Sjögren Disease Research
Sara McCoy, MD, PhD, is a rheumatologist who focuses on advancing understanding of Sjögren disease in order to develop new therapies.
Improving Treatments for Sjögren Disease
Dr. McCoy's research aims to define how Sjögren disease and dryness develops with the ultimate goal of improving diagnostics and treatment options for patients with the disease.
She focuses on defining minor salivary gland mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) immunobiology. Through an understanding how MSC immunobiology differs in Sjögren disease and dryness, Dr. McCoy hopes to identify new targets for therapeutic intervention.
Dr. McCoy emphasizes a bench-to-bedside approach and she is actively working to translate her MSC work into therapeutic MSC trials. She also is working toward identifying novel diagnostic antibodies in Sjögren disease.
