Tracey Wright, MD

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

tracey.wright@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Biography

Dr. Tracey Wright is a graduate of Yale University and MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine.  She completed her internship and residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical and research interests relate to pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus and improving outcomes for children and adolescents with this disease.  Dr. Wright has received the American College of Rheumatology Physician Scientist Development Award and a Research Supplement grant from the National Institute for Allergy, and Infectious Disease to study the relationship between SLE global and renal disease activity and gene expression.  She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and practices at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and Children’s Medical Center, Dallas.

Education

FellowshipChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Rheumatology (2008)
ResidencyChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatrics (2004)
InternshipChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatrics (2002)
Medical SchoolMCP Hahnemann School of Medicine (2001)

Research Interests

Cardiovascular risk factors in pediatric SLE
Health Disparities in pediatric rheumatic disease
Improving outcomes in pediatric SLE

Publications

TLR recognition of self nucleic acids hampers glucocorticoid activity in lupus.

Guiducci C, Gong M, Xu Z, Gill M, Chaussabel D, Meeker T, Chan JH, Wright T, Punaro M, Bolland S, Soumelis V, Banchereau J, Coffman RL, Pascual V, Barrat FJ, Nature, 2010 Jun; 465 (7300):937-41

Hypovitaminosis D is associated with greater body mass index and disease activity in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

Wright TB, Shults J, Leonard MB, Zemel BS, Burnham JM, The Journal of pediatrics, 2009 Aug; 155 (2):260-5

Pediatric Rheumatology for the Adult Rheumatologist II: Uveitis in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Wright, T and Cron, R.Q. , J Clin, Rheumatol. , Fall 2007; (13):205-210

Honors/Awards

American College of Rheumatology, Physician Scientist Development Award, 2007

(2007)

American College of Rheumatology, Paula de Merieux Rheumatology Fellowship Award, 2006

(2006)

MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha, 2001

(2001)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance

(2007)

American College of Rheumatology

(2005)