Kaveh Ardalan

Dr. Ardalan's clinical interests are in juvenile myositis, lupus, and scleroderma and he is co-director of the Duke Children's Myositis Center.  He also co-leads the Duke Pediatric Lupus Clinic.  Dr. Ardalan's research interests encompass health-related quality of life, patient-reported outcomes, mental health, psychological stress, adverse childhood experiences, cardiovascular health and outcomes research, psychometrics, and qualitative/mixed methods research. His most recent work, funded by the Rheumatology Research Foundation Investigator Award, focuses on the relationships between psychological stress, inflammation, and cardiovascular health in juvenile lupus and dermatomyositis.