Rheumatology
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Meet our Experts

Director

Hermine Brunner

Hermine I. Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Economic analyses; HRQOL; measurement development; outcome research; lupus
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Faculty

This is Sheila Angeles-Han.

Sheila T. Angeles-Han, MD, MSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Uveitis; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; biomarkers; visual outcomes; quality of life
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Alexi Grom

Alexei A. Grom, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Identification of the pathogenic pathways and new therapeutic targets in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and its complications (macrophage...
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A photo of Michael Henrickson.

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);...
A photo of Jennifer Huggins.

Jennifer L. Huggins, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Daniel Lovell.

Daniel J. Lovell, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Performance of clinical trials in children with rheumatic diseases; clinical trials methodology; mentoring of junior faculty
A photo of Ekemini Ogbu.

Ekemini A. Ogbu, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus - neuropsychiatric lupus; autoimmune cytopenias; antiphospholipid syndrome
A photo of Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith.

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...
A photo of Sherry Thornton.

Sherry L. Thornton, PhD

Research Interests
Evaluating targets for the treatment of rheumatic disease; angiogenesis; animal models of arthritis
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This is Tracy Ting.

Tracy V. Ting, MD, MSc, RhMSUS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Patricia Vega Fernandez

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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