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.

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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Howard Chang, MD, PhD

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Wei Chen, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

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Ryan Flynn, MD, PhD

Boston Children’s Hospital
Harvard University

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Laura Hummers, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Nikhil Jiwrajka, MD

University of Pennsylvania

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Ji Soo Kim, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Gabsang Lee, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Michael Longaker, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine

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Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD

University of Texas McGovern Medical School

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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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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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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

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