Rheumatoid arthritis arises from an immune system that’s turned against its host. But it also provides an opportunity to peer into the inner workings of the genome and see how tiny changes to our DNA can have an outsized impact on how our cells and tissues work. Join rheumatologist and computational biologist Soumya Raychaudhuri as he describes how the genetics of autoimmunity and arthritis risk are helping scientists connect the dots between genetic variation, gene function, and disease — and what that means for rheumatoid arthritis patients now and in the future.

This lecture is presented in memory of Eliana Hechter and is supported by the Eliana Hechter Memorial Fund.