson, PhD

University of Virginia, VA
2007 B Cells

Jan Erikson, PhD

The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Dendritic Cells

Tarek Fahmy, PhD

Yale University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, New Haven, CT
2008 New Treatments

Bruce Furie, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2013 Target Identification
2013 New Treatments

Stefania Gallucci, MD

Temple University of the Commonwealth, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Human Lupus Biology
2013 Target Identification
2013 Human Lupus Biology
2013 Dendritic Cells

Lee Ann Garrett-Sinha, PhD

State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
2006 Cell Signaling

Emily Baechler Gillespie, PhD

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Biomarkers

Edmund J. Gosselin, PhD

Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
2001 B Cells

Neil S. Greenspan, MD, PhD

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2002 Kidney

Eric Greidinger, MD

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and VAMC, Miami, FL
2006 General Immune System Function

Christine M. Grimaldi, PhD

Boehringer Ingelheim
(previously at Columbia University, New York, NY)
2005 Genetics

Veronika Groh-Spies, MD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2008 General Immune System Function

Yousang Gwack, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2012 General Immune System Function
2012 New Treatments

Nir Hacohen, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2007 Genetics

Bevra Hahn, MD

University of California at Los Angeles, CA
2003/2004 Cardiovascular System
2003/2004 Biomarkers

Roland G. Henry, PhD

University of California at San Francisco, CA
2005 Central Nervous System

V. Michael Holers, MD

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
2003/2004 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Hui-Chen Hsu, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2009 General Immune System Function
2009 New Treatments

Xiaoyo Hu, MD, PhD

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
2013 Target Identification
2013 Cell Signaling

Thereza Imanishi-Kari, PhD

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2006 B Cells

Janusz Kabarowski, PhD

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
2012 Kidney
2012 New Treatments

Daniel H. Kaplan, MD, PhD

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
2005 General Immune System Function

Mariana J. Kaplan, MD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Cardiovascular System
2002 Biomarkers
2012 Cardiovascular System

Vicki Kelley, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2007 Environmental Triggers
2007 Skin

Marianthi Kiriakidou, MD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Genetics
2007 Biomarkers

Michele M. Kosiewicz, PhD

University of Louisville Research Foundation, KY
2006 Gender Matters

William Kovacs, MD

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
2012 B Cells

Joe Larkin, PhD

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2013 New Treatments
2013 T Cells

Greg E. Lemke, PhD

The Salk Institute for Biologic Studies, La Jolla, CA
2005 General Immune System Function

Deborah Lenschow, MD, PhD

Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2013 Target Identification

Chau-Ching Liu, MD, PhD

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
2006 Biomarkers

Theresa T. Lu, MD, PhD

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
2005 General Immune System Function
2011 Skin
2011 General Immune System Function

Averil Ma, MD

The University of California, San Francisco, CA
2013 General Immune System Function
2013 Cell Signaling
2013 Target Identification

Meggan Mackay, MD

The Feinstein Institute of Medical Research, NY
2012 Biomarkers
2012 Central Nervous System

Amy S. Major, PhD

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
2005 Cardiovascular System

Harmit Malik, PhD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
2012 Genetics

Jochen Mattner, MD

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, OH
2006 Environmental Triggers

Tracy McGaha, PhD

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
2007 Cell Signaling

Yorgo Modis, PhD

Yale University, New Haven, CT
2007 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Chandra Mohan, MD, PhD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2001 Kidney
2006 Genetics
2008 Biomarkers
2013 Central Nervous System
2013 Biomarkers
2013 Human Lupus Biology

Peter Mundel, MD

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
2002 Kidney

Timothy Niewold, MD, FACR

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 Genetics

Elahna Paul, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2003/2004 Biomarkers

Roberta Pelanda, PhD

National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
2013 B Cells
2013 Human Lupus Biology

Stephen C. Pelsue, PhD

University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
2006 Genetics

Yufeng Peng, PhD

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2012 B Cells

Stanford Peng, MD, PhD

Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA (At time of LRI grant, Dr. Peng was at Washington University in St. Louis)
2002 Cell Signaling

