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Leadership

The Rheumatology Research Foundation is led by a wide range of rheumatology community members from private practice, academic investigators and rheumatology professionals, as well as corporate representatives and public members dedicated to the Foundation’s mission.

Board of Directors  

Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH

 Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD
Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH
President
Berkshire Medical Center
 Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD
Vice President
University of Minnesota
Anne Bass, MD

Anne Bass, MD
Treasurer
Hospital for Special Surgery		 William Harvey, MD
Secretary
Tufts Medicine
 Edward Behrens, MD  Jody Hargrove, MD
Edward Behrens, MD
Chair, Scientific Advisory Council
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
 Jody Hargrove, MD
Chair, Development Advisory Council 
Arthritis & Rheumatology Consultants, P.A.
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD Carrie Hansen
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
Chair, Impact Advisory Council
Washington University School of Medicine

Carrie Hansen
Member-at-Large
Elaine Husni, MD Corinne Karp

Elaine Husni, MD
Member-at-Large
Cleveland Clinic

Corinne S. Karp, MAEd
Member-at-Large
Firas Kassab, MD Vikas Majithia, MD, MBBS, MPH
Firas Kassab, MD
Member-at-Large
South Charlotte Rheumatology
 Vikas Majithia, MD, MBBS, MPH
Member-at-Large
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Leo Wegemer, JD, LLM
Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH
Member-at-Large
University of Nebraska Medical Center		 Leo Wegemer, JD, LLM
Member-at-Large
Carol Young, MD  Ryan DeMasi, MD
Carol Young, MD
Member-at-Large
Arthritis Medical Clinic of North County, Inc.		 Ryan DeMasi, MD
Corporate Roundtable 
Abbvie
Marian Hannon, DSc, MPH Linda Hiraki, MD
Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH
Representative of ARP
Harvard Medical School		 Linda Hiraki, MD, FRCPC, ScD
ACR Research Representative
The Hospital for Sick Children
Bethany Marston, MD Marta Bean, MD
Bethany Marston, MD
ACR Training Representative
University of Rochester		 Marta Bean, MD
Fellow-in-Training Representative
University of Pennsylvania
 INVITED GUESTS  
Colleen Correll, MD
Colleen Correll, MD
Chair, ACR's Pediatric Special Committee
University of Minnesota Medical Center
 V. Michael Holers, MD
Foundation Immediate Past President
University of Colorado

Ex-Officio Members

  
Deborah Desir, MD  Carol Langford, MD, MHS
Deborah Dyett Desir, MD
President, ACR
Yale School of Medicine
 Carol Langford, MD, MHS
President-elect, ACR
Cleveland Clinic
 Kori Dewing, DNP, ANP-BC, ARNP

 

Aileen Ledingham, PT, MS, PhD
President, ARP                                                              Mount Auburn Hospital

 

Rachel Myslinski, MBA
Executive Director, Rheumatology Research Foundation

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HONORARY BOARD OF ADVISORS

The Honorary Board of Advisors is reserved for individuals who have made a transformative contribution, either through monetary support and/or an act of leadership, which made an indelible mark on the Foundation's future fundraising success.

Mark Andrejeski

Stanley B. Cohen, MD

Mary K. Crow, MD

Ephraim P. Engleman, MD
Inducted posthumously

Norman B. Gaylis, MD

Beverly Guin

Stuart Kassan, MD, MACR

Stephen E. Malawista, MD and Tobé Malawista
Dr. Malawista was inducted posthumously

Audrey M. Nelson, MD

James R. O'Dell, MD

Arthur L. Weaver, MD

Leo Wegemer, JD, LLM and Terry Wegemer

Michael H. Weisman, MD

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Development Advisory Council

The Development Advisory Council is charged with overseeing the Foundation’s fundraising program to ensure the Foundation is cultivating the stable support needed to fulfill its mission.

Jody Hargrove, MD
Chair
Arthritis & Rheumatology Consultants P.A.

Cheryl Crow, OT
Arthritis Life

Deborah Durkee
University of Utah School of Medicine

Betsy Khan
Teleflex

Kristine Kuhn, MD, PhD
Univeristy of Colorado School of Medicine

Brian Loggins, MBA
Arthritis Associates, PA San Antonio

Lisa Mandl, MD, MPH
Hospital for Special Surgery

Alexa Meara, MD, MS
The Ohio State University

Iris Navarro Millan, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery

Mark Snyder
Pfizer

Jeff Stark
UCB

Benjamin Widener, MD
Sheridan Memorial Hospital

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Impact Advisory Council

The Impact Advisory Council is charged with communicating the work of the Foundation to patients and caregivers in the rheumatology community, advocating for rheumatology research, and highlighting the impact this research has on the patients with rheumatic diseases.

