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Scientists
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Collaborating scientists accelerate research to a cure
The Scleroderma Research Foundation has gathered an interdisciplinary team of talented scientists conducting basic scientific research on the vascular, fibrotic, autoimmune, and inflammatory processes of scleroderma. In a highly innovative, collaborative program, the scientists work cooperatively, sharing ideas, data, and resources—from information to tissue samples—to accelerate the research and gain insights into the triggers of scleroderma. The program design is a model of efficiency. “Every $100,000 invested in this kind of research can produce $1,000,000 of results compared to the usual method,” says Regis B. Kelly, who is Executive Vice Chancellor, Office of Research at the University of California San Francisco and a member of the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee.
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“We’ve created a group of scientists who are very devoted to this problem, who now feel comfortable in working closely together, collaborating, sharing the results, and sharing their expertise,” said Dr. Bruce Alberts, President of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee. “It takes a while to develop such a community. This problem (scleroderma) will benefit greatly from the kind of collaboration we’ve been generating.”
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2000 Scientific Workshop, Santa Barbara
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Foundation-funded scientists
The following distinguished scientists are directly funded by the Scleroderma Research Foundation:
Kari Connolly, M.D., University of California San Francisco, "Mediators of Disease in Scleroderma"
Nicholas Flavahan, Ph.D., Ohio State University, "Vascular Dysfunction in Scleroderma"
Pascal Goldschmidt, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, "Deficient Smad7 Expression: A Putative Molecular Defect in Scleroderma"
Antony Rosen, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, "The Granzyme B Pathway in vivo in Scleroderma"
Fredrick Wigley, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, "Clinical Core East Coast Research Center."
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