Alessandra B. Pernis, MD

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, NY
2006 Gender Matters

David S. Pisetsky, MD, PhD

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
2003/2004 Biomarkers

Hidde Ploegh, PhD

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
2008 B Cells

Eline Luning Prak, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2012 B Cells

Luminita Pricop, MD

Previously at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Currently at Roche (pharmaceutical industry)
2003/2004 General Immune System Function

Chaim Putterman, MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
2001 Kidney
2001 Biomarkers
2008 Biomarkers

Marko A. Radic, PhD

University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
2005 Environmental Triggers
2009 B Cells

Chander Raman, PhD

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2003/2004 General Immune System Function

Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
2009 B Cells
2009 General Immune System Function

Westley Reeves, MD

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2008 General Immune System Function

Boris Reizis, PhD

Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2009 Dendritic Cells
2009 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Hanno B. Richards, MD

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2002 Biomarkers

Ian R. Rifkin, MD, PhD

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2002 Dendritic Cells

Inez Rogatsky, PhD

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
2005 New Treatments

Christopher A.J. Roman, PhD

State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Biomarkers

Carla Rothlin, PhD

Yale University, New Haven, CT
2011 General Immune System Function

Thomas Rothstein, MD, PhD

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, NY
2007 B Cells
2012 B Cells

Stephen J. Rozzo, PhD

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
2001 Genetics

Robert A. S. Roubey, MD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2004 Cardiovascular System
2004 Biomarkers

Jane Salmon, MD

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
2009 Central Nervous System
2009 General Immune System Function
2009 New Treatments
2013 Kidney
2013 Target Identification

Amr Sawalha, MD

University of Michigan
2011 Genetics

Michael C. Schneider, MD

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
2002 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD

Yale University, New Haven, CT
2011 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Gregg Silverman, MD

New York University, NY
2013 Human Lupus Biology
2013 Environmental Triggers

Daniel Stetson, PhD

University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2009 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA
2009 Environmental Triggers

Anne M. Stevens, MD, PhD

University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
2007 Cell Signaling

Alexander Szalai, PhD

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2008 Genetics

Reshma Taneja, PhD

Previously at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
2002 General Immune System Function

Alexander Tarakhovsky, MD, PhD

The Rockefeller University, NY
2012 B Cells
2012 New Treatments

Joshua Thurman, MD

University of Colorado, Denver, CO
2009 Biomarkers
2009 Kidney

Betty Tsao, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Gender Matters

Chenthamarakshan Vasu, PhD

University of Illinois, Chicago
2011 New Treatments

Barbara J. Vilen, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2001 B Cells

Joan Von Feldt, MD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Trials Initiative Grant
2002 Cardiovascular System
2002 Biomarkers

Matthias Wabl, PhD

University of California, San Francisco, CA
2007 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA
2012 B Cells
2012 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Edward Wakeland, PhD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2001 New Treatments
2001 Biomarkers

Mark Walter, PhD

University of Alabama, Birmingham
2011 General Immune System Function

Yisong Wan, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2011 General Immune System Function

Martin Weigert, PhD

University of Chicago, IL
2001 B Cells
2005 General Immune System Function
2005 Biomarkers

Victoria P. Werth, MD

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Skin
2001 General Immune System Function

Robert Winchester, MD

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
2004 Kidney
2004 Biomarkers
2011 Lupus Pregnancy

Sandra Wolin, MD, PhD

Yale University, New Haven, CT
2012 Skin

Jianming Wu, PhD

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2002 General Immune System Function

Changchun Xiao, PhD

Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
2009 B Cells

Zhixin (Jason) Zhang, PhD

University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
(previously at the University of Alabama in Birmingham)
2005 Environmental Triggers

Jianhua Zhang, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2002 Why the Lupus Immune System Reacts to Its Own DNA

Jian Zhang, MD

University of Chicago, IL
2006 Cell Signaling

Elina Zuniga, PhD

University of California, San Diego, CA
2013 New to Lupus

LRI Grant Recipients

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