Research is a major priority of the Division of Rheumatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Our laboratories are working to advance fundamental knowledge of human biology and disease, and our clinicians are conducting numerous clinical trials and epidemiological studies.
Ongoing basic and translational science efforts includes studies of complement, natural killer and other innate lymphoid cells, T-cell biology and mucosal immunology, chikungunya viral arthritis, lupus, innate and adaptive immunity, nanotherapies for rheumatoid arthritis, and human genetics. Clinical research efforts include clincial trials and epidemiological studies of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
John P Atkinson, MD
Samuel B. Grant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Complement and RVCL Research
Medical School: Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas (1969)
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (1969-1971)
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (1973-1974), NIH postdoctoral research fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1974-1976)
Dennis Hourcade, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Complement and RVCL research
Chyi Hsieh, MD, PhD
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Autoimmunity, regulatory T cells, tolerance, and mucosal immunology
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (1996)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1996-1999)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (1999-2001)
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2001-2005)
Amy Joseph, MD
Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis C, epidemiology
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (1986)
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, (1986-1989)
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, St. Louis, Missouri, (1989-1992)
Eirini Kefalogianni, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: The role of cytokines and growth factors that regulate kidney injury, repair and fibrosis
Graduate School: University of Athens School of Biology, Athens, Greece (2002-2007)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: New York University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, New York, New York (2008-2011)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Boston, Massachusetts (2012-2016)
Visiting Fellow: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Biological Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts (2012-2016)
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Lupus translational research, B cell biology
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri (2007)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine (2010)