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Mentored Fellowship Awardees

2025

Brian Wu (Mentee) and Akihiro Nakamura, MD, PhD (Mentor)
“Live Visualization of Neutrophil Infiltration in Early Stages of New Bone Formation in SpA”

2024

Kristen Mengwasser, MD, UCSF (Mentee) and Lianne Gensler, MD (Mentor)
“Mapping the peptide-binding repertoires of SpA-associated versus SpA-neutral HLA-B*27 alleles, using a high-throughput genetic screening platform”

2023

Adam Mayer, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania (Pamela Weiss, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Mentor)
“Clarifying the toolkit for pain control in spondyloarthritis with IBD: Association of prescription NSAID use with IBD-related hospitalization, a retrospective analysis across the age spectrum”

Patricia Remalante-Rayco, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network (Nigil Haroon, Mentor)
“The Role of DRAK2 and as a Potential Biomarker of Disease Activity and Treatment Response in Axial Spondyloarthritis”

2022

Greg McDermott, Brigham and Women’s Hospital  (Joerg Ermann, Mentor)
“Determinants of Diagnostic Delay in Axial Spondyloarthritis”

Akhiro Nakamura, University of  Toronto  (Nigil Haroon, Mentor)
“Clinical validation of neutrophil DTL (a negative regulator of IL-23) expression in SpA”

2021

Swetha Ann Alexander, Yale (Abhijeet Danve, Mentor)
“Close Monitoring of Axial Spondyloarthritis (CLOMOSPA)”

Paras Karmacharya, Vanderbilt (Lianne Gensler, Mentor)
“Effect of Biologics in Subgroups of Axial Spondyloarthritis Based on MRI and CRP: A Subgroup Analysis by Objective Signs of Inflammation”

2020

Yuliya Afinogenova, Yale (Abhijeet Danve, Mentor)
“Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Axial Spondyloarthritis among Non-Rheumatology Providers”

Pamela Diaz, University of Toronto (Lihi Eder, Mentor)
“Axial Psoriatic Arthritis – Correlation between Clinical, Genetic and Axial MRI Findings”

Rouhin Sen, University of Colorado (Liron Caplan, Mentor)
“Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet/Lymphocyte Ratio as a Biomarker in Axial Spondyloarthritis”

2019

Paras Karacharya, Mayo Clinic (Alexis Ogdie, University of Pennsylvania, Mentor)
“Risk of Multimorbidity in Spondyloarthritis: A UK population-based cohort study”

Jean Liew, University of Washington (Lianne Gensler, University of California San Francisco, Mentor)
“Does body mass index impact disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis?”

Akihiro Nakamura, Toronto Western Hospital, UNH (Nigil Haroon, Toronto Western Hospital, UNH, Mentor)
“Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor as a Critical Regulator of Inflammation and Bone Formation in Spondyloarthritis Mouse Models”

 

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