Richard Bucala, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Pathology and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Yale Medical Group
Cancer Immunology
Global Health Initiative: Infectious Diseases
School of Public Health: Parasitology Program
Pathology
Internal Medicine: Rheumatology | Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Research Interests
Mechanisms by which host immunity converts from a protective response to one producing disease and tissue pathology; Emergence of steroid resistance; Biochemical, biological, and genetic characterization of cytokine MIF; MIF's role in malaria; Role of fibrocytes in different systemic fibroses more...
Education
- B.S., Yale University, 1979
- M.S., Yale University, 1979
- Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1985
- M.D., Cornell College, 1986
Selected Publications
- Leng L, Chen L, Fan J, Greven D, Arjona A, Du X, Austin D, Kashgarian M, Yin Z, Huang XR, Lan HY, Lolis E, Nikolic-Paterson D, Bucala R. 2011. A small-molecule MIF antagonist protects against glomerulonephritis in lupus-prone NZB/NZW F1 and MRL/lpr mice. J Immunol. 186, 527-538.
- Jorgensen WL, Gandavadi S, Du X, Hare AA, Trofimov A, Leng L, Bucala R. 2010. Receptor agonists of macrophage migration inhibitory factor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 20, 7033-7036.
- Awandare GA, Martinson JJ, Were T, Ouma C, Davenport GC, Ong'echa JM, Wang W, Leng L, Ferrell RE, Bucala R, Perkins DJ. 2009. MIF Promoter Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Severe Malarial Anemia. J Infect Dis. 15: 629-637.
