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His long-term research interest is in the clinical aspects of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), pregnancy in rheumatic disease patients, gender and rheumatic disease, and neurological SLE. His research has been supported by grants from NIAMS, the Arthritis Foundation, the SLE Foundation, and private donors throughout his academic career.
He is director of the Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease and co-director of the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Locksin served as editor-in-chief of Arthritis & Rheumatism for five years. He has also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Rheumatology, and as a reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and the Journal of Immunology.
Lockshin has held senior management positions at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He served first as director of the Extramural Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and then as acting director of the Institute. This Institute is responsible for U.S. government research funding in the fields of rheumatology and dermatology. He also served as Senior Advisor to the Director at the NIH's Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center.
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