Recipients of the Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Award

The Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Award was designed for fellows and clinicians with the goal of supporting early career scientists and providing mentorship during a critical time in their lupus research career.

2024 Recipients

Abhimanyu Amarnani, MD, PhD  New York University Grossman School of Medicine Mentor(s): Gregg Silverman, MD and Kelly Ruggles, PhD Project Title: Lupus Nephritis: Dysbiosis, Platelet Activity, & Antibody Cross-Reactivity

Jessica English, MD, MSCR Medical University of South Carolina Mentor(s): Diane Kamen, MD, MSCR  Project Title: Pregnancy Outcome Disparities Among Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

John Huizar, MD University of California, Berkeley Mentor(s): Gregory Barton, PhD Project Title: Decoding Innate Immune Dysregulation in Human Autoimmune Disease

Charlotte Hurabielle, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco  Mentor(s): Joseph DeRisi, PhD and Jimmie Ye, PhD Project Title: Unveiling the Humoral and Molecular Signatures of SLE Flares and Resolution

2023 Recipients

Siva Kasinathan, MD, PhD Stanford University School of Medicine Mentor(s): Paul J. (P.J.) Utz, MD and Ansuman Satpathy, MD, PhD Project Title: T lymphocyte somatic genetic variation in lupus

Rashmi Dhital, MD University of California, San Diego Mentor(s): Kenneth Kalunian, MD and Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH Project Title: Health Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

2022 Recipients

Rachel Randell, MD Duke University Mentor: Laura Schanberg, MD Title of Project: Optimizing Adherence in Pediatric Lupus Using an App-Based Medication Diary

Rufei Lu, MD, PhD The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco Mentor: Eric J. Huang, MD, PhD Title of Project: Understanding pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric lupus

Tala El Tal, MD Hospital for Sick Children Mentor: Andrea Knight, MD, MSCE Title of Project: Examining Cognitive Dysfunction and its Relationship to Disease and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Childhood-onset Lupus: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Yevgeniya Gartshteyn Columbia University Mentor: Adam Mor, MD, PhD and Anca Askanase, MD Title of Project: Elucidating the role of T-cell co-receptor SLAMF6/SAP signaling in SLE pathogenesis.

2021 Recipients

Andrea Fava, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Mentor: Michelle Petri, MD MPH Title of Project: Defining the role of immature neutrophil populations and IL-16 in lupus nephritis: a spatially resolved multiomics approach

Irene Chernova, MD PhD Yale University Mentor: Joseph Craft, MD Title of Project: The Role of the Ion Microenvironment on B cell Survival and Function in SLE

Carolina Munoz Grajales MD PhD Toronto Western Hospital Mentor: Zahi Touma, MD Title of Project: Elucidating the Risk Factors and Trajectories of Cognitive Impairment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Jordan Roberts, MD Boston Children’s Hospital Mentor: Mary Beth Son, MD Title of Project: Assessing the Impact of Immunosuppressants on Infections in Pediatric Lupus

2020 Recipients

Ellen Cody, MD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Mentor: Hermine I. Brunner, M.D. M.Sc. M.B.A Title of Project: Assessing Performance of Urinary Biomarkers, Renal Activity Index for Lupus (RAIL)

Dominique Kinnett-Hopkins, PhD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Mentor: Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH Title of Project: A Progressive Home-based Exercise Intervention for Persons with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Nicholas Li, MD, PhD The Ohio State University Mentor: Brad H. Rovin, MD, FACP, FASN Title of Project: Characterization of urine complement proteins as biomarkers of lupus nephritis activity

Laura Whittall, MD University Health Network (Toronto) Mentor: Murray Urowitz, MD, FRCPC Title of Project: Interferon alfa as a Biomarker to Predict Lupus Nephritis Response to Treatment

2019 Recipients

Emily Littlejohn, DO, MPH Cleveland Clinic Mentors: Emily Somers, Ph.D, ScM & Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH Study: Longitudinal Antinuclear Antibodies Titers from Pre-clinical to Clinical SLE

Emily Smitherman, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham Mentor: Aimee Hersh, MD, MS Study: Evaluating Disease Activity Outcomes in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

May Choi, MD, FRCPC University of Calgary Mentor: Karen Costenbader, MD, MPH Study: LEAAPPS: Longitudinal Examination of ANA Associations, Prevalence, and Performance in SLE

Erik Anderson, MD Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Mentor: Meggan Mackay, MD, MS Study: Tryptophan Pathway Activation by Interferon-alpha: Impact on Mood and Cognition in SLE

2018 Recipients

Joyce Chang, MD, MSCE Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Mentors: Andrea Knight MD, MSCE; Pamela Weiss MD, MSCE; Laura Mercer-Rosa MD, MSCE Study: Attenuated nocturnal blood pressure dipping and subclinical atherosclerosis in child-onset lupus

Paul Hoover, MD, PhD Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston Mentor: Nir Hacohen, Ph.D. and Karen Costenbader, MD, MPH Study: Dissecting the role of myeloid cells in lupus nephritis

2016 Recipient

Sara Tedeschi, MD, MPH Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston Mentor: Karen Costenbader, MD, MPH Study: Bone Turnover and Osteoporotic Fractures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

2015 Recipient

Tamar Rubinstein, MD, MS Albert Einstein College of Medicine Study: Mood Disorder and Cognitive Dysfunction in Pediatric Lupus

2014 Recipient

Laura Lewandowski, MD, MSc-GH Duke University Medical Center Study: Pediatric Update on Lupus in South Africa: Epidemiology & Management

2013 Recipient

Candace Feldman, MD, MPH, ScD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Mentor: Karen Costenbader, MD, MPH, Daniel J. Solomon MD, MPH Study: Comparative Risks of Infections In Lupus Patients on Immunosuppressants