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 Committee Co-Chair
KU Leuven
Belgium
Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD, FRCPC
Rheumatologist Research Committee Co-Chair
University of Toronto
Canada
Wilson Liao, MD
Dermatologist Research Committee 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
Rachel Grynszpan
Institute of Dermatology Rubem David Azulay - Santa Casa
Brazil