NIAMS Labs
Biodata Mining and Discovery Section
Hong-Wei Sun, Ph.D.
Clinical and Investigative Orthopedics Surgery Unit
Timothy Bhattacharyya, M.D.
Clinical Research @ NIAMS
Robert A. Colbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Cutaneous Development and Carcinogenesis Section
Isaac Brownell, M.D., Ph.D.
Cutaneous Leukocyte Biology Section
Keisuke (Chris) Nagao, M.D., Ph.D.
Cutaneous Malignancies Unit
Natasha T. Hill, Ph.D.
Cutaneous Microbiome and Inflammation Section
Heidi H. Kong, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Dermatology Consultation Service
Edward W. Cowen, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Flow Cytometry Section
James Simone
Functional Immunogenomics Section
Luis M. Franco, M.D.
Genomic Technology Section
Stefania Dell'Orso, Ph.D.
Juvenile Myositis Pathogenesis and Therapeutics Unit
Hanna Kim, M.S., M.D.
Laboratory Animal Care and Use Section
Joseph Woo, M.S., M.B.A., LATG
Laboratory of Molecular Immunogenetics, Genomics and Immunity Section
John O’Shea, M.D.
Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation
Vittorio Sartorelli, M.D.
Laboratory of Skin Biology
Maria I. Morasso, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Structural Cell Biology
Naoko Mizuno, Ph.D.
Light Imaging Section
Davide Randazzo, Ph.D.
Lupus Clinical Trials Unit
Sarfaraz Hasni, M.D.
Lupus Genomics and Global Health Disparities Unit
Laura B. Lewandowski, M.S., M.D.
Lymphocyte Signaling Unit
Tasha A. Morrison, Ph.D.
Lymphocyte Transcriptional Regulation Unit
Danielle Chisolm, Ph.D.
Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch
John O’Shea, M.D.
Muscle Disease Section
Andrew Mammen, M.D., Ph.D.
Muscle Energetics Laboratory
Brian Glancy, Ph.D.
Office of Science and Technology
Massimo Gadina, Ph.D.
Pediatric Translational Research Branch
Robert A. Colbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Protein Expression Laboratory
Paul Wingfield, Ph.D.
Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program
Peter Grayson, M.D., M.Sc.
RNA Molecular Biology Laboratory
Markus Hafner, Ph.D.
Scleroderma Genomics and Health Disparities Unit
Pravitt Gourh, M.D.
Systemic Autoimmunity Branch
Mariana J. Kaplan, M.D.
Translational Genetics and Genomics Section
Michael J. Ombrello, M.D.
Translational Immunology Section
Massimo Gadina, Ph.D.
Vasculitis Translational Research Program
Peter Grayson, M.D., M.Sc.
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