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Summary
CDR Alice Fike obtained a BS in Nursing from Syracuse University. After serving as a Peace Corps health volunteer in rural Burkina Faso, she obtained a MS in Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco as a nurse practitioner. Her career focus is providing care for marginalized communities. CDR Fike is a U.S. Public Health Service officer with training and experience in infectious disease surveillance and control and is fluent in French and Spanish. She holds an advanced practice certification in rheumatology and has worked with NIAMS in the Office of the Clinical Director since 2009 with a two-year tour in Niger at the U.S. Embassy from 2016-2018. She has also supported clinical care for the Lupus Clinical Trials Unit, the Vasculitis Translational Research Program, and the Clinical Rheumatology Fellowship program.
CDR Fike was named the Clinical Operations Manager for NIAMS IRP in April 2025. In this role, she leads clinical trial quality assurance and improvement activities for NIAMS ensuring regulatory compliance and leads clinical resource allocation and operations for the IRP. She continues to see patients with VEXAS Syndrome with the Vasculitis Translational Research Program. In her personal capacity, she works part time at a local free clinic.
Research Statement
Commander Fike's research interests include rheumatology health disparities, VEXAS syndrome, and infectious complications of rheumatic diseases.