Authors

Alicia Sullivan is Practice Manager, Rheumatology Associates and Vice President, NORM

Professor Eric Morand, MD, PhD, is head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University's largest clinical school, and a physician-scientist.

He specializes in the study of systemic lupus erythematosus. He is founder of the Monash Lupus Clinic, Australia's largest research-grounded clinic for patients with SLE, a founding member of the Australian Lupus Registry & Biobank, and Chair of the Asia-Pacific Lupus Collaboration. His clinical research focuses on improving endpoints for clinical research in lupus. His lab has studied the biology of glucocorticoids in rheumatic disease and lupus since 1996.

He is a clinical rheumatologist, and head of the Monash Health Rheumatology Unit, the largest in Australia.

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Soumya Chakravarty, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR

Dr. Soumya Chakravarty, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR received both his MD and PhD in Microbiology & Immunology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He earned his diplomates in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology from the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology. Currently, Dr. Chakravarty works as the Senior Director, Strategic Lead — Rheumatology Therapeutic Area at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, and he is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Rheumatology at the Drexel University College of Medicine.