Voluntary Faculty
Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliate institutions.
Voluntary rank detailsKerry Wright
Clinical InstructorResearch
Publications
2024
Comorbidity clusters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis identify a patient phenotype with a favourable prognosis
Crowson C, Atkinson E, Kronzer V, Kimbrough B, Arment C, Peterson L, Wright K, Mason T, Bekele D, Davis J, Myasoedova E. Comorbidity clusters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis identify a patient phenotype with a favourable prognosis. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases 2024, 83: 556-563. PMID: 38331589, PMCID: PMC11017091, DOI: 10.1136/ard-2023-225093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRA disease activityStandardised mortality ratioPrevalence of depressionRheumatoid arthritisPopulation-based studyEight-county regionDisease activityComorbidity patternsMortality ratioDisease-modifying antirheumatic drugsPrevalence dateVital statusCluster patientsLatent class analysisComorbidity clustersAssess mortalityGeneral populationRA prognosisOlder patientsAntirheumatic drugsComorbiditiesPatient phenotypesClass analysisComorbidityPatientsMultimorbidity in psoriasis as a risk factor for psoriatic arthritis: a population-based study
Karmacharya P, Chakradhar R, Hulshizer C, Gunderson T, Ogdie A, Davis J, Wright K, Tollefson M, Duarte-García A, Bekele D, Maradit-Kremers H, Crowson C. Multimorbidity in psoriasis as a risk factor for psoriatic arthritis: a population-based study. Rheumatology 2024, 64: 2199-2203. PMID: 38291896, PMCID: PMC11962958, DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDevelopment of PsA.Classification of psoriatic arthritisPsoriasis patientsPsoriatic arthritisDevelopment of multimorbidityRetrospective cohort studyRochester Epidemiology ProjectPopulation-based incidenceClinical Classifications SoftwareManual chart reviewRank sum testCohort of individualsPsoriasis onsetModerate/severe psoriasisChart reviewBaseline morbidityCompare morbidityEpidemiology ProjectMultimorbidityFollow-upCohort studyIncident cohortPsA.PsoriasisRisk factorsAssociation between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study
Kronzer V, Davis J, Hanson A, Sparks J, Myasoedova E, Duarte-Garcia A, Hinze A, Makol A, Koster M, Vassallo R, Warrington K, Wright K, Crowson C. Association between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study. RMD Open 2024, 10 PMCID: PMC10806468, DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with increased riskElectronic health record historyPopulation-based case-control studyPopulation-based studyRheumatic disease casesLogistic regression modelsCase-control studyRheumatic diseasesEstimate ORsIncidence of rheumatic diseasesNever smokersDiagnosis codesPrimary exposureAssociated with increased incidenceRegression modelsHigh riskMatched ControlsDisease groupDisease casesAssociationDisease onsetIncidenceRiskRheumatoid arthritisNeverAssociation between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study
Kronzer V, Davis J, Hanson A, Sparks J, Myasoedova E, Duarte-Garcia A, Hinze A, Makol A, Koster M, Vassallo R, Warrington K, Wright K, Crowson C. Association between sinusitis and incident rheumatic diseases: a population-based study. RMD Open 2024, 10: e003622. PMID: 38388169, PMCID: PMC10895223, DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with increased riskElectronic health record historyPopulation-based case-control studyPopulation-based studyRheumatic disease casesLogistic regression modelsCase-control studyRheumatic diseasesEstimate ORsIncidence of rheumatic diseasesNever smokersDiagnosis codesPrimary exposureAssociated with increased incidenceRegression modelsHigh riskMatched ControlsDisease groupDisease casesAssociationDisease onsetIncidenceRiskRheumatoid arthritisNever
2023
Eggerthella lenta augments preclinical autoantibody production and metabolic shift mimicking senescence in arthritis
Balakrishnan B, Luckey D, Wright K, Davis J, Chen J, Taneja V. Eggerthella lenta augments preclinical autoantibody production and metabolic shift mimicking senescence in arthritis. Science Advances 2023, 9: eadg1129. PMID: 37656793, PMCID: PMC10854426, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg1129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRheumatoid arthritisSevere diseaseAugmented antibody responsesCD4 T cellsHumanized mouse modelOnset of symptomsCollagen-induced arthritisAssociated with several diseasesNaive miceT cellsAutoantibody productionFemale miceB cellsEtiology of rheumatoid arthritisInterleukin-17Genetic predispositionMouse modelRheumatoid factorAntibody responseIncreased CXCL5RA severityGut dysbiosisArthritisBile acidsEggerthella lenta