Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Director of the RVCL Research Center, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Miner is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is an expert on inherited rheumatic diseases caused by mutations in genes that regulate inflammatory responses triggered by DNA and RNA. Dr. Miner takes care of rare disease patients from around the country, and his team has generated numerous animal models with human disease-causing mutations. The Miner laboratory uses these models to define underlying mechanisms of disease and to facilitate the development of personalized therapies for patients.