Dr. Marie Mancini is the Program Director of the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Biology Program in the NIAMS Division of Extramural Research, at the National Institutes of Health. Prior to joining the NIAMS in 2007, Dr. Mancini was a Research Scientist at a biotech company, where she focused on pre-clinical studies in the areas of autoimmunity and inflammation. Dr. Mancini holds a B.S. in Biology from Georgetown University, and earned her doctorate in Immunology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.