Jessica Turnier

Dr. Turnier is a Pediatric Rheumatologist and physician scientist at the University of Michigan working to improve care and outcomes for children with rheumatic disease. She developed a multidisciplinary juvenile myositis clinic to expand access to state-of-the-art clinical care and better integrate research with clinical care. She also started a juvenile myositis patient and family advisory council and works to integrate patient experience and engagement into clinic and research developments. Her research focuses on the study of skin disease and vasculopathy in pediatric myositis and lupus to identify novel disease mechanisms, biomarkers and treatment targets.