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Biomarkers of Rheumatic Disease

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Andreea Coca - F1000 Associate Faculty Member (since 21 October 2008)

Department of Medicine (SMD) , University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Andreea Coca is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Jennifer Anolik to evaluate the literature relevant to their research interests.

Andreea Coca also has responsibility for checking the contents of the following journals to ensure that the highest quality research, relevant to their own interests, within these publications is comprehensively and systematically evaluated for F1000:

- New England Journal of Medicine
- Arthritis & Rheumatism

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (SMD)

EDUCATION:
• MD Medicine Romania – Gr T Popa Univ of Medicine & Pharmacy 1999
Post-Doctoral Training & Residency:
• Fellowship in Rheumatology from Strong Memorial Hospital – GME Office 07/01/2007-06/30/2009
• Residency in Internal Medicine from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 07/01/2005-06/30/2007
• Internship in Internal Medicine from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 07/01/2004-06/30/2005

AWARDS:
Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 2007

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Coca’s unique research interests spotlight the molecule Dkk, which she suspects is over-expressed in patients with psoriatic arthritis – and if so, could serve as a sort of biomarker for the disease, signifying the amplified bone erosion that these patients often experience.

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