Current Fellows

Clinical Interests: SLE, RA, Spondylarthritis  
Research Interests: Contraceptive use in patients taking biologics, Improving health care access and delivery with informatics 
Why did you choose UCSF?: I chose UCSF because of the outstanding clinical training, exceptional mentors who would guide my career path, and the diverse patient populations across the three different hospitals. Secondly, I chose UCSF because of the opportunity to train both as a clinical informaticist and rheumatologist.
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Spending time with family, traveling, photography 

Clinical Interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus, health advocacy 
Research Interests: Health disparities within rheumatology
Why did you choose UCSF?: I chose UCSF for many reasons including the diversity and volume of clinical training across three different hospital sites and the opportunity to work with world-class, yet collegial and supportive, faculty. 
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Traveling, yoga, and exploring the endless restaurants, cafes, and hiking trails of the beautiful bay area! 

Clinical Interests: Scleroderma, vasculitis, irAEs  
Research Interests: Technology development for pathogenic autoantigen discovery, mechanisms that break peripheral tolerance
Why did you choose UCSF?: The diversity of disease seen across the 3-hospital system, immunology research opportunities, delightful group of clinical colleagues!
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Spin class, gardening, board games, glamping!

Clinical Interests: Systemic autoimmune diseases, structure & function  
Research Interests: Cell-cell communication & fate decisions in autoimmunity & cancer
Why did you choose UCSF?: Knowledgeable & supportive clinical & research mentorship, diverse patient population
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Dance, traveling, photography

Clinical Interests: SLE; autoinflammatory diseases
Research Interests: John is working in the lab of Greg Barton at UC Berkeley to dissect the molecular mechanisms by which the gut microbiota contributes to nucleic acid autoimmunity. 
Why did you choose UCSF?: Deep expertise across a breadth of disease states; excellent fundamental immunology research program; all my colleagues and mentors are kind, generous with their time and excited to be at work each day!
What have been your favorite aspects (or experiences) of the program?: My co-Fellows are kind, inspiring, fun to be around and whip-smart! The faculty also create a very positive learning climate.
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Toddler wrangling; infrequently finding esoteric dried chiles for use in mole

Clinical Interests: I am primarily interested in the overlap between rheum/derm diseases and I enjoy learning more every day on connective tissue diseases and vasculitis.
Research Interests: For my postdoc, I am working in Jimmie Ye's lab on multiplexed single cell multiomics of circulating immune cells in SLE, to study the epigenome, transcriptome and epitopes, both during flares and during times of lesser disease activity and remission. This will help to identify pathways activated during flares of the disease as well as constitutionally activated pathways that predate flares. I will also work on PhIP seq and yeast display samples from lupus patients to identify autoantibodies that may be associated or protect from flares. 
Why did you choose UCSF?: I chose UCSF for many reasons: excellent clinical training with world-class clinical educators, diversity of patient populations through the 3 hospital systems, outstanding research with collaborative culture, and overall friendliness of the program leadership.
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: I love outdoor, from walking around in the parks, biking, or hiking. I also enjoy trying different coffeeshops and eating the best croissant I have found in the US.

Clinical Interests: Systemic lupus erythematosus, patient-provider communication, and medical education
Research Interests: Health disparities in rheumatology
Why did you choose UCSF?: I chose UCSF because it offers outstanding clinical training across a diversity of clinical sites, and the opportunity to work with fantastic mentors who are dedicated to patient care, passionate about their research interests, and excited to help train future generations of rheumatologists!
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Pizza making and eating, acquiring new coffee-brewing devices, exploring public parks in and around the Bay Area, and scrapbooking

Clinical Interests: Medical education and musculoskeletal ultrasound
Research Interests: Interested in researching African American health disparities, with a key interest in analyzing time to diagnosis as well as disease remission outcomes in inflammatory arthritis.
Why did you choose UCSF?: I chose UCSF for multiple reasons, however, the opportunity to have a vast extensive clinical learning experience was a top priority. I also chose UCSF because of the fantastic opportunity I would have to develop my skills as a future medical educator. Lastly, another key factor for me was based largely on the desire to be a part of a collegial program with a friendly environment where faculty were just as interested in my personal well-being and happiness as they were my career and research development in Rheumatology.
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: In my free time I enjoy watching professional basketball as well as participating in pickup basketball. I also enjoy hiking and as a new transplant to the west coast, I plan to start exploring all the wonderful west coast national parks soon.

Clinical Interests: Spondyloarthritis
Research Interests: Spondyloarthritis and bone health
Why did you choose UCSF?: I chose UCSF because of the outstanding clinical and research training. I felt confident coming here that I would have excellent mentors who would support me and help me set up my career for success.
What have been your favorite aspects (or experiences) of the program?: As a first year fellow, it was having three continuity clinics where I had the opportunity to care for three very different patient populations. As a second year, I am enjoying taking courses in epidemiology and biostatistics towards a Masters of Advanced Sciences degree.
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Foreign language enthusiast

Clinical Interests: Scleroderma, Interstitial Lung Disease
Research Interests: Utilizing transcriptomic approaches to better define disease heterogeneity and phenotypic diversity in autoimmune disease.
Why did you choose UCSF?: The breadth of clinical experience including working at three different hospitals, each with distinct patient populations, and the diverse number research opportunities that lets you pursue whatever you’re interested in. Also location can’t be beat!
What have been your favorite aspects (or experiences) of the program?: The amazing support from faculty and peers, both from a clinical standpoint and with career planning.
Hobbies and/or Fun Fact: Love exploring new trails and new restaurants.