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.

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Shervin Assassi, MD, MS

UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine

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Franck Barrat, PhD

Hospital for Special Surgery

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David Beck, MD, PhD

New York University

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Aaron Bodansky, MD

University of California, San Francisco

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Wei Chen, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

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Joe Derisi, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

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Diana Dou, PhD

Duke University

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Ryan Flynn, MD, PhD

Boston Children’s Hospital
Harvard University

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Johann Gudjonsson, MD, PhD

University of Michigan

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Laura Hummers, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc

University of Michigan

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Ji Soo Kim, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Jinwoo Lee, MD, PhD

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Michael Longaker, MD, MBA

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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Kim Simpfendorfer, PhD

The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

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Kathryn Torok, MD

Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital

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Paul J. Utz, MD, PhD

Stanford University School of Medicine

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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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Paul Wolters, MD

University of California, San Francisco

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Bingfei Yu, PhD

University of Southern California

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Scott Zeger, PhD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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