Brian J. Andonian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology. He studies the effects of exercise training interventions on immune cell and skeletal muscle metabolic health and molecular function in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The goal of his translational research is to improve outcomes in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases, including disease activity and cardiometabolic risk in RA, via personalized lifestyle and pharmacologic prescription.