Meet the GRAPPA Research Committee
The GRAPPA Research Committee is advisory with the overarching role of driving
and supporting research within the GRAPPA organization through a collaborative research network.
Research Committee Leadership

Kurt de Vlam, MD, PhD
Rheumatologist Research Commitee Co-Chair
KU Leuven
Belgium

Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD, FRCPC
Rheumatologist Research Commitee Co-Chair
University of Toronto
Canada

Wilson Liao, MD
Dermatologist Research Commitee Co-Chair
University of California San Francisco
USA
Key questions, projects, and activities this group oversees:
The GRAPPA Research Committee is identified as a scientific advisory committee. The objective of the RC is to provide independent advice and peer review to the GRAPPA Board and GRAPPA membership on the scientific, clinical and financial aspects of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis research. The RC will inform on recent research and research-related policy, advise on industry trends and emerging research projects, disseminate information about GRAPPA-sponsored research and programs, and provide input on which research projects to fund.

Research Project Submission Process

Research Committee Members

Oliver FitzGerald
University College Dublin
Ireland

Dafna Gladman
University of Toronto
Canada

Stephen Pennington
University College Dublin
Ireland

Stefan Siebert
University of Glasgow
Scotland

James Wei
Chung Shan Medical University
Taiwan

Siba Raychaudhuri
University of California, Davis
USA

Fabian Proft
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany

Niti Goel
Duke University School of Medicine
USA

Arnon Katz
PRP
Israel

Enrique Soriano
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Argentina

Denis Poddubnyy
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany

Lourdes Perez Chada
Harvard Medical School
USA

Sam Hwang
University of California Davis
USA

Lihi Eder
University of Toronto
Canada

Maria D’Agostino
Catholic University of Rome
Italy

Deepak Jadon
Cambridge University Hospitals
England

Rachel Grynszpan
Institute of Dermatology Rubem David Azulay - Santa Casa
Brazil