Cornelia Weyand MD

Cornelia M. Weyand is a Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Mayo College of Medicine. She received her medical degree from RWTH Aachen University FOM. She is to better understand the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms of how the immune system causes inflammatory disease. Much of Dr. Weyand's work is focused on inflammation in the vascular system and on the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. Her research team is searching for the molecular, cellular, and subcellular processes that underlie healthy immunity as well as deviation into inflammation that can injure tissues. Dr. Weyand's studies of immune cell function and behavior are aimed at developing new treatments for inflammatory disorders.