First a physician, Dr. Lijun Xia has become a research star As a young physician in China, Dr. Lijun Xia treated people with life-threatening blood diseases. But few medications existed to help the people he cared for, and over time, the hematologist grew frustrated. “I wanted to do better for my patients, to give them […]
microbiome
A Mistake That Paid Off
Checking the wrong box changed the future of OMRF’s newest rheumatologist.
OMRF discoveries reshape understanding of gut microbiome
OMRF scientists have redefined how the gut microbiome operates and how our bodies coexist with some of the 100 trillion bacteria that make it up.
OMRF welcomes new rheumatologist
As a physician-scientist, Matlock Jeffries will maintain a lab focused on osteoarthritis and will see patients in the foundation’s Rheumatology Center of Excellence.
Jeffries, Matlock
Are we too clean for our own good?
Mounting research suggests our quest to be clean might make children sicker, not healthier.
