Avni Joshi, M.D. (AIM ’09, CTSA ’10, PDIN ’10), received an award, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Avni Joshi, M.D. (AIM ’09, CTSA ’10, PDIN ’10), Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, received a 2023 Decentralized Clinical Trials award from the Mayo Clinic Decentralized Clinical Trials team, in partnership with Research and the Clinical Trials Strategy and Governance team. This initiative aims to establish digital products, personnel and processes to support research teams. Dr. Joshi’s project, “Abatacept for the Treatment of Common Variable Immunodeficiency With Interstitial Lung Disease (ABCVILD),” will investigate the efficacy of abatacept compared to placebo for treatment of patients with granulomatous and lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD) in the context of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), as assessed quantitatively by radiologic imaging. With this award, Dr. Joshi will decrease in-hospital visits and reduce the burden to participation. Dr. Joshi is a professor of pediatrics and an associate professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.