Arthritis Foundation 2012 Innovative Research Grant Awardees

The recipients of the Arthritis Foundation’s Innovative Research Grants for 2012 highlight our commitment to driving research studies that: target personalized treatments for individual RA and JA patients; create and utilize a national registry for JA patients; and identify biomarkers that will allow for earlier diagnosis and treatment of OA. We are proud of all of our 2012 IRG awardees.

In the Field of Rheumatoid Arthritis Research

Soumya Raychaudhuri, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
RA Risk Alleles Influence Function of CD4 Positive Effector Memory Cells

Shiva Shahrara, PhD
University of Illinois – Chicago
The Novel Role of CCL21 and CCR7 in RA Pathogenesis

Gregg Silvermann, MD
New York University School of Medicine
Anti-citrillinated Epitope B Cells and RA Pathogenesis

Michael Stein, M.B., Ch.B.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Inflammation and the Heart

In the Field of Juvenile Arthritis Research

Yukiko Kimura, MD
Hackensack University Medical Center
Implementing CARRA Standardized Treatment Plans for JIA

Suzanne C. Li, MD, PhD
Hackensack University Medical Center
Developing Tools for Localized Scleroderma Comparative Effectiveness Studies

Laura Schanberg, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Pre-Mote: An Electronic Self-Management Intervention for Pain in JIA

Anne Marguerite Stevens, MD, PhD
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Immune Response to Oral Pathogens in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

In the Field of Osteoarthritis Research

Andres Jose Garcia, PhD
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
IL-1Ra-Tethered Nanoparticles to Treat Joint Inflammation and OA

Dominik Haudenschild, PhD
University of California, Davis
Preventing PTOA After ACL Injury in a Non-invasive Mouse Model

Virginia Byers Kraus, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Post-translationally Modified Proteins as Biomarkers of OA

Christian Latterman, MD
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
IL-1RA Treatment in Patients with Acute ACL Tear and Painful Effusions

Naomi Nakayama, PhD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Making the hES/iPS Cell-derived Chondroprogenitor a Novel Therapeutic Tool

Neil Segal, MD
The University of Iowa
Early Targeting of Knee Osteoarthritis: Predictive Value of Contact Stress

Patrick Smits, PhD
Children’s Hospital Boston
Transcriptional Control of Articular Cartilage Specific Gene Expression

Hui B. Sun, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Maintaining Cartilage Integrity in OA by Mechanical Intervention
 

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