A native of Pittsburgh, Dr. Christine Peoples received her BS in Biology from Allegheny College in Meadville PA. She received her MD from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey PA. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, in Boston MA and her fellowship in Rheumatology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh PA. After completing an additional post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, she joined the faculty and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology. Dr. Peoples completed her Certificate in Clinical Research from the Institute for Clinical Research Education at the University of Pittsburgh and is board certified in Rheumatology. She is the director of the Telerheumatology Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is the director of the telerheumatology elective for second-year rheumatology fellows. Dr. Peoples has provided telerheumatology services in rural and underserved areas for over eleven years and has been recognized as one of the top providers of telehealth services in the country. In addition to several publications, article contributions, and featured interviews, she served as the sole editor and co-authored chapters in the seminal telerheumatology textbook Telerheumatology: Origins, Current Practice, and Future Directions. She is a member of the core work group for the ACR grant for telehealth entitled: Optimizing Telemedicine/Telehealth for the Rheