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Rheumatology Fellowship Research

Dr. Weimer, MI Research Day

Fellows are introduced within the curriculum to research design, statistics, and study interpretations, as well as critical review of literature to acquire skills that foster lifelong learning. Fellows participate in the recruitment and screening of patients for enrollment into clinical trials in the Division of Rheumatology.

Physicians in training, with guidance from faculty members of the Division of Rheumatology, have contributed to the writing of manuscripts and publications in peer reviewed journals and have participated in poster presentations at national conferences.

A major contributor to the enhancement of a scholarly attitude is active participation in one or more research projects, ideally followed by presentation of the work at a national meeting and publication of a paper in a peer-reviewed journal.

Travel Grants – Fellows receive funding to help relieve the cost of travel and conference expenses when presenting their work.

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Research and Scholarship

2025 Actively Enrolling Trials

Dr. Grant, MI Research Day

2025 Publications and Abstracts

  1. Sonia Manocha, Tanmayee Bichile, Susan Manzi, Lupus and the cardiovascular system, Editor(s): Daniel J. Wallace, Bevra Hannahs Hahn, Anca Askanase, Mary K. Crow, David A. Isenberg, Antonio La Cava, Maureen A. McMahon, Betty P. Tsao, Swamy Venuturupalli, Michael H. Weisman, Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus and Related Syndromes (Tenth Edition), 2025, Pages 449-462, ISBN 9780323932325, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-93232-5.00042-3. (published online Q1 2024)
  2. Mosca M, Andersen J, Wildman P, Manzi S, Amoura Z, Bultink I, Monticielo OA, Navarra S, Pettersson S. A charter to improve care for systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2025 Mar;43(3):517-525. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/my79eu.
  3. Liu CC, Manzi S, Ahearn JM. Complement and systemic lupus erythematosus. In Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus and Related Syndromes (Tenth Edition), Editor(s): Daniel J. Wallace, Bevra Hannahs Hahn, Anca Askanase, Mary K. Crow, David A. Isenberg, Antonio La Cava, Maureen A. McMahon, Betty P. Tsao, Swamy Venuturupalli, Michael H. Weisman, 2025, Pages 245-264. Published online Q1 2024
  4. Kyttaris V, Wallace DJ, Khosroshahi A, Concoff A, Wilson N, Liu CC, Manzi S, Ahearn J, Taghavi S, Warsi T, Park S, Schleif C, Partain BD, O'Malley TM. Superior Precision in Lupus Diagnosis: T Cell Autoantibodies and TC4d Outperform Conventional Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Biomarkers. Front Immunol. 2025 Feb 26;16:1518208. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1518208. eCollection 2025.
  5. Morand EF, van Vollenhoven R, Furie RA, Kalunian KC, Manzi S, Abreu G, Tummala R, Duncan EA, Al-Mossawi H, Lindholm C. LLDAS and remission attainment with anifrolumab treatment in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results from the TULIP and long-term extension randomised controlled trials. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Jan 30:S0003-4967(25)00071-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.01.016.
  6. Saluja, Prachi and Marco, Joanna L. and Gautam, Nitesh and Chhakchhuak, Christine L. and Gardener, Gregory and Gupta, Nishant, Clinical Course and Outcomes in Patients with Sjögren's Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Semin Respir Crit Care Med
    DOI: 10.1055/a-2578-4335
  7. Manzi S, Sánchez-Guerrero J, Yokogawa N, Wenzel J, Ocran-Appiah JC, Harris JH, Khamashta M, Rubin B, Lynn Fox N, Levy RA, Werth VP. The effect of belimumab on mucocutaneous and vasculitis manifestations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A large pooled post hoc analysis. Lupus. 2025 May 5:9612033251337130. doi: 10.1177/09612033251337130.