Al Kim, MD, PhD
Chair
Washington University School of Medicine

Heather Benham, DNP

Betty Hsiao, MD
Yale-New Haven Medical Center

Annastasha Parker

Steve Russel, MBA

Bernie Rubin, DO, MPH

 

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Scientific Advisory Council

The Scientific Advisory Council is charged with overseeing the Foundation’s research and education funding programs to ensure they are run effectively and efficiently and are meeting the needs of the rheumatology community and people with rheumatic diseases.

Ed Behrens, MD
Chair
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Nunzio Bottini, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Scott Canna, MD
Penn Institute for Immunology

Maria Danila, MD, MSPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jason Kolfenbach, MD
University of Colorado

Katherine Liao, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Bethany Marston, MD
University of Rochester

Kaleb Michaud, PhD, COR Rep
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Susan Murphy, OT, ScD
University of Michigan

Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin

Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MMSc
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Vivian Stone, MD
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Elizabeth Wellsandt, PT, DPT, PhD
University of Nebraska

Arissa Young, MD
UCLA

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

V. Michael Holers, MD, Chair, Immediate Past President
Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH, President
Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD, Vice President
Stacy Ardoin, MD
Alicia Hinze, MD, MHS
Emily Isaacs, MD
Jon Giles, MD
Betsy McKelvey
Stuart Kassan, MD
Barbara Slusher, MSW, PA-C, ARP Representative

 

 

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PAST PRESIDENTS

Arthur Weaver, MD (1991-1993)
Ronald Kaufman, MD, MBA (1993-1995)
Daniel Wallace, MD (1995-1999)
Stanley Cohen, MD (1999-2001)
Joseph Golbus, MD (2001-2003)
Michael Weisman, MD (2003-2005)
James O’Dell, MD (2005-2007)
Leslie Crofford, MD (2007-2009)

E. William St.Clair, MD (2009-2011)
David Daikh, MD, PhD (2011-2013)
David Karp, MD, PhD (2013-2015)
Eric Matteson, MD (2015-2017)
Abby G. Abelson, MD (2017-2019)
S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD (2019-2021)
V. Michael Holers, MD (2021-2023)

 

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Peer Reviewers

The following list includes the peer reviewers that served over the last 3 years. The peer reviewers are charged with rigorously reviewing all applications for awards and grants to ensure the proposals adhere to specific criteria and are of a high quality.

RECRUITMENT AWARDS

Lawren H. Daltroy in Health Communication
Patricia (Patti) Katz, PhD
Daniel K. White, PT, ScD, MSc
Janet Poole, PhD, OTR/L
Mark Law, PhD

Mentored Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant for Workforce Expansion
Janet L. Bahr, NP
LaurieAnn Hughell, MPH, PA-C
Sara Kellahan, NP
Laura Sampson, PA-C
Erin Siceloff, PA-C
Brit Donaldson, PA-C
Hazel L. Breland, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Anna Richmond, APRN, DNP, MSN
Daniel K. White, PT, ScD, MSc

Resident Research Preceptorship
Kevin Deane, MD, PhD
Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS
Linda Li, PT, PhD
Aileen Davis, PhD, M.Sc., B.Sc. (P.T.)
Jawad Bilal, MD
Angeles Lopez, Olivo, MD, PhD
Richard Bucala, MD, PhD
Felipe Andrade, MD, PhD
S. Reza Jafarzadeh, DVM, MPVM, PhD
Evelyn Hsieh, MD, PhD
Joshua F. Baker, MD, MSCE
Zachary S. Wallace, MD

Rheumatology Future Physician Scientist Award
Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD
Julia F. Charles, MD, PhD
Bryant England, MD, PhD
David Fernandez, MD, PhD
Monic Guma, MD, PhD
Kevin S. Wei, MD, PhD
Vanessa L. Malcarne, PhD
Brian Skaug, MD, PhD
Anna Helena Jonsson, MD, PhD
Paul Hoover, MD, PhD
Daniel Solomon, MD, PhD
Lindsey A. MacFarlane, MD, MPH
Lisa Mandl, MD, PhD
Alan M. Rathbun, PhD, MPH
Colleen Correll, MD, MPH

