Social Factors, Epigenomics and Lupus in African American Women (SELA) Study: protocol for an observational mechanistic study examining the interplay of multiple individual and social factors on lupus outcomes in a health disparity population

• Edith M Williams,
• Diane L Kamen,
• S Sam Lim,
• Carl D Langefeld,
• Timothy D Howard,
• Gregory A Hawkins,
• Emily L Vara,
• Paula S Ramos,
• Bethany J Wolf,
• Queen Quet,
• Lee H Moultrie,
• L Quinnette King,
• Ivan D Molano,
• Stephanie L Bray,
• Lori Ann Ueberroth

Affiliations

Edith M Williams

1 Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Diane L Kamen

Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

S Sam Lim

Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Carl D Langefeld

Biostatistical Sciences and Center for Public Health Genomics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Timothy D Howard

2Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Gregory A Hawkins

Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA

Emily L Vara

Medical University of South Carolina, USA

Paula S Ramos

Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Bethany J Wolf

Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Queen Quet

Gullah/Geechee Nation, St Helena Island, South Carolina, USA

Lee H Moultrie

Lee H Moultrie & Associates, North Charleston, South Carolina, USA

L Quinnette King

Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Ivan D Molano

Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Stephanie L Bray

Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Lori Ann Ueberroth

Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA