Musculoskeletal Disease
Dr. Diamond's father, uncle and brother
were all interested in history, so she
felt influenced to pursue art history.
Throughout school, however, she
discovered that she was interested in
science. Finally, in her senior year of
college, she thought What am I going to
do with an art history degree? I don't want
to teach.
Dr. Diamond couldn't ignore her passion
for science. From the moment she first
learned about lupus in medical school,
she knew she wanted to study it and
hopefully make a diff erence in the lives of
patients suff ering from autoimmune and
musculoskeletal diseases.
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE
set of cells and tissues that
protect the body from invaders
such as viruses or bacteria.
Sometimes, however, this system
goes awry and mistakes our own
cells as invaders and repeatedly
attacks them--this is called
autoimmunity. Researchers in
the Center for Autoimmune &
Musculoskeletal Disease focus
on major types of autoimmune
diseases, including arthritis,
lupus, hearing disorders, multiple
sclerosis, spinal cord injury
and disc degeneration. They
extensively research the function
of risk genes and the mechanisms
of tissue injury and develop novel
therapies to treat them.