Sharon Chung, MD
Study: Exome sequencing in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA/Wegener’s) Institution: Division of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco Award: $50,000, one-year study Sharon Chung became interested in researching vasculitis while caring for patients with GPA and other vasculitis diseases during her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins University. “I was fascinated by…...
Cornelia Weyand, MD, PhD
Study: Small molecule therapeutics in Giant Cell Arteritis Institution: Division of Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine Award: $50,000, one-year study For the last 15 years, Cornelia Weyand’s research has focused on large vessel vasculitis with a special emphasis on giant cell arteritis (GCA), which is caused by immune cells that…...