Current Investigators

The Scleroderma Research Foundation’s research program actively seeks out and recruits experts from the fields of rheumatology, immunology, genetics, and fibrosis, as well as experts in cutting-edge technologies, to join the scleroderma research community. With an intense focus on identifying projects and investigators likely to move scleroderma research forward, the SRF funds a diverse portfolio of projects led by top-tier investigators.

Franck Barrat, PhD

Hospital for Special Surgery

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Francesco Boin, MD

Cedars-Sinai

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Howard Chang, MD, PhD

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Wei Chen, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

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Lorinda Chung, MD, MS

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Erika Darrah, PhD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Ryan Flynn, MD, PhD

Boston Children’s Hospital
Harvard University

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Tracy Frech, MD, MS

Vanderbilt University

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Nikhil Jiwrajka, MD

University of Pennsylvania

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Michael Longaker, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD

Yale School of Medicine

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Ami Shah, MD, MHS

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Eleni Teniakou, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Kathryn Torok, MD

Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital

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Gerlinde Wernig, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Michael Whitfield, PhD

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

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Fredrick Wigley, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Paul Wolters, MD

University of California, San Francisco

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Scott Zeger, PhD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Collaborating Investigators

Livia Casciola-Rosen, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Pravitt Gourh, MD, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Dan Kastner, MD, PhD, National Human Genome Research Institute

Elaine Remmers, National Human Genome Research Institute

Antony Rosen, MBChB, MS, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Charles Rotimi, PhD, National Human Genome Research Institute