Melanie Ruffner is a Rheumatology/Immunology physician affiliated with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. OpenAlex indexes 127 publications with 2,202 citations (h-index 24).
Overview
Scholarship
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Total citations across indexed works.
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Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingNIH funding
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2008–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Defining the impact of type 1 cytokine signaling on STAT-mediated epithelial reprogramming and barrier dysfunction in eosinophilic esophagitis
Children'S Hosp of Philadelphia
FY2025$3,375,359R01AI184785 - Epigenetic regulation of esophageal epithelial barrier function in eosinophilic esophagitis
Children'S Hosp of Philadelphia
FY2024$185,328K08AI148456 - Epigenetic regulation of esophageal epithelial barrier function in eosinophilic esophagitis
Children'S Hosp of Philadelphia
FY2023$185,328K08AI148456
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
Publications
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- Interferon-γ Signaling in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Affects Epithelial Barrier Function and Programmed Cell Death
Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2025 - Eosinophilic esophagitis: An allergy and immunology perspective on the updated guidelines
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
2025 - The evolution of food protein–induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES)
Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
2025 - Clinical Significance of Egg Sensitization in Pediatric Food Protein–Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome to Hen’s Egg
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
2025
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