k Shlomchik, MD, PhD, Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Immunobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine, and Co-chair of the Lupus Research Institute Novel Research Task Force. "The Lupus Research Institute is supporting both basic and applied studies that will have an impact on this challenging disease. The supported research ranges from genes that are important for keeping the immune system in balance to the potential novel roles of bacteria in triggering lupus. The newly funded investigators will also apply themselves to neuropsychiatric lupus and to developing new methods to directly visualize B lymphocytes--major culprits--in patients, thereby bringing novel ideas directly to the clinic."

2006 Lupus Research Institute Novel Grant Recipients

Harvey Cantor, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Robert Eisenberg, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Keith Elkon, MD, University of Washington
Jan Erikson, PhD, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia
Lee Ann Garrett-Sinha, PhD, SUNY Buffalo
Eric Greidinger, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Thereza Imanishi-Kari, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine
Michele Kosiewicz, PhD, University of Louisville Research Foundation
Chau-Ching Liu, MD, PhD. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Jochen Mattner, MD, University of Chicago
Chandra Mohan, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stephen Pelsue, PhD, University of Southern Maine
Alessandra Pernis, MD, Columbia University Medical Center
Christopher Roman, PhD, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Jian Zhang, MD, University of Chicago

The 2006 grant recipients were selected from a record 92 applicants based on a rigorous peer review process that assessed novelty of approach, scientific quality, strength of hypothesis, relevance to lupus and potential for success. The review process was overseen by a panel of experts i
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Contact: Kathryn Morris
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Lupus Research Institute
20-Oct-2006

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