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Genetics
It appears that the genes inherited from one’s parents may increase susceptibility to lupus.
LRI researchers are making exciting advances in identifying which genes these are, and how they might be blocked or disabled.
Susan A. Boackle, MD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Class of 2002
Silvia Bolland, PhD
NIH-NIAID
Section head, NIAID’s Laboratory of Immunogenetics
Class of 2001
Stephen J. Rozzo, PhD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Class of 2001
Harvey Cantor, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Class of 2006
Chandra Mohan, MD, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Class of 2006
Edward Chan, PhD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Class of 2008
Janis Burkhardt, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Class of 2005
Christine M. Grimaldi, PhD
Boehringer Ingelheim
(previously at Columbia University, New York, NY)
Class of 2005
Nir Hacohen, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Class of 2007
Daniel Bullard, PhD
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Class of 2008
Marianthi Kiriakidou, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Class of 2007
Alexander Szalai, PhD
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Class of 2008
Jeffrey Edberg, PhD
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Class of 2008
Stephen C. Pelsue, PhD
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Class of 2006
Timothy Niewold, MD, FACR
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Class of 2009
Amr Sawalha, MD
University of Michigan
Class of 2011
Harmit Malik, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Class of 2012
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