NYU Langone’s Judith and Stewart Colton Center for Autoimmunity seeks to further the understanding of immune system functions and how they are disrupted, so that we may more effectively treat and even prevent diseases like lupus, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and multiple sclerosis.

The center’s benefactors, Judith and Stewart Colton, have a special commitment to foster fundamental discoveries that translate into improved clinical care and health for families living with autoimmune disease. The Coltons have been generous benefactors of NYU Langone, with ties that date back to the 1960s, when Judith’s uncle, a prominent surgeon, established a loan fund for medical students. Some of the couple’s previous gifts to the medical center have supported asthma research and the research of early-career physician scientists, known as the Colton Scholars.

The Colton Center is part of a growing network of similar centers at other universities, including at Yale School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania, and Tel Aviv University.