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
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Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH President Berkshire Medical Center
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Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD Vice President University of Minnesota
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Anne Bass, MD Treasurer Hospital for Special Surgery |
Edward Behrens, MD Chair, Scientific Advisory Council Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Jody Hargrove, MD Chair, Development Advisory Council Arthritis & Rheumatology Consultants, P.A.
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Alfred Kim, MD, PhD Chair, Impact Advisory Council Washington University School of Medicine |
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Carrie Hansen Member-at-Large |
Elaine Husni, MD Member-at-Large Cleveland Clinic
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Corinne S. Karp, MAEd Member-at-Large |
Firas Kassab, MD Member-at-Large South Charlotte Rheumatology |
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Vikas Majithia, MD, MBBS, MPH Member-at-Large Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
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Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH Member-at-Large University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Leo Wegemer, JD, LLM Member-at-Large |
Carol Young, MD Member-at-Large Arthritis Medical Clinic of North County, Inc. |
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Ryan DeMasi, MD Corporate Roundtable Abbvie
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Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH Representative of ARP Harvard Medical School
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Linda Hiraki, MD, FRCPC, ScD ACR Research Representative The Hospital for Sick Children |
Bethany Marston, MD ACR Training Representative University of Rochester
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Marta Bean, MD Fellow-in-Training (2023-2024) University of Pennsylvania |
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Colleen Correll, MD Chair, ACR's Pediatric Special Committee University of Minnesota Medical Center
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V. Michael Holers Foundation Immediate Past President (2021-2023) University of Colorado |
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Ex-Officio Members
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Deborah Desir, MD President, American College of Rheumatology Yale-New Haven Medical Center
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Carol Langford, MD, MHS President-elect, American College of Rheumatology Cleveland Clinic
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Aileen Ledingham, PT, MS, PhD President, Association of Rheumatology Professionals
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Rachel Myslinski, MBA Executive Director
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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.
Jodi 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, MB
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
Linda Hiraki, MD, FRCPC, ScD
ACR Research Rep
Hospital for Sick Kids
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
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)
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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
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
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
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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
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING AWARDS
Andy Abril, MD Marissa Blum, MD Amy Cannella, MD Lianne Gensler, MD John Gomez, MD Myriam Guevara, MD Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD Kristen Hayward, MD Jennifer Huggins, MD Laura Hughes, MD, MSPH
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Rumey C. Ishizawar, MD, PhD Eugene Kissin, MD Jason R. Kolfenbach, MD Fotios Koumpouras, MD David Leverenz, MD Tiffany Lin, MD Eli Miloslavsky, MD Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD Kelly Rouster-Stevens, MD, MS Phillip Seo, MD
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AWARDS
Bridge Funding Awards David Bradley, PhD Julia F. Charles, MD, PhD Benjamin Chong, MD Cong-Qui Chu, MD, PhD Megan Cooper, MD, PhD Melissa Cunningham, MD, PhD Shaun Jackson, MD, PhD Mehrdad Matloubian, MD, PhD Christine Pham, MD James Rosenbaum, MD Jeffrey Sparks, MD, MSc
Career Development Research, Basic Science Eric Allenspach, MD, PhD Ashira Blazer, MD Margaret Chang, MD, PhD Carla M. Cuda, PhD Anthony French, 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 Jeremy Tilstra, MD, PhD Jessica Turnier, MD, MS Michael Waterfield, MD, PhD
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Career Development Research, Translational and Clinical Sciences Sheila Angeles-Han, MD, MSc Michael George, MD 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 Katherine Wysham, MD Jared Younger, PhD Yongdong Zhao, MD, PhD
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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AWARDS
Innovative Research Awards, Basic Science Tom Appleton, MD, PhD Ru Bryan, PhD Keith Elkon, MB, BCh Tanya Freedman, PhD Matlock Jeffries, MD Trine Jorgensen, PhD Insoo Kang, MD David Markovitz, MD Mandy McGeachy, MD Johannes Nowatzky, MD Andras Perl, MD, PhD Alessandra Pernis, MD Richard M. Pope, MD Anne Satterthwaite, MD Henri Tiedge, PhD John Varga, MD
Innovative Research Awards, Clinical/Translational Felipe Andrade, MD Joshua F. Baker, MD Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD, FRCPC Erika Darrah, PhD Kristen Demoruelle, MD, PhD Robyn Domsic, MD, MPH David Felson, MD Nancy Lane, MD Yvonne Lee, MD, MMSc Katherine Liao, MD, MPH Gregg Silverman, MD Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PhD, PT Matthew Stoll, MD, PhD, MSCS Pamela F. Weiss, MD, MSCE Elizabeth Wellsandt, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS Yee Ling Wu, PhD
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Innovative Research Awards, Health Services Research Kelli Allen, PhD Alfonso Bello, MD Carmelita Colbert, MD Maria Danila, PhD Maureen Dubreuil, MD Gerald Eisenberg, MD Yvonne M. Golightly, PhD, MS, PT Betty Hsiao, MD S. Reza Jafarzadeh, DVM, MPVM, PhD Seoyoung C. Kim, MD, ScD MSCE Maria A. Lopez Olivo, MD, MSc, PhD Una Makris, MD Gopika Miller, MD Mark Niemer, MD Siamak Moghadam-Kia, MD, MPH Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH
Community Practice Innovation Award Herbert S. Baraf, MD Stuart S. Kassan, MD Elizabeth Perkins, MD
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Erin Arnold, MD Member-at-Large Orthopedics and Rheumatology of the N. Shore
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