2013 Funded Scientists

We will continue our mission in funding millions of dollars to researchers from universities, hospitals, and clinics all across the United States.

2013 grants: Below see all new awards granted in 2013. To see the list by disease being studied, click here.

Training and Career Development Awards

Clinical to Research Transition Award

Maureen Dubreuil, MD
Boston University
Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Michelle Ormseth, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
HDL Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Julie Paik, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Neuropathy in Scleroderma

Doctoral Dissertation Award

Michelle Yau, MD
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Elucidating the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis progression

New Investigator Award

Delesha M. Carpenter, Ph.D
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Understanding how RA patients process conflicting information about DMARDs

Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 

Michelle Rosan Abelson, Ph.D
University of Pittsburgh
IL-17-Mediated Regulation of C/EBPbeta: Signaling and Response in Arthritis

Jailal Nicho Ablack, PhD
University of California, San Diego
MARCHing to a Halt: MARCH1 regulates Lymphocyte Proliferation Through CD98

Sokratis Apostolidis, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The role of PP2Ac in the Th17/Treg cell balance in SLE

Hildur Hronn Arnardottir, Ph.D
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Novel Resolvin D3 in the Resolution of Inflammation and Murine Arthritis

Sourojit Bhowmick, Ph.D
Yale University
Genetic Analysis of Follicular Helper T cells in Immune Responses

Pallavi Bhattaram, Ph.D
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Roles of SoxC genes in skeletogenic mesenchymal cells

Deva Chan
Rush University Medical Center
Directing chondrogenic repair tissue in a novel murine microfracture model

Erika Darrah, Ph.D
Johns Hopkins University
Novel Regulators and Consequences of PAD4 Activation in RA

Alice Huang, Ph.D
Shriners Hospital For Children
The role of activin in tendon development

Cheilonda Johnson, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Determinants of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

Byung-Seok Kim, Ph.D
U. T. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
The role of RORgt in Treg cells in the regulation of autoimmune arthritis

Erica Freem Lawson, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Transition to Independence: Optimizing Outcomes in Childhood-onset Lupus

Yiu Tak Leung, MD, Ph.D
University of Pennsylvania
IRF influences on the Epigenetic Landscape in SLE

Megan Ruiter, Ph.D
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ethnic Differences in Osteoarthritis Pain and Sleep

Shaofeng Wang, MD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Functional study of SLE-associated risk variants in UBE2L3

Vincent Willard
Duke University
In Vitro Models of Osteoarthritis for Personalized Medicine

Minjun Yu, Ph.D
The R F for SUNY
A novel mouse model for immune-mediated skin fibrosis