{"id":16805,"date":"2025-09-10T11:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=16805"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:19:50","slug":"griffin-sonaty-receives-rrf-2025-marshall-j-schiff-md-memorial-fellow-research-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/griffin-sonaty-receives-rrf-2025-marshall-j-schiff-md-memorial-fellow-research-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffin Sonaty Receives RRF 2025 Marshall J. Schiff MD Memorial Fellow Research Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16806 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2025\/09\/Griffin-Sonaty-headshot-232x300.png\" alt=\"Griffin Sonaty, MD, MPH\" width=\"176\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2025\/09\/Griffin-Sonaty-headshot-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2025\/09\/Griffin-Sonaty-headshot.png 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/>Griffin Sonaty, MD, MPH<\/strong>, a second year Rheumatology fellow in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, was recently awarded the <u>2025 Marshall J. Schiff MD Memorial Fellow Research Award<\/u> from the Rheumatology Research Foundation. 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