RESEARCH

The Arthritis Foundation is the largest non-profit, private funder of arthritis research in the world, and has provided more than $450 million in research grants to more than 2,600 researchers since its inception in 1948.

The Foundation is committed to supporting the highest quality research that will lead to the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.

 2012-2013 Arthritis Foundation Research Award Recipients

Congratulations to this year’s Arthritis Foundation research award recipients!  Thank you for improving the lives of those with arthritis with better treatments and for taking us ever closer to a cure.

OSTEOARTHRITIS

Ru Bryan, PhD
Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Innovative Research Grant

Grayson DuRaine, PhD
University of California, Davis
Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dominik Haudenschild, PhD
University of California, Davis
Innovative Research Grant

Lick Pui Lai, PhD
University of Southern California
Postdoctoral Fellowship

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Michael E. Selsted, MD, PhD
University of Southern California
Innovative Research Grant

PRIMARY DISEASE FOCUS:  OTHER

Suzanne Kafaja, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Clinical to Research Transition Award
Scleroderma

Jennifer King, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Lupus

Sin-Ae Lee, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Psoriatic Arthritis

John C. Scatizzi, PhD
Scripps Research Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowship

LUPUS

Zejin Zhu, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
Innovative Research Grant
Sjögren’s Syndrome

Read on for more information on the advances being made through Arthritis Foundation research programs.