EDUCATION AND TRAINING AWARDS

Andy Abril, MD
Juliet Aizer, MD, MPH
Amanda Alexander, MD, RhMSUS
Marissa Blum, MD
Floranne Ernste, MD
Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD
Kristen Hayward, MD
Jennifer Huggins, MD
Rumey C. Ishizawar, MD, PhD
Eugene Kissin, MD
Kichul Ko, MD

Jason R. Kolfenbach, MD
Fotios Koumpouras, MD
David Leverenz, MD
Justin Levinson, MD, MBA
Tiffany Lin, MD
Jay Mehta, MD, MS
Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD
Kelly Rouster-Stevens, MD, MS
Phillip Seo, MD
Hemalatha Srinivasalu, MD
Dawn Wahezi, MD, MS, RhMSUS

CAREER DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AWARDS

Bridge Funding Awards

Felipe Andrade, MD, PhD
David Bradley, PhD
Benjamin Chong, MD
Cong-Qui Chu, MD, PhD
Cecilia Chung, MD, MPH
Melissa Cunningham, MD, PhD
Candace Feldman, MD, MPH, ScD
Xu Feng, PhD
Christine Pham, MD
Deepak Rao, MD, PhD

Career Development Research,
Basic Science
Eric Allenspach, MD, PhD
Ashira Blazer, MD
Margaret Chang, MD, PhD
Carla M. Cuda, PhD
Anna Helena Jonsson, MD, PhD
Jennifer King, MD, PhD
Pui Lee, MD, PhD
Scott Lieberman, MD, PhD
Christian Lood, MSc, PhD
Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD
Michael Paley, MD, PhD
Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
Lin Shen, MD, PhD
Hong Shi, MD
Jessica Turnier, MD, MS
Michael Waterfield, MD, PhD
Julie Zikherman, MD

Career Development Research, Clinical Sciences
Sheila Angeles-Han, MD, MSc
James Andrew, MD
Bryant England, MD, PhD
Tracy Frech, MD, MSCI
Michael George, MD
Sabrina Gmuca, MD, MSCE
Lauren Henderson, MD, MMSc
Aimee Hersh, MD
Mariko Ishimori, MD
Deepak Kumar, PT, PhD
Christopher A. Mecoli, MD, MHS
Susan Murphy, ScD, OTR
Uyen-Sa D. T. Nguyen, DSc, MPH
Alan Rathbun, PhD, MPH
Rennie Rhee, MD, MS
Ami Shah, MD, MHS
Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MMSc
Louise Thoma, DPT, PhD
Beth Wallace, MD, MSc
Katherine Wysham, MD
Jared Younger, PhD
Yongdong Zhao, MD, PhD

 

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARDS

Innovative Research Awards,
Basic Science
Tom Appleton, MD, PhD
Ru Bryan, PhD
Keith Elkon, MB, BCh
Polly Ferguson, MD
Tanya Freedman, PhD
Matlock Jeffries, MD
Trine Jorgensen, PhD
Insoo Kang, MD
Susan MacLauchlan, PhD
David Markovitz, MD
Mandy McGeachy, MD
Evan Nair-Gill, MD, PhD
Johannes Nowatzky, MD
Andras Perl, MD, PhD
Richard M. Pope, MD
Anne Satterthwaite, MD
Henri Tiedge, PhD
Shouan Zhu, PhD

Innovative Research Awards, Clinical
Felipe Andrade, MD
Joshua F. Baker, MD
Nancy Baker, MPH, OT, ScD
Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD, FRCPC
Christina Charles-Schoeman, MD
Kristen Demoruelle, MD, PhD
Robyn Domsic, MD, MPH
David Felson, MD
Jon Giles, MD, MPH
C. Kent Kwoh, MD
Nancy Lane, MD
Yvonne Lee, MD, MMSc
Timothy McAlindon, MD, MPHD
Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PhD, PT
Sangeeta Sule, MD, PhD
Matthew Stoll, MD, PhD, MSCS
Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc
Pamela F. Weiss, MD, MSCE
Yee Ling Wu, PhD

Innovative Research Awards,
Health Services Research
Kelli Allen, PhD
Megan Clowse, MD
Yvonne M. Golightly, PhD, MS, PT
Betty Hsiao, MD
Una Makris, MD
Gopika Miller, MD
Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH
Ernest Vina, MD
Daniel White, PT, ScD, MSc
Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH

 

Community Practice Innovation Award
Herbert S. Baraf, MD
Stuart S. Kassan, MD
Elizabeth Perkins, MD

 

 

 

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