The two principal requirements that have been established for membership in the YRDRCC are that individuals:
- Devote a proportion of their research effort to projects relevant to the core missions of the Center in investigation of rheumatic diseases; and
- Exhibit a record of and/or document specific intentions for productive interdisciplinary collaboration with other YRDRCC members. Membership is given upon receipt of a completed membership application describing the individual’s research focus, and plans for collaboration with other YRDRCC members.
Membership requires Executive Committee approval and is renewable every two years. In addition, you are required to submit a one-page annual research summary to the Center to share your latest published discoveries with the research community.
Alexia Belperron
Research Scientist in Medicine (Rheumatology) and Lecturer in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and in Organization Department
Instructor Mol Biophys & Biochem
Jeffrey Bender
Robert I. Levy Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Linda Bockenstedt
Harold W. Jockers Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Director, Professional Development & Equity
Alfred Bothwell
Professor of Immunobiology
Director of Graduate Studies
Richard Bucala
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pathology and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Lieping Chen
United Technologies Corporation Professor in Cancer Research and Professor of Immunobiology, of Dermatology and of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Director, Cancer Immunology Program at Yale Cancer Center
Tian Chi
Associate Professor of Immunobiology
Judy Cho
Henry J. and Joan W. Binder Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and Professor of Genetics and of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Lauren Cohn
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Joseph Craft
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Section Chief, Rheumatology
Program Director, Investigative Medicine
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine
Peter Cresswell
Eugene Higgins Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Cell Biology and of Dermatology
Jack Elias
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Tarek Fahmy
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Erol Fikrig
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases
Richard Flavell
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department Chair, Immunobiology
Patrick Gallagher
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), of Genetics and of Pathology
Director, Yale Center for Blood Disorders
Director, Expression and Genomics Core, Yale Center of Excellence in Molecular Hematology
Daniel Goldstein
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Immunobiology
Julie Goodwin
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Valentina Greco
Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Dermatology
Ann Haberman
Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Director, In Vivo Imaging Facility
David Hafler
Gilbert H. Glaser Professor of Neurology and Professor of Immunobiology
Chair, Department of Neurology
Kevan Herold
Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Deputy Director for Translational Science, YCCI
Erica Herzog
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)
Director, Translational Lung Research Program
Co-Director, Yale Fibrosis Program
Assistant Director, Medical Student Research, Department of Medicine
Mark Horowitz, Ph.D.
Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Vice Chair for Research
Akiko Iwasaki
Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
Susan Kaech
Associate Professor of Immunobiology
HHMI Early Career Scientist
Insoo Kang
Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Paula Kavathas
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Genetics, of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Associate Chair for Research
Director, Science Education Outreach Program
Stephen Malawista
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Mark Mamula
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Ruslan Medzhitov
David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Eric Meffre
Associate Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Immunology)
Ruth Montgomery
Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
João Pereira
Assistant Professor of Immunobiology
Jordan Pober
Bayer Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Director, Human and Translational Immunology Program
Vice-Chair, Dept. of Immunobiology for the Section of Human and Translational Immunology
Carla Rothlin
Assistant Professor of Immunobiology
Nancy Ruddle
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
W. Mark Saltzman
Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Chemical Engineering
Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering
David Schatz
Professor of Immunobiology
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Albert Shaw
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Mark Shlomchik
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Immunobiology
Associate Director, Transfusion Service
Warren Shlomchik
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology), of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Hematology)
Bing Su
Associate Professor of Immunobiology

