Nancy E. Lane
Nancy E. Lane is an American rheumatologist. She is an Endowed Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, and Aging Research at the University of California, Davis and director of the UC Davis Musculoskeletal Diseases of Aging Research Group. She has also sat on the editorial boards of Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Rheumatology, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, Arthritis & Rheumatology, and The Journal of Rheumatology. Early life and education Lane earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and her medical degree from the UCSF School of Medicine. Career Upon completing her medical degree, Lane became an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis where she treated patients at the San Francisco General Hospital. In 2012, Lane received "mastership" status from the American College of Physicians and was later elected a member of the Institute of Medicine. During the same year, she was the recipient of a California Institute for Regenerative Medicine stem cell grant for her project targeting osteoporosis. Lane led a research group in developing a clinical trial to test a synthetic molecule that directly transplanted mesenchymal stem cells. The following year, Lane was responsible for establishing a specialized research center at