Divi Cornec, MD, PhD
Co-investigators: Ulrich Specks, MD and Pers Jacques-Olivier, PhD Institution: Mayo Clinic, Rochester and Brest University, France Title: In Depth Characterization of PR3-specific B Cells in ANCA-associated Vasculitis Award: $100,000 two-year grant Divi Cornec is a French rheumatologist, currently working at the Mayo Clinic as a Research Fellow with Ulrich Specks, in collaboration…...
Mary H. Foster, MD
Co-investigators: Amy Clark, PhD, Robert Tighe, MD Institution: Nephrology, Duke University Title: Dual Humanization to Model Gene-environment Interactions in ANCA Vasculitis Award: One-year, $49,946 A type of protein called anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, or ANCA, is produced in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis. Genes and environmental exposures are believed to contribute to ANCA formation, although…...
Mark Gorelik, MD
Investigator: Mark Gorelik, MD Co-investigator: Stephanie Davis, MS Institution: Pediatric Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine Title: Follistatin-Like-1 Protein Blockade in Kawasaki Disease Award: One-year, $25,000 Dr. Mark Gorelik and co-investigator, Dr. Stephanie Davis, were awarded a one-year grant to study the role of the Follistatin-like-1 molecule in the formation of coronary aneurysms and development…...
Nataliya Milman, MD, FRCPC, MSC
Investigator: Nataliya Milman, MD, FRCPC, MSC Co-investigators: Peter Merkel, MD, Annelies Boonen, MD, Peter Tugwel, MD George A. Wells, MD, Paula Patterson, MD Institution: Rheumatology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Title: ICF Core Sets for ANCA-associated Vasculitis Award: Two-year, $20,000 In 2010 OMERACT developed a list of outcomes for measurement in clinical trials…...