The Autoimmunity Research Foundation (ARF)
The foundation is registered as a California Public Benefit Corporation, "Autoimmunity Research Inc." (number DLN: 17053191113016), organized as a charity as defined under section 501(c)3 of the IRS code.

Our Board of Directors is comprised not only of medical professionals, but also patient advocates and research support teams. Our geographical diversity gives a unique insight into both national and international issues.

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Summary biographies of founding Board members:

Trevor G Marshall, PhD, Chair (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Trevor's first teaching post was at the University of Technology in Lae, Papua New Guinea, during 1974. He taught at Curtin University, in Western Australia, during the rest of the 70's. Following up on his Masters degree in 1978, he commenced PhD studies at the University of Western Australia, home to Barry Marshall (no relation), 2005 Nobel award for Helicobacter Pylori scientific discovery.

Clinical studies were with Tim Welborn and Ted Keogh at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Western Australia and Mike Albisser's group at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

In 1982 he moved to the USA, and now lives in California. His PhD thesis "Mathematical Modelling of the Insulin Glucose Homeostasis in Diabetic and Healthy Individuals" was accepted in 1985. For most of the following decades he was CEO of YARC Systems, specializing in high-tech Internet Publishing.

Over the last few years Trevor has been defining the biochemical roles of the steroid hormones Angiotensin II and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D in immune disease. In 2002 he published a complete etiological description for Sarcoid Inflammation, and his current interest is in understanding how this same hormonal/bacterial pathogenesis might drive other Rheumatic and Cardiac inflammatory diseases.

· Dr Marshall's published papers

Frances E (Liz) Marshall, GradDipPharm, RPh (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Liz Marshall graduated Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Adelaide in 1969. After tenures at hospitals in South Australia and Western Australia she gained her Graduate Diploma of Pharmacy in 1980. Since moving to the USA in 1982 Liz has practiced as a Pharmacist at Westlake Hospital and the Los Robles Regional Medical Center.

She published her first paper "Quantitative prediction of concentration changes due to permeation of solutes through Polyetheylene containers during autoclaving" (PubMed ID:5451537) in 1970 (under her maiden name), and has subsequently published papers on "Microcomputer Capabilities for Pharmacy Inventory Control" and, most recently, on Autoimmune Disease.

Belinda Fenter, BS (Fort Worth, TX)
Belinda Fenter graduated from Texas Christian University in 1989 with a bachelor of science degree. After working several years in market research, public relations, and advertising, she managed a clinical office for seven years.

Prior to her work in information research, Belinda was an active community leader in Fort Worth, Texas, supporting libraries and public education.

Most recently she has been actively engaged in the foundation's research program, not only as a moderator at SarcInfo.com, but also by taking responsibility for tracking new papers, and for ongoing contacts with the National Institutes of Health and the FDA. She has published articles on 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and Sarcoidosis. Belinda frequently updates significant scientific research study information for MarshallProtocol.com.

Meg Mangin R.N. (Menomonie, WI)
Meg Mangin, R.N. attended St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, Minnesota and graduated from Milwaukee School of Nursing in 1971. She has held staff nurse positions in coronary/intensive care at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay and Luther Hospital, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

While on professional sabbatical to raise three children, she became a LaLeche League Leader, headed the Wisconsin state LaLeche League for five years and presented educational sessions at International LaLeche League conferences. During this time, she held a board certification as a Lactation Consultant and counseled patients privately.

She has worked the past 17 years as a staff nurse for a Medicare-certified Home Care Agency providing intermittent, skilled nursing services in a variety of medical specialties. In 2002, she became a moderator at SarcInfo.com. She serves on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data, Safety and Monitoring Board. She served on an NIH State of the Science panel in 2007.

Meg Mangin published the paper "Observations of Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Sarcoidosis" and updates significant scientific research study information for MarshallProtocol.com.