  8. Sharma T, Barrett T, Dwyer T, Dore A, Manzi S. Clinical Outcomes Of Patients Within The Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Pathway Cohort At a Tertiary Care Integrated Delivery Network: A Comparison To Usual Care. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Volume 84, Supplement 1, June 2025, Page 1007
  9. Sharma T, Banks S, Newman P, Hajizadeh S, Hernandez J, June R, Lehman E, Wilson N, Olsen N. Is Methotrexate Tapering Possible In Stable RA? Clinical Observations of Methotrexate Tapering At Two Tertiary Care Centers. Accepted for presentation at 2025 EULAR Meeting, Barcelona, June 2025.
  10. Arnaud L, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Aranow C, Bernatsky S, Dall'Era M, Adelowo O, Bae SC, Beretta L, Bonfa E, Cervera R, Chasset F, Clarke AE, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Doria A, Espinosa G, Fanouriakis A, Fredi M, Gatto M, Gladman DD, Gomez-Puerta JA, Inanç M, Ines LS, Isenberg D, Izuka S, Khmelinskii N, Legge A, Macieira C, Monticielo OA, Morand EF, Muñoz-Louis R, Padjen I, Petri M, Piga M, Pons-Estel BA, Ramirez GA, Ramsey-Goldman R, Richez C, Sciascia S, Toro-Gutierrez CE, Van Vollenhoven RF, Vital EM, Gerosa M, Touma Z, Mosca M, Tani C; European Reference Network on Rare and Complex Connective Tissue and Musculoskeletal, Diseases; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus International Collaborating Clinics group; European Lupus Society rare systemic lupus erythematosus taskforce member panel. (Manzi S included as a taskforce panel member). ERN ReCONNET-SLICC-SLEuro expert consensus on the therapeutic management of rare systemic lupus erythematosus manifestations. Lancet Rheumatol. 2025 May 23:S2665-9913(25)00063-3. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(25)00063-3.
  11. Rima Kaddoura, Celline Almeida-Brasil, John Hanly, Murray Urowitz, Ann Clarke, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Caroline Gordon, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Michelle Petri, Ellen Ginzler, Daniel J Wallace, Sang-Cheol Bae, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Mary-Anne Dooley, Christine Peschken, David Isenberg, Anisur Rahman, Susan Manzi, Soren Jacobsen, S. Sam Lim, Ronald Van Vollenhoven, Ola Nived, Andreas Jönsen, Diane L Kamen, Cynthia Aranow, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Dafna D Gladman, Paul R Fortin, Graciela S. Alarcón, Joan. Merrill, Kenneth Kalunian, Manuel Ramos-Casals, Kristjan Steinsson, Asad Zoma, Anca Askanase, Munther A Khamashta, Ian Bruce, Murat Inanc, Luck Lukusa, Michal Abrahamowicz, Sasha Bernatsky. INTERVAL-CENSORED OUTCOMES AND FLARE RISK AFTER HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE TAPERING/CESSATION: SENSITIVITY ANALYSES OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATING CLINICS (SLICC) INCEPTION COHORT DATA. The Journal of Rheumatology May 2025, 52 (Suppl 1) 46-47; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2025-0390.O052
  12. Megan Barber, John Hanly, Murray Urowitz, Ian Bruce, Yvan St. Pierre, Caroline Gordon, Sang-Cheol Bae, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Sasha Bernatsky, Daniel J Wallace, David Isenberg, Anisur Rahman, Joan. Merrill, Paul R Fortin, Dafna D Gladman, Michelle Petri, Ellen Ginzler, Mary-Anne Dooley, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Susan Manzi, Andreas Jönsen, Graciela S. Alarcón, Ronald Van Vollenhoven, Cynthia Aranow, Meggan Mackay, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, S. Sam Lim, Murat Inanc, Kenneth Kalunian, Soren Jacobsen, Christine Peschken, Diane L Kamen, Anca Askanase and Ann Clarke. DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGE ACCRUAL: RESULTS FROM THE SYSTEMIC LUPUS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATING CLINICS (SLICC) INCEPTION COHORT. The Journal of Rheumatology May 21 2025, 52 (Suppl 1) 28-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-0390.O030
