Meet the Team
Meet our Experts
Director
Hermine I. Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Economic analyses; HRQOL; measurement development; outcome research; lupus
Faculty
Sheila T. Angeles-Han, MD, MSc
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Uveitis; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; biomarkers; visual outcomes; quality of life
Research Interests
Identification of the pathogenic pathways and new therapeutic targets in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and its complications (macrophage...
Michael Henrickson, MD, MPH, RhMSUS
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Ongoing clinical research trials, as a feature of the Division of Rheumatology's translational research focus; telemedicine (tele-rheumatology);...
Jennifer L. Huggins, MD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Performance of clinical trials in children with rheumatic diseases; clinical trials methodology; mentoring of junior faculty
Ekemini A. Ogbu, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus - neuropsychiatric lupus; autoimmune cytopenias; antiphospholipid syndrome
Jackeline J. Rodriguez-Smith, MD, MSc, RhMSUS
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Autoinflammatory and hyperinflammatory syndromes; JIA-uveitis; musculoskeletal ultrasound research; pharmaceutical industry-sponsored and...
Research Interests
Evaluating targets for the treatment of rheumatic disease; angiogenesis; animal models of arthritis
Tracy V. Ting, MD, MSc, RhMSUS
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Patricia Vega Fernandez, MD, MSc, RhMSUS
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Determine the role of musculoskeletal ultrasound in juvenile arthritis; establishment the use of point of care ultrasound in rheumatology
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