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Currently Funded Scientist 

These investigators are currently engaged in Arthritis Foundation-funded Rheumatic disease research.

Alphabetized by last name of the principal investigator.

Farshid Guilak
Washington University 
St Louis, MO
Engineering new biological therapies for arthritis 
5/1/2014 – 1/31/2020

Caroline Jefferies
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, NY
Inflammatory neutrophils in lupus lung disease - a novel cellular target 
4/1/2017-3/31/2020

Richard Loeser
University of North Carolina 
Chapel Hill, NC
The Role of the Microbiome in Metabolic Osteoarthritis
1/1/2017-6/30/2020

Nora Singer
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Cell-based therapy in systemic onset JIA (sJIA) refractory to conventional “c” and biological “b” DMARDs
1/1/2017-11/30/2020

Michael Stein
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Extracellular small RNAs in rheumatoid arthritis -Delivering on Discovery
5/1/2016 – 4/30/2021

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