Carola Vinuesa, MD, MSc, PhD
Study: The Role of micro RNA in a Novel Mouse Model of Vasculitis Institution: John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra City, Australia Co-investigators: Giles Walters, MD, Simon Jiang, MD, and Alvin Pratama Award: $50,000, one-year study While researching how gene mutations lead to autoimmune disease, Vinuesa and…...
Susanne Benseler, MD, MSCE, PhD
Study: Development of a uniform histology scoring systems for Small Vessel CNS Vasculitis in adulthood and childhood Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Award: $40,128.10, one-year study Benseler was inspired to study CNS vasculitis in pediatric patients after seeing previously healthy children present with severe neurological deficits including…...
Paul Brogan, BSc, MBCHB, MRCPCH, MSc, Ph.D., FRCPCH
Study: Circulating microparticles as therapeutic targets of plasma exchange in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis Institution: UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, England Award: $99,206, two-year study Inspired by a patient whose Microscopic polyangiitis was diagnosed too late, Brogan began studying ANCA vasculitis…...
Ritu Chakravarti, PhD
Study: To Understand the Role of 14-3-3 In Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Institution: Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio Award: $49,000, one-year study Chakravarti’s interest in GCA is simple: It is the most common form of vasculitis where the causative agent is not known. Her research studies the agent causing…...