
Scleroderma
Center Mission
- To provide state of the art, multidisciplinary care for patients with scleroderma
- To provide education and support for scleroderma patients and their families
- To provide access to new therapies for scleroderma via clinical trials
- To engage in clinical, translational and basic laboratory research on scleroderma to contribute to finding the cause and cure of scleroderma.
Center Goals
- To recruit new and current faculty members with an interest in vascular biology, genetics and fibrosis
- To hire needed staff in the areas of data management, research coordination and laboratory assistance
- To establish and name a scleroderma-dedicated research technician position
- To establish and name a research fellowship and recruit a qualified research fellow
- To obtain additional space for research as needed
- To improve patient education resources (website, newsletters)
To develop other activities including a journal club, annual research symposium, travel awards for fellows and joint research grant proposals with non-Center investigators
Contact Us

Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Offices
S700 Biomedical Science Tower
3500 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-383-8000 | Email Us
For Patients
412-647-6700