Dr. Robert Colbert is a board-certified pediatric rheumatologist with a long-standing interest in understanding the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis. After completing clinical training in pediatrics and rheumatology, he did postdoctoral research in molecular immunology at the University of North Carolina

Current Fellows of the Rheumatology Training Fellowship Program

VEXAS syndrome is a disease that causes inflammatory and hematologic (blood) manifestations. The syndrome is caused by mutations in the UBA1 gene of blood cells and acquired later in life. Patients do not pass the disease to their children.

NIAMS Organization Structure.

The NIAMS Community Health Clinic is a clinical research site where NIAMS researchers provide rheumatology specialty care, gather health information to answer research questions about rheumatic disease in underserved local communities, and provide scientifically based health information on rheumatic, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases that affect the community.

The NIAMS Community Health Clinic is a clinical research site where NIAMS researchers provide rheumatology specialty care, gather health information to answer research questions about rheumatic disease in minority communities, and provide scientifically based health information on rheumatic, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases that affect the community.

The NIAMS Light Imaging branch gives scientists access to confocal microscopes, widefield microscopes, and specialized microscopy instruments.

The summer internship program at the NIAMS is a stimulating and rewarding experience that provides an opportunity for you to work side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research.