Research

RESEARCH: Rheumatology

Faculty Grants

Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD

• Progressions and Biomarkers of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis, ALR 187966
• Cellular and Genetic Basis of Systemic Lupus, 5R01AR047988-12
• HLA-D Region in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pathogenesis, 5R01AR049449-08
• Progressions and Biomarkers of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis, ALR 187966

Donald L. Kimpel, MD, MA

• Sub-investigator for ophthalmology grant using Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in treatment of dry macular degeneration.
• Collaborator for study of anemia of chronic disease in inflammatory arthritis.
• Working collaboratively with faculty in UVA’s departments of Neuropathology and Neurology on a translational research project to identify biomarkers of myositis.

Janet Lewis, MD

• Collaborator (with the UVA Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative therapies) on a project studying fibromyalgia.
• Collaborator with a Department of Microbiology researcher on a study of B lymphocyte function in SLE patients.