Research is a major priority of the Division of Rheumatology at WashU Medicine. 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.
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
Associate 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)
Intelly Lee, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of California , San Francisco, California
Residency: BJH/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2021-2024)
Iris Lee, MD
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Residency: BJH/ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2018-2021)
Deborah J Lenschow, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, John S. Daniels Professor in Immunology
Research Interests: Chikungunya viral arthritis, interferons, autoimmunity
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (1998)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2000)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2003)
Michael Paley, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Uveitis, scleritis, T-cell biology
Graduate School: PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2012)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Medical Scientist Training Program (2014)
Residency: BJH/Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Missouri (2016)
Fellowship: Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2017-2019)