Betty Diamond

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Betty Diamond
Born11 May 1948
Hartford, CT
Nationality
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Known forMedical Research

Betty Diamond (born 11 May 1948, in

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, NY.[1] She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.[2][3]

Education

Betty Diamond received her B.A. in Art History (Magna Cum) from

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY and in 1979 embarked on post-doctoral fellowship in Immunology with Dr. Matthew Scharff at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.[4][1]

Academic career

Diamond has been on the faculty and chief of rheumatology at both Einstein and Columbia. She is currently head of the Center for Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease at

Institute of Medicine.[5] She is also past chair of the scientific advisory board of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and has been on their Scientific Council.[6][7][8]

Diamond helped to establish (and named) the Advancing Women in Science and Medicine group at the Feinstein Institutes in 2010. AWSM (pronounced “awesome”) uses philanthropic support to help advance the careers of women scientists, countering

gender equity.[9][4]

Research

Diamond's primary interests are in the mechanisms of central and peripheral tolerance of autoreactive

B cells,[10][11]
and the defects in these mechanisms that are present in
antibodies in brain disease.[12][13]
Diamond identified the first idiotype marker on anti-DNA antibodies in patients with lupus,
hormones may play in the development of lupus.[22][23][4]

Selected awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Betty Diamond, MD". Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members". NAS Online. National Academy of Sciences. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b Zeller, Gregory (10 May 2022). "Feinstein's Diamond, SBU math whiz earn NAS nods - Innovate Long Island". Innovateli. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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  5. ^ a b "Betty A. Diamond, M.D." The American Association of Immunologists. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Our Team". Autoimmune Association. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Betty Diamond, MD | Scientific Advisory Board". Arthritis National Research Foundation | Funding Research To Cure Arthritis. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Molecular Medicine An Interview with Betty Diamond". Leaders Online. 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  9. ^ Allen, Julianne Mosher (3 October 2022). "Betty Diamond receives Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award | Northwell Health". Northwell Health News. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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  12. ^ Meislin, Margy (11 May 2022). "LRA and LT Congratulate Betty Diamond, MD on Election to the National Academy of Sciences". Lupus Research. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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  19. ^ Jancin, Bruce (13 April 2019). "ACE inhibitors may improve neuropsychiatric lupus". MDedge Rheumatology. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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  24. ^ American College of Rheumatology (11 October 2022). "American College of Rheumatology announces 2022 award recipients". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  25. ^ "Feinstein Institutes' Betty Diamond Elected to the National Academy of Sciences". Businesswire. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  26. ^ Allen, Julianne Mosher (3 October 2022). "Feinstein Institutes' Betty Diamond receives Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award". Businesswire. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  27. ^ Quinn, Richard (13 January 2012). "ACR Honors Contributions to Rheumatology - Page 3 of 10". The Rheumatologist. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  28. ^ "Evelyn V. Hess, MD, MACP, MACR Award". Lupus Foundation of America. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  29. ^ "AAAS Fellows" (PDF). American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  30. ^ "About Us: Scientific Advisors". Lupus Research Institute. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  31. ^ "Alumni Awards". Alumni | Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  32. ^ "Past Howley Prize Recipients". The Arthritis Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  33. ^ "ACR Past Awards of Distinction Recipients" (PDF). American College of Rheumatology. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  34. ^ "New Investigators Supported". S.L.E. Lupus Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
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