Joseph Craft, MD
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Biography
Dr. Joe Craft, Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology at Yale, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He did postgraduate training in internal medicine, rheumatology and immunology at Yale, and directs a laboratory devoted to understanding of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, lupus) and host responses to viral pathogens. Dr. Craft is a two-time NIH MERIT Awardee, recipient of the Yale Bohmfalk Basic Science Teaching Prize, and an elected Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science. He directs the Yale Investigative Medicine MD to PhD Program and is Director of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Yale. Dr. Craft is chair of the Board of Lupus Therapeutics of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), past chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors at NIAMS and of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Alliance for Lupus Research (now LRA). He chaired the Immunological Sciences (now Hypersensitivity, Autoimmune and Immune-mediated Diseases) Study Section of NIH and is a former Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences and a Kirkland Scholar. He is co-founder of L2Diagnostics, a company in New Haven, CT, formed in partnership with Yale University and devoted to discovery of new diagnostics and therapeutic targets for immunological and infectious diseases, and is currently a member of its Board of Directors.
Education & Training
- FellowYale School of Medicine (1985)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (1980)
- InternYale-New Haven Hospital (1978)
- MDUniversity of North Carolina (1977)
- MDUniversity of North Carolina , School of Medicine (1977)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAB of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology (1988, recertified: 2008)
- Board CertificationAB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1980)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Distinguished Innovator Award | Lupus Research Alliance | 2022 |
MERIT Award | NIH (NIAMS) | 2016 |
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine | 2010 | |
Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Prize in Basic Sciences, Yale School of Medicine | 2004 | |
Society of Distinguished Teachers, Yale School of Medicine | 2004 | |
Kirkland Scholar | 2002, 2005 | |
Kunkel Society | 2001 | |
MERIT Award, NIH (NIAMS) | 2000 | |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science | 1998 | |
Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation | 1994 | |
Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences | 1985, 1989 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Lupus Clinical Investigators Network | Chair, Executive Committee | 2016 - Present |
Member of the Board, Lupus Foundation of America, CT Chapter | 2009 - Present | |
Immune Tolerance Network | Steering Committee | 2006 - Present |
Alliance for Lupus Research | Chair, Scientific Advisory Board | 2003 - 2007 |
Member of the Board, Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium | 2002 - Present | |
American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty Board in Rheumatology, Chair 2006-2010 | 2000 - 2010 | |
Immunological Sciences Study Section NIH, Chair 2002-2004 | 2000 - 2004 |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Immunology
- Colton Center for Autoimmunity
- Craft Lab
- Diabetes Research Center
- Educational Program
- Human and Translational Immunology Program
- Immunobiology
- Immunology
- Internal Medicine
- Investigative Medicine Program
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Rheumatic Diseases Research Core
- Rheumatology
- Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)
- Yale Center for Immuno-Oncology
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures