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
• Honorary Board of Advisors
• Development Advisory Council
• Impact Advisory Council
• Scientific Advisory Council
• Leadership Development Council
• Past Presidents
• Peer Reviewers

Board of Directors  

V. Michael Holers, MD President University of Colorado	Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH Vice President Berkshire Medical Center
Carol Langford, MD, MHS Treasurer Cleveland Clinic	Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH Chair, Scientific Advisory Council University of Nebraska Medical Center
Jody Hargrove, MD Chair, Development Advisory Council  Arthritis & Rheumatology Consultants, P.A.	Stephen Russell, MBA Chair, Impact Advisory Council
Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD Member-at-Large University of Minnesota	Carrie Hansen Member-at-Large
Elaine Husni, MD Member-at-Large Cleveland Clinic	Corinne S. Karp, MAEd Member-at-Large
Firas Kassab, MD Member-at-Large South Charlotte Rheumatology	Vikas Majithia, MD, MBBS, MPH Member-at-Large Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Leo Wegemer, JD, LLM Member-at-Large	Carol Young, MD Member-at-Large Arthritis Medical Clinic of North County, Inc.
Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH Representative of the Association of Rheumatology Professionals Harvard Medical School	Kristine A. Kuhn, MD, PhD ACR Research Representative University of Colorado, Denver
Bethany Marston, MD ACR Training Representative University of Rochester	Bernie Rubin, DO, MPH Corporate Roundtable Representative GSK
Invited Guests
Swetha Alexander, MD Fellow In Training University of Utah	S. Louis Bridges Jr., MD, PhD Foundation Immediate Past President (2021-2023)  Hospital for Special Surgery
Colleen Correll, MD Chair, ACR's Pediatric Special Committee University of Minnesota Medical Center
Ex-Officio Members
Doug White, MD, PhD President, American College of Rheumatology Gunderson Health System	Deborah Desir, MD President-elect, American College of Rheumatology Yale-New Haven Medical Center
Kori Dewing, DNP, ANP-BC, ARNP President, Association of Rheumatology Professionals The Seattle Arthritis Clinic	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.

Allison Berger Solomon
Cameo

Deborah Durkee
University of Utah School of Medicine

Stuart S. Kassan, MD, MACR
Colorado Arthritis Associates

Iris Navarro-Millán, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery

Linda Rodamaker, NP
University of Colorado

Mark Snyder
Pfizer

Jeff Stark
UCB

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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.

Steve Russell, MBA
Chair

Heather Benham, DNP, ADPRN, CPNP-PC
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Magdalena Cadet, MD
NYU Langone Medical Center

Emily V. Gordon

Kiran Smith

Ronald Yglesias, MD
Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease Specialties

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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.

Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH
Chair
University of Nebraska

Scott Canna, MD
Penn Institute for Immunology

Maria Danila, MD, MSPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Nunzio Bottini, MD, PhD
UC San Diego Health

Anisha Dua, MD, MPH
Northwestern University

Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD
University of Michigan

Al Kim, MD, PhD
Washington University

Kristine Kuhn, MD, PhD
University of Colorado, Denver

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

Bethany Marston, MD
University of Rochester

Jan Richardson, PT, PhD
Medical Outcome Indicators

Elizabeth Wellsandt, PT, DPT, PhD
University of Nebraska

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD, Chair V. Michael Holers, MD, President Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH, Vice President Stacy Ardoin, MD David Daikh, MD, PhD Candace Feldman, MD, MPH Jon Giles, MD Betsy McKelvey

Emily Isaacs, MD Paula Marchetta, MD, MBA Jane Kang, MD Elizabeth Schlenk, PhD, RN Ken Saag, MD, MSc David Karp, MD, PhD Christine Stamatos, DNP

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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)

 

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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