Andreea Bujor receives RRF Investigator Award with the Malawista designation
Dr. Andreea Bujor, Assistant Professor in Rheumatology, has received a 3-year Investigator Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation.
Andreea’s research, titled “The role of myeloid Fli1 in organ fibrosis in scleroderma,” will address an unanswered question regarding scleroderma heart fibrosis: whether monocytes/macrophages contribute to the disease pathogenesis. The study systematically examines the contribution of the decrease transcription factor Fli1 in monocytes/macrophages to fibrosis in vivo and in vitro.
This analysis will determine whether future treatments in scleroderma, including treatment for scleroderma cardiomyopathy, should target Fli1 and the myeloi system, thus providing the basis for potentially safer, more effective therapies.
Annually, the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Council chooses an outstanding recipient to receive the Malawista designation. We are excited to announce that Dr. Bujor has been named the recipient of the Tobé and Stephen E. Malawista, MD, Endowment in Academic Rheumatology. You can read more about this endowment here.