The Scientist Training in Rheumatology Research leadership team includes Program Director, Dr. Jason Knight, and Associate Directors, Dr. J. Michelle Kahlenberg and Dr. Dinesh Khanna, and is supported by an internal and external advisory committee.
Program Director
Marvin and Betty Danto Research Professor of Connective Tissue Research
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Antiphospholipid Syndrome Program
Associate Director, Lupus Program
Associate Program Directors
J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD
Giles G. Bole MD and Dorothy Mulkey MD Research Professor of Rheumatology
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Dermatology
Associate Chief for Basic and Translational Research, Division of Rheumatology
Associate Director, Lupus Program
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of Rheumatology
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Scleroderma Program
Internal Advisory Committee
David Fox, MD
Frederick G. L. Huetwell and William D. Robinson, MD Professor of Rheumatology
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Mariana Kaplan, MD
Chief, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Systemic Autoimmunity Branch
Adjunct Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Mary O’Riordan, PhD
Frederick C. Neidhardt Collegiate Professor
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
John Varga, MD
Frederick G. L. Huetwell Research Professor of Rheumatology
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Dermatology
External Advisory Committee
Michael B. Brenner, MD
Theodore B. Bayles Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Leslie J. Crofford, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Director, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University
V. Michael Holers, MD
Scoville Professor of Medicine
Head, Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado
Judith A. James, MD, PhD
Member and Program Chair, Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Research Program
Lou C. Kerr Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
