Amino, Nobuyuki. Professor at Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita Osaka 565, Japan. Amino's research as an endocrinologist involves the biochemistry of autoimmune diseases of the thyroid, and treatment of autoimmune thyroid disease in pregnancy. Dr. Amino is listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd ed. 1996-97. He co-authored the chapter “Autoimmune Thyroid Disease/Thyroiditis." in the standard Endocrinology, 3rd ed. 1995, edited by DeGroot, Leslie J., et al.
Braley-Mullen, H. Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65212. Braley-Mullen’s recently published papers focus on the biochemistry and cellular biology of autoimmune thyroiditis.
Burek, CL. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205. Burek’s recently published papers focus on the biochemistry of autoimmune thyroiditis, especially the role of iodine.
David, Chelladurai S. Professor of Immunology, Mayo Medical School and Professor of Microbiology at University of Minnesota Medical School. Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Byron, MN 55905. Prof. David specializes in immunogenetics. His recent publications are of preclinical studies of induced autoimmune thyroiditis in animal models (mouse and chicken). He is listed in American Men & Women of Science, 20th ed. 1998-99.
Davies, TF. Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029. Davies recent investigations focus on biochemistry and genetic expression in thyroid disease. Davies work is cited by Anthony Weetman in his chapter “Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis” in Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid, a prominent standard work in this field.
Guo, Jian Zhong. Principal Scientist, RW Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Raritan, NJ 08869. Guo specializes in molecular & cellular endocrinology and more specifically in developing therapeutics for women's endocrine disorders. Guo has co-authored papers with J.C. Jaume, B. Rapoport and S.M. McLauchlan who are also on this list of recently published authors in the field. Guo is listed as a leader in American Men and Women of Science, 19th ed. 1995-96.
Jaume, JC. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Thyroid Molecular Biology Unit 111T, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121. Jaume's recent studies focus on the biochemistry of autoimmunity in the thyroid. Jaume has co-authored papers with J. Guo, B. Rapoport and S.M. McLauchlan who are also on this list.
McIntosh, RS. Division of Molecular/Cellular Immunology, Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH England. [r.s.mcintosh:sheffield.ac.uk] Dr. McIntosh has produced papers about genetic studies of thyroid antibodies. He has co-authored papers with PF Watson, and Prof. AP Weetman of University of Sheffield. McIntosh’s work is cited by Anthony Weetman in his chapter “Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis” in Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid, the most prominent standard work in this field.
McLachlan, SM. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Thyroid Molecular Biology Unit 111T, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121. McLachlan’s studies are about the biochemistry of autoimmunity in the thyroid. He has co-authored papers with B. Rapoport, J. Guo and J.C. Jaume who are also on this list of highly published researchers in the field. McLachlan’s work is cited by Anthony Weetman in his chapter “Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis” in Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid, a most prominent standard work in this field.
Mori, T. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto University
School of Medicine, Japan. Biochemistry and genetics of this autoimmune
disease are the focus of Mori’s work.
Nagataki, Shigenobu. Professor at Nagasaki University, School of Medicine,
Department of Internal Medicine 1, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852, Japan.
Nagataki has received many awards in the field of endocrinology, as listed
in his entry in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd ed. 1996-97.
His current published research involves the relationship of Hashimoto’s
disease and Type-1 diabetes.
Nishikawa, T. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Thyroid Molecular Biology Unit 111T, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121. Nichikawa's research is about the biochemistry of autoimmunity in the thyroid.
Pinchera, Aldo. Institute of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Italy. Dr. Pinchera is editor of Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, a publication of the Italian Society of Endocrinology. His recently published studies are about diagnosis and treatment clinical trials, also, increased occurrence of autoimmune thyroiditis following the Chernoble nuclear accident, and co-occurrence of Hashimoto’s disease with breast cancer.
Rapoport, B. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Thyroid Molecular Biology Unit 111T, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121. Studying the biochemistry of autoimmunity in the thyroid, Rapoport has co-authored papers with S.M. McLauchlan, J. Guo and J.C. Jaume from this list. Rapoport’s work is cited by Anthony Weetman in his chapter “Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis” in Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid, a prominent standard work in this field.
Rose, Noel Richard. Professor of Medicine, Prof. of Pathology & Director of Immunology; Prof. of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4000 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218-1756. Dr. Rose specializes in microbiology and immunology, doing research in autoimmunity, cellular immunology, clinical immunology, immunopathology and immunotoxicology. He has received many awards for his work, as listed in his entry in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd ed. 1996-1997. Dr. Rose is also listed in American Men and Women of Science, 20th ed. 1998-99. Recently published works are with induced autoimmune thyroiditis in animals, and an association of autoimmune thyroiditis with cancer. He is an editor of Manual of Clinical Laboratory Immunology, published by the American Society for Microbiology, as well as editing the journal Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology.
Torizuka, K. Fukui Medical School, Japan. Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Volpe, Robert. Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto and Director of Endocrine Research Laboratory, Wellesley Hospital. Address: 3 Daleberry Pl, Don Mills, Ontario, M3B 2A5 CN. One of the most prolific authors on the subject of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis over the last 40 years, Dr. Volpe’s first demonstrated the autoimmune nature of the disease. His research has involved immune mechanisms in thyroid diseases, autoimmunity in endocrine system, immunoregulatory abnormalities in autoimmune endocrine diseases, and thyroid diseases. Volpe is listed in American Men and Women of Science, 20th ed. 1998-99 and in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd edition. 1996-1997.
Wall, J. Department of Ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital, and Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-4772. Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-9986, USA. Wall has recently published research about thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy. The biochemistry of this Graves-related phenomenon is also related to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
Watson, PF. Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield Clinical Sciences Center, Northern General Hospital, United Kingdom. Watson has published genetic studies of thyroid antibodies. He has co-authored papers with AP Weetman of University of Sheffield, and Dr. RS McIntosh from Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.
Weetman, Anthony P. Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Clinical Science Center, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU England. Professor Weetman has an overall interest in hypothyroidism and genetic studies of thyroid antibodies. He has co-authored papers with PF Watson, and Dr. RS McIntosh from Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. He authored the “Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis” chapter in Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid, the most prominent standard work in this field.