Dr. Bykerk is currently involved in a clinical research program focused on learning more about early rheumatoid arthritis in collaboration with the Inflammatory Arthritis Center of Excellence. This research program will focus on early inflammatory arthritis, identifying important questions, and addressing them through the use of Hospital for Special Surgery’s research registries. She is also the director of the Consortium of Early Arthritis Cohort Studies; a group of observational research studies in early RA in North America.
Dr. Bykerk is also involved in the planning of a clinical research program in Perioperative Medicine. Furthermore, Dr. Bykerk is a head figure in the Accelerated Medicines Program, sponsored by the NIH. This program is looking to develop techniques for ultrasound-guided biopsies of joints affected by arthritis and other autoimmune conditions.