Innovative research conducted by our faculty and staff have paved the way for more effective methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
Research Highlights
January 6, 2021
Ginger Counters Certain Autoimmune Diseases in Mice
Ramadan Ali, PhD and Jason Knight, MD, PhD find the main bioactive compound in ginger lowers autoantibody production and helps halt disease progression in mice with APS and lupus.
December 23, 2020
Reducing the Immunogenicity of Pegloticase in Patients With Refractory Gout
Puja Khanna MD, MPH, discusses a presentation she gave at the American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2020 on reducing the immunogenicity of pegloticase and improving its efficacy.
December 21, 2020
Protein Linked to Progressive Lung Scarring in Scleroderma Patients
Dinesh Khanna, MBBS, MSc research in Cell Reports Magazine finds Osteopontin is behind systemic sclerosis patients' main cause of death: lung scarring. But a repurposed immunosuppressive drug may combat the pro-inflammatory protein.
November 4, 2020
New Cause of COVID-19 Blood Clots Identified
Yu (Ray) Zuo, MD; Yogen Kanthi, MD; and Jason Knight, MD, PhD find that a significant percentage of patients hospitalized with COVID were positive for autoantibodies that create blood clots.
Learn More About Our Research
- Lupus Program
- Scleroderma Program
- Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center
- Clinical ACE Faculty Collaborative Publications
- ACR Annual Meeting
- Faculty Lab Websites
- Clinical Studies
Faculty Publications
- Nada Abdulaziz, MBBS
- M. Asif Amin, MD
- Patricia C. Cagnoli, MD
- Daniel J. Clauw, MD
- David A. Fox, MD
- Ora B. Gewurz-Singer, MD
- Richard E. Harris, PhD
- Steven Harte, PhD
- Joseph Holoshitz, MD
- Robert W. Ike, MD (Emeritus)
- Ruba B. Kado, MD
- J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD
- Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc
- Puja P. Khanna, MD, MPH
- Jason S. Knight, MD, PhD
- Alisa E. Koch, MD
- Sosa V. Kocheril, MBBS
- Timothy J. Laing, MD
- Thomas M. Lanigan, PhD
- Jiha Lee, MD, MHS
- Wendy Marder, MD
- Rory M. Marks, MB BS
- April L. Marquardt, OD, MD
- W. Joseph McCune, MD
- Seetha U. Monrad, MD
- Vivek Nagaraja, MBBS
- Vladimir Ognenovski, MD
- Bruce C. Richardson, MD, PhD (Emeritus)
- Blake J. Roessler, MD (Emeritus)
- Jeffrey H. Ruth, PhD
- Elena Schiopu, MD
- Emily C. Somers, PhD, ScM
- Pei-Suen (Eliza) Tsou, PhD
- John Varga, MD
- Andrew Vreede, MD
- Beth I. Wallace, MD
- Amber N. Young, MD
- Raymond L. Yung, MB, ChB
- Yu (Ray) Zuo, MD
