Dr. Aggarwal is a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and the medical director of the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He is also the co-director of the UPMC Myositis Center. His research and clinical interests focus on clinical and translational research in inflammatory muscle diseases (myositis) and associated interstitial lung disease. Dr. Aggarwal is an established, independent clinical investigator with significant funding from the NIH, foundations, and industry. He is currently leading several international collaborations and Phase 2/3 clinical trials in myositis, as well as in myositis-associated ILD. He has maintained an extremely high publication record and has received national and international recognition for his work. Recently, he developed the Myositis Clinical Trial Consortium (MCTC) with several myositis leaders around the world to facilitate and support clinical trials in myositis worldwide.