Invited Faculty
  • Betty Diamond
    The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
    USA
  • Betty Diamond, M.D.
    Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine
    Professor and Head,
    Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Diseases
    The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
    Professor of Molecular Medicine and Medicine
    Hofstra Northwell Health School of Medicine

    Betty Diamond received her MD from Harvard Medical School, performed a residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and then trained in immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
    Her research has focused on the induction and pathogenicity of autoantibodies in SLE, especially in the brain. Most recently, she has become interested in the anti-inflammatory effects of C1q. In recent years, she has also become involved in clinical trials in SLE and has led several clinical trials of novel therapeutics.
    She has received the Outstanding Investigator and the Mentoring awards of ACR. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. She is a past president of the American Association of Immunologists.
    Research & Clinical Focus

    Neuropsychiatric Lupus

    Microglia

    ACE inhibitors

    Cognitive dysfunction

    • Date Time Room Session Title Lecture Title
    May 19 17:40-18:00 Room Grand Ballroom 101 [Concurrent Session 8] Omics and Breakthrough Technology Neuroimaging and single cell RNAseq