ARAMIS: Arthritis, Rheumatism and Aging Medical Information Systems---Investigators Page

Stanford University

James F. Fries, MD

Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of Aramis. Dr. Fries' research interests include:

Long-term outcomes of chronic diseases
Development of data banks for chronic disease data
Factors associated with morbidity and mortality
Risk factors associated with aging

Daniel A. Bloch, PhD

Professor (Research), Stanford University School of Medicine and ARAMIS Biostatistician. Dr. Bloch's research interests include:

Analysis of repeated measurements data
Development of multivariable outcomes and statistical tests and assessment of their performance
Employing newer statistical missing data techniques such as "hot decking" and multiple imputation to database variables
Comparing the accuracy of new techniques to more traditional methods

Kate Lorig, DrPH, RN

Professor (Research), Stanford University School of Medicine and Director, Stanford Patient Education Research Center. Dr. Lorig's research interests include:

Arthritis patient education
Chronic disease education
Development of patient education programs for the internet

Bonnie Bruce, DrPH, MPH, RD

Senior Research Scientist and ARAMIS Program Manager. Dr. Bruce's research interests include:

Chronic disease prevention
Health behavior change, obesity, weight control, and eating disorders
Questionnaire design and validation
Nutrition

Helen Hubert, PhD, MPH

Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University School of Medicine and ARAMIS Epidemiologist. Dr. Hubert's research interests include:

Chronic disease epidemiology and methods
Epidemiology of aging
Body size, obesity, and morbidity
Osteoarthritis and disability
Cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases

Eswar Krishnan, MD, M.Phil

Consulting Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology. Dr. Krishnan's research interests include:

Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
Statistical models of disability progression in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
Access to health care and disability

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Thomas Bush, MD

Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Bush's research interests include:

Lupus in Vietnamese patients
Pregnancy outcome in Rheumatoid Arthritis
The impact of socio-economic factors in the outcome of lupus

University of Cincinnati

Michael Luggen, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Cincinnati and ARAMIS Project Director, University of Cincinnati. Dr. Luggen's research interests include:

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Cost of monitoring therapies in rheumatoid arthritis
Natural history of osteoarthritis
Effectiveness of complementary therapy on rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

University of Pittsburgh

Thomas A. Medsger, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and ARAMIS Project Director, University of Pittsburgh.

Mary Chester M. Wasko, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wasko's research interests include:

Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in rheumatoid arthritis
Cancer epidemiology in rheumatoid arthritis
New pharmacologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis

University of Saskatchewan

John Sibley, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada and ARAMIS Project Director, University of Saskatchewan.

University of Tennessee

Benjamin Wang, MD, FRCP(C)

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Division of Rheumatology. Dr. Wang's research interests include:

Optimal deployment of disease-modifying agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Outcome measures in arthritis
Long-term efficacy and toxicity of drugs used to treat arthritis