  13. Farbod Moghaddam, Javad Sajadi, Ann Clarke, Sasha Bernatsky, Karen Costenbader, Irene Chen, Murray Urowitz, John Hanly, Caroline Gordon, Sang-Cheol Bae, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Daniel J Wallace, David Isenberg, Anisur Rahman, Joan. Merrill, Paul R Fortin, Dafna D Gladman, Ian Bruce, Michelle Petri, Ellen Ginzler, Mary-Anne Dooley, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Susan Manzi, Andreas Jönsen, Graciela S. Alarcón, Ronald Van Vollenhoven, Cynthia Aranow, Meggan Mackay, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, S. Sam Lim, Murat Inanc, Kenneth Kalunian, Soren Jacobsen, Christine Peschken, Diane L Kamen, Anca Askanase, Marvin Fritzler, Mina Aminghafari and May Choi. RHEUMATOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ANA PATTERN IDENTIFICATION AND TITRE QUANTIFICATION. The Journal of Rheumatology May 21 2025, 52 (Suppl 1) 71-72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-0390.PT012
  14. Farbod Moghaddam, Javad Sajadi, Ann Clarke, Sasha Bernatsky, Karen Costenbader, Murray Urowitz, John Hanly, Caroline Gordon, Sang-Cheol Bae, Juanita Romero-Diaz, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero, Daniel J Wallace, David Isenberg, Anisur Rahman, Joan. Merrill, Paul R Fortin, Dafna D Gladman, Ian Bruce, Michelle Petri, Ellen Ginzler, Mary-Anne Dooley, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Susan Manzi, Andreas Jönsen, Graciela S. Alarcón, Ronald Van Vollenhoven, Cynthia Aranow, Meggan Mackay, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, S. Sam Lim, Murat Inanc, Kenneth Kalunian, Soren Jacobsen, Christine Peschken, Diane L Kamen, Anca Askanase, Marvin Fritzler, Mina Aminghafari and May Choi. MACHINE LEARNING CAN IDENTIFY AN ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY PATTERN THAT MAY RULE OUT SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. The Journal of Rheumatology May 21 2025, 52 (Suppl 1) 30; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2025-0390.O032
  15. Saluja P, Marco JL, Gautam N, Chhakchhuak CL, Gardner GC, Gupta N. Clinical Course and Outcomes in Patients with Sjögren's Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 May 30. doi: 10.1055/a-2578-4335.
  16. Tanmayee Bichile, Sara Shahid, Tyson Barrett, Sonia Manocha. ADHERENCE TO RETINAL SCREENING GUIDELINES IN LUPUS PATIENTS TREATED WITH HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE - DATA FROM HIGHMARK CLAIMS. The Journal of Rheumatology May 2025, 52 (Suppl 1) 233-234; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2025-0390.PV247
  17. Parameswaran P, Lucke M. HLA-B27 Syndromes. 2023 Jul 4. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan–. PMID: 31855367.
  18. Shahid Z, Brent LH, Lucke M. Enteropathic Arthritis. 2024 Apr 19. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan–. PMID: 37603630.
  19. Sharma T, Barrett TS, Dwyer T, Campbell N,  Heintzinger J, Kraemer E, Dore A, Manzi S. Clinical Outcomes Of Patients Within The Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Pathway Cohort At a Tertiary Care Integrated Delivery Network: A Comparison To Usual Care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Sep 16. doi: 10.1002/acr.25649. Online ahead of print.
  20. Dolecki C, Hajizadeh S, Yin Y, Dore A. Prevalence of Depression Associated with Rheumatologic Medications with Labeled Warnings: Real World Evidence from a Tertiary Care Center [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  21. Barber M, Hanly J, Urowitz M, Bruce I, St-Pierre Y, Gordon C, Bae S, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero F, Bernatsky S, Wallace D, A. Isenberg D, Rahman A, Merrill J, Fortin P, Gladman D, Petri M, Ginzler E, Dooley M, Ramsey-Goldman R, Manzi S, Jönsen A, Alarcón G, van Vollenhoven R, Aranow C, mackay M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim S, Inanç M, Kalunian K, Jacobsen S, Peschken C, Kamen D, Askanase A, Clarke A. Direct and Indirect Costs Associated with Damage Accrual: Results from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Inception Cohort [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  22. Dore A, Yin Y. Patient Satisfaction with