Past Funded Projects

This list is of projects completed since 2020. We are continually adding more history of funded projects since we started supporting research in 1987—check back soon for more.

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Northern California Scleroderma Research Consortium

Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Lorinda Chung, MD, MS Professor of Medicine
Paul Wolters, MD Professor of Medicine

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Investigating X-chromosome-related Differences in Scleroderma

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Erika Darrah, PhD Assistant Professor in Medicine
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Interrogation of the Pathogenesis of Stiff Skin Syndrome: A Congenital Form of Scleroderma

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hal Dietz, MD Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics and Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Novel Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Systemic Sclerosis and Fibrosis

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hal Dietz, MD Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics and Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Discovery of Novel Autoantigens in Scleroderma Patients with Gastrointestinal Dysmotility

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jay Pasricha, MD Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology; Professor of Medicine

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Cancer Detection Strategies in Patients with Scleroderma

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Livia Casciola-Rosen, PhD Professor of Medicine
Ami Shah, MD, MHS Associate Professor of Medicine

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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors as Antifibrotic Therapy for Scleroderma

Stanford University School of Medicine

Gerlinde Wernig, MD Assistant Professor of Pathology

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Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center of Excellence

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Fredrick Wigley, MD Director, the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center and Associate Director, Division of Rheumatology; Martha McCrory Professor of Medicine
Laura Hummers, MD, MPH Clinical Director, Division of Rheumatology, Associate Professor of Medicine
Ami Shah, MD, MHS Associate Professor of Medicine

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POL3-specific CD8+ T Cells as the Link Between Scleroderma and Anti-tumor Immune Responses

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Erika Darrah, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Eleni Tiniakou, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

Role of CXCL4-induced TLR9 Defects Promote the Production of Autoreactive B-cells in Scleroderma

Hospital for Special Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine

Franck Barrat, PhD Senior Scientist
Eric Meffre, PhD Professor of Medicine – Immunology & Rheumatology

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Stanford Scleroderma Center of Excellence

Stanford University School of Medicine

Lorinda Chung, MD, MS Professor of Medicine

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Understanding the Biological Basis of Enteric Nervous System Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jay Pasricha, MD Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology; Professor of Medicine
Subhash Kulkarni, MS, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine

Assessment of the Complement Cascade as a Novel Biomarker, Genetic Risk Factor, and Treatment Target for Scleroderma-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Benjamin Korman, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Measuring and Objectively Characterizing Patterns of Gastrointestinal Dysmotility in Scleroderma

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Zsuzsanna McMahan, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

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