Tracey Wright, M.D. Titles and Appointments Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology Professor & Division Chief Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics Biography Dr. Tracey Wright is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology. Her clinical and research interests relate to pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus and improving outcomes for children and adolescents with this disease. Dr. Wright is the principal investigator for the Clinical and Sample Core for the NIAMS funded Center for Lupus Research, an integrated, cooperative center based at UT Southwestern, the Drukier Institute for Children's Health at Weil Cornell Medicine, and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine. She joined the UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty in 2008 after completing fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Wright is the Pediatric Fellowship Program Director and a pediatric rheumatologist in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern, practicing at Scottish Rite Hospital and Children’s Health. Education Medical School MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine (2001) Internship Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2002), Pediatrics Residency Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2004), Pediatrics Fellowship Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2008), Pediatric Rheumatology Research Interest Pediatric SLE Publications Baseline Clinical Features and Biomarker Profiles of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Associated Lung Disease Cohort Author Collaboration CR, Author Collaboration CF, Author Collaboration tC, Eloseily E, Riordan ME, Mahmoud I, Clark A, Chang ML, Russell A, Natter M, Thornton S, Canna S, Co DO, DeGuzman M, Kimura Y, Schulert GS, DeGuzman M, Vogel T, Dedeoglu F, Henderson L, Lee P, Grom A, Schulert G, Ting T, Behrens E, Canna S, Weiss P, Kimura Y, Riordan ME, Costin C, Klein-Gitelman M, Correll C, Hobday P, Riskalla M, Ardoin S, Drew J, Ombrello M, Marquez M, Mellins B, Saper V, Nanda K, Shenoi S, Spitznagle J, Mannion M, Rife E, Timmerman L, Kim S, Lentini L, Bell-Brunson D, Fuller J, Nassi L, Stewart K, Wright T Arthritis Care and Research 2026 Disease activity at two consecutive registry visits and subsequent medication escalation for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the CARRA registry Author Collaboration Ft, Mannion ML, Aswani MS, Hearld KR, Smitherman EA, Timmerman L, Curtis JR, Zic C, Zhu A, Zheng Z, Zhao YD, Zhang YJ, Zeft A, Yomogida K, Yeung R, Yalcindag A, Wu E, Wright T, Woolnough L, Wooldridge S, Wong S, Williams C, Widrick K, Westheuser V, Wershba E, Weiss P, Weiss J, Waterfield M, Walters H, Wallgren S, Walker B, Wakefield S, Wahezi D, Wagner-Weiner L, Vora S, von Scheven E, Verstegen R, Verbsky J, Vega-Fernandez P, Vasquez N, Varghese C, Vandenbergen S, Van Mater H, Vallee A, Valdovinos R, Valcarcel T, Twilt M, Sloan E, Nassi L, Fuller J, Ciaglia K Pediatric Rheumatology 2025 Dec 23 Long-term safety of canakinumab in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: 5-year results from the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) registry Author Collaboration Ft, Correll C, Burciu A, Bansal A, Dennos A, Narayanswamy D, Aubrun E, Schanberg LE, Yuhan L, Schneider R, Balevic S, Kimura Y, Beukelman T, Zic C, Zhu A, Zheng Z, Zhao YD, Zhang YJ, Zeft A, Yeung R, Yalcindag A, Wu E, Wright T, Woolnough L, Wooldridge S, Wong S, Williams C, Widrick K, Wershba E, Weiss J, Weiss P, Weiser P, Waterfield M, Walters H, Wallgren S, Walker B, Wakefield S, Wahezi D, Wagner-Weiner L, Vora S, von Scheven E, Verstegen R, Verbsky J, Vega-Fernandez P, Vasquez N, Varghese C, Van Mater H, Sloan E, Nassi L, Fuller J, Ciaglia K Pediatric Rheumatology 2025 Dec 23 Single-cell RNA profiling of blood CD4+ T cells identifies distinct helper and dysfunctional regulatory clusters in children with SLE Balasubramanian P, Balaji U, Santos MS, Baisch J, Smitherman C, Walters L, Sparagana P, Nassi L, Stewart K, Fuller J, Means T, Savova V, Banchereau JF, Wright T, Pascual V, Gu J, Caielli S Nature immunology 2025 Nov 26 2100-2111 Three-Year Outcomes and Latent Class Trajectory Analysis of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Polyarticular JIA Consensus Treatment Plans Study Author Collaboration tC, Ringold S, Ong MS, Tomlinson G, Natter MD, Schanberg LE, Del Gaizo V, Feldman BM, Murphy KL, Kimura Y, Amir R, Abulaban K, Adams A, Agbayani R, Lapsia CA, Ahmed H, Akoghlanian S, AlBijadi A, Allenspach E, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Amoruso M, Anderson E, Angeles-Hahn S, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Dagan NA, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Baluta S, Barbar-Smiley F, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Begezda A, Beil E, Bell-Brunson H, Benham H, Benseler S, Ciaglia K, Fuller J, Gotte A, Nassi L, Sloan E, Stewart K, Wright T Arthritis and Rheumatology 2025 Oct 77 1433-1441 Exploring the Association of Sociodemographic Factors and Primary Diagnosis With Transition Readiness in Adolescents With Rheumatic Disease Al Manaa M, Ma Y, Jo Ch, Makris UE, Bitencourt N, Wright T, Nassi L ACR Open Rheumatology 2025 May 7 Pediatric Rheumatology and the Skin Gupta R, Gordon K, Lam T, Sloan E, Wright TB 2025 Jan 182-204 Effect of an Electronic Pill Bottle on Hydroxychloroquine Adherence in Pediatric Lupus: Results of a Novel Direct-to-Family Pilot Trial Author Collaboration wt, Randell RL, Schanberg LE, Beard C, Phillips T, Hornik CP, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Balevic SJ, Rubinstein T, Vasquez N, Wahezi D, Tanner T, Peskin M, Rothschild E, Perfetto J, Guzman L, Buckley L, Patrick A, Datyner E, Blackmon B, Graham T, Henderson L, Lo M, Lee P, Sundel R, Meidan E, Halyabar O, Nigrovic P, Son MB, Hausmann J, McBrearty K, Cohen E, Chang M, Chang J, Dedeoglu F, Cidon M, Reyhan I, Haro S, Shaham B, Cancino A, Brown D, Marzan K, Weiss P, Lerman M, Moreno J, Canna S, Wright T, Nassi L, Fuller J, Ciaglia K, Sloan E ACR Open Rheumatology 2025 Jan 7 Racial Disparities and Achievement of the Low Lupus Disease Activity State: A CARRA Registry Study Author Collaboration TC, Soulsby WD, Olveda R, He J, Berbert L, Weller E, Barbour KE, Greenlund KJ, Schanberg LE, von Scheven E, Hersh A, Son MB, Chang J, Knight A, Aamir R, Abulaban K, Adams A, Aguiar Lapsia C, Akinsete A, Akoghlanian S, Al Manaa M, AlBijadi A, Allenspach E, Almutairi A, Alperin R, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Amoruso M, Angeles-Han S, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Asfaw L, Aviran Dagan N, Bacha C, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballinger S, Baluta S, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Baxter S, Becker M, Begezda A, Behrens E, Ciaglia K, Fuller J, Nassi L, Sloan E, Stewart K, Wright T Arthritis Care and Research 2025 Jan 77 38-49 Implementation study of the CARRA Uveitis Consensus Treatment Plans: feasibility for clinical practice and applicability for research Author Collaboration ft, Chang MH, Barbar-Smiley F, Akoghlanian S, Drew J, Angeles-Han ST, Quinlan-Waters M, Bohnsack JF, Cooper AM, Edelheit B, Twachtman-Bassett J, Lerman MA, Nanda K, Rabinovich CE, Lo MS, Zhu A, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Zeft A, Yomogida K, Yeung R, Yasin S, Yalcindag A, Wu E, Wright T, Woolnough L, Wong S, Williams C, Widrick K, White A, Westheuser V, Wershba E, Weiss J, Weiss P, Weiser P, Waters A, Waterfield M, Walters H, Walker B, Waite H, Wahezi D, Wagner-Weiner L, Vora S, von Scheven E, Verstegen R, Verbsky J, Velez J, Stewart K, Sloan E, Nassi L, Fuller J Pediatric Rheumatology 2024 Dec 22 Results 1-10 of 67 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Honors & Awards Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in DallasD Magazine (2016) (2018) Leadership Emerging in Academic Departments (LEAD) Program Capstone Recognition AwardUT Southwestern Medical Center (2013) Master Class in Clinical SciencesLupus Research Institute (2012) Physician Scientist Development AwardAmerican College of Rheumatology (2007) Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Rheumatology (2005) Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (2007)