a New Patient Video Triage Program [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  23. Hajizadeh S, Sharma T, Newman P, Hernandez J, June R, Lehman E, Wilson N, Olsen N, Banks S. Is Methotrexate Tapering Possible In Stable RA? Clinical Observations of Methotrexate Tapering At Two Tertiary Care Centers [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  24. Garg S, Blanchet B, Nguyen Y, Hollnagel F, Clarke A, Petri M, Urowitz M, Hanly J, Gordon C, Bae S, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Clarke A, Bernatsky S, Wallace D, A. Isenberg D, Rahman A, Merrill J, Fortin P, Gladman D, Bruce I, Ginzler E, Dooley M, Ramsey-Goldman R, Manzi S, Jönsen A, Alarcón G, van Vollenhoven R, Aranow C, Inanc M, mackay M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim S, Inac M, Kalunian K, Jacobsen S, Peschken C, Kamen D, Askanase A, Buyon J, Chezel J, Puszkiel A, Costedoat-Chalumeau N. Defining Safe Hydroxychloroquine Blood Levels: Time to Switch to Precision Monitoring for Optimized Lupus Care [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  25. Manzi S, Bruce I, Morand E, Furie R, Tanaka Y, Puzio P, Khan E, Wissmar J, Song M, Lindholm C. Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Anifrolumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Interim Analysis of a Phase 3 Randomized Placebo-controlled Study [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025; 77 (suppl 9).
  26. Bhanot N, Apple R, Aufman S, Kozlowski P, Yin Y, Manzi S, Hartzell JD. Developing a Physician Leadership Program Through Inter-Organizational Collaboration. J Healthc Leadersh. 2025 Dec 15;17:843-850. doi: 10.2147/JHL.S556145.
  27. Garg S, Blanchet B, Nguyen Y, Hollnagel F, Clarke A, Petri M, Urowitz MB, Hanly JG, Gordon C, Bae SC, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Clarke AE, Bernatsky S, Wallace DJ, Isenberg DA, Rahman A, Merrill JT, Fortin PR, Gladman DD, Bruce IN, Ginzler EM, Dooley MA, Ramsey-Goldman R, Manzi S, Jönsen A, Alarcón GS, Van Vollenhoven RF, Aranow C, Le Guern V, Mackay M, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim SS, Inanc M, Kalunian KC, Jacobsen S, Peschken CA, Kamen DL, Askanase A, Buyon J, Chezel J, Puszkiel A, Costedoat-Chalumeau N. Defining Optimally Safe and Effective Blood Levels of Hydroxychloroquine in Lupus: An Important Step toward Precision Drug Monitoring. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1002/art.70010.
  28. Becker YLC, Boilard É, Rollet-Labelle E, Lood C, Julien AS, Abrahamowicz M, Allaeys I, Choi M, Leclerc J, Lévesque T, Urowitz M, Hanly JG, Gordon C, Bae SC, Romero-Diaz J, Sanchez-Guerrero J, Clarke AE, Bernatsky S, Wallace D, Isenberg D, Rahman A, Merrill J, Gladman DD, Bruce IN, Petri M, Ginzler E, Dooley MA, Ramsey-Goldman R, Manzi S, Jönsen A, Alarcόn GS, van Vollenhoven R, Aranow C, Ruiz-Irastorza G, Lim S, Inanc M, Kalunian K, Jacobsen S, Peschken C, Kamen D, Askanase A, Buyon J, Fortin PR. Antimitochondrial antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus are associated with and predict nephritis, arterial vascular events, and mortality. Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Dec 12:S0003-4967(25)04533-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2025.11.007.
  29. Manzi S, Bruce IN, Morand EF, Furie R, Tanaka Y, Kalunian KC, Askanase A, Puzio P, Khan E, Wissmar J, Song M, Lindholm C, Investigators TT. Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Anifrolumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: the Randomized, Phase 3, TULIP-SC Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025 Dec 29. doi: 10.1002/art.70041.

Books, monographs, and chapters

  1. Lucke M. A 50-Year-Old Woman Presents with Joint Pain (CME / ABIM MOC Monograph). Healio Rheumatology Education Lab. January 15, 2018.
  2. Kimoto M, Sharma T, Manzi S. Lupus and the Cardiopulmonary System. In: Wallace DJ, Hahn BH. Dubois’ Lupus Erythematosus. Elsevier, Amsterdam. October 2018
fellow standing by poster at MI Research Day
Rheumatology fellow win award