Name	Department/Institution	Research Interest
Aderem, Alan PhD	Institute of Systems Biology, Affiliate Immunology and Medicine	Mechanisms of phagocytosis and cell movement; macrophage development and differentiation
Bornfeldt, Karin E PhD	Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition (Medicine), Pathology (Medicine)	Focuses on elucidating the cellular mechanisms leading to accelerated atherosclerosis in disease states associated with inflammation, such as diabetes and, recently, lupus. Interested in understanding how monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, and endothelial cells are affected by these diseases. One area of interest is the interaction between fatty acids and inflammation. Overexpression or deletion acyl-CoA synthetase isoforms is performed to address whether increased or decreased fatty acyl-CoA load alters biological function. Mouse models of accelerated atherosclerosis in diabetes and lupus are used to investigate and validate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of these diseases. Models include low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient mice, bone marrow transplanted mice, and mice treated with retroviral vectors to overexpress different proteins under myeloid cell-selective promoters.
Buckner, Jane MD	Benaroya Research Institute Medicine-Rheumatology	Regulation of the human immune response to self-antigens and the pathogenic mechanisms and autoimmunity
Byers, Peter MD	Pathology (Medicine)	the characterization of mutations of collagen genes that give rise to forms of osteogenesis imperfecta , Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, and other forms of  connective tissue disorders
Clark, Edward PhD	Microbiology (Immunology)	Regulation of B-cell and dendritic cell survival and death; molecules regulating germinal center formation.
Dugowson, Carin MD, MPH	Medicine-Rheumatology (Epidemiology)	Epidemiology of musculoskeletal diseases
Elkon, Keith MD	Medicine-Rheumatology (Immunology)	Inflammation in systemic autoimmune disease, Apoptotic Cells
Eyre, David PhD	Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine	molecular mechanisms of collagen cross-linking, cartilage matrix biology and pathology, matrix protein defects and the pathogenesis of chondrodysplasia syndromes and novel molecular markers of bone and cartilage metabolism
Hughes, Grant MD	Medicine-Rheumatology	Regulation of lupus autoimmunity by female reproductive hormones
Jarvik, Jerry MD, MPH	Radiology, Neurosurgery, Health Services	The imaging of low back pain and peripheral nerve disorders
Ledbetter, Jeffery PhD	Medicine-Rheumatology (Microbiology)	The role of CD180 in B cell and dendritic cell function.
Nelson, J. Lee MD	Medicine-Rheumatology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	Effects of microchimerism, relating to including autoimmune diseases, pregnancy, and cancer
Nepom, Gerry MD, PhD	Benaroya Research Institute (UW-SOM Immunology)	Molecular and genetic mechanisms contributing to triggering autoimmune disorders, in particular, the role of HLA class II genes
Rawlings, David MD, PhD	Pediatrics (Immunology)	Dysregulated B cell development and signaling leading to immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, or lymphoid malignancies; Gene therapy for primary immunodeficiency
Rubens, Craig MD, PhD	Pediatrics	Molecular pathogenesis of bacterial perinatal infections and bacterial pneumonia
Scharenberg, Andrew  MD, PhD	Pediatrics	Signal transduction mechanisms and cation channel function in the immune system
Schwartz, Steven MD, PhD	Pathology	Growth control of vessel wall cells and Regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS5) Vascular abnormalities of scleroderma
Stevens, Anne MD, PhD	Pediatrics	Microchimerism and pediatric SLE PDL 1 in SLE
Torgerson, Troy MD, PhD	Pediatrics	Autoimmunity/immunodeficiency (IPEC/Fox 3P)
Wallace, Carol MD	Pediatrics	Clinical investigation/outcomes research
Wener, Mark MD	Laboratory Medicine (Medicine-Rheumatology)	Mechanism of immune complex deposition in lupus nephritis ,Central nervous system lupus, Stem cell transplant for autoimmune rheumatic disease
Ziegler, Steven PhD	Benaroya Research Institute (Immunology)	Genetic and molecular analysis of immune system regulation; mechanisms of cytokine-mediated signal transduction; T regulatory cells, & SLP