DF Research Award Program
Dr. Andrew Ji Receives the 2026 DF J&J Early Career Innovator Award
The tissue of an AD lesion contains a mixture of stromal cells, as well as immune cells recruited to the site by cellular signals, which behave differently from each other. Ji combines his clinical practice with experiments to help understand the cellular communication between disease-associated subpopulations of cells that contributes to pathogenesis and treatment resistance. The ultimate goal is to…
Replacing Opinions With Facts
The creation of the MAC allowed Dr. Heidi T. Jacobe to plunge into a research program of extensive breadth and depth that has steadily replaced opinions with facts and profoundly improved patient care.
Making the Link
The Sun Pharma Research Award allows Dr. Johann E. Gudjonsson to take preliminary data indicating a fundamental mechanism in autoimmunity, and pursue this in depth in his SLE mouse model and in human SLE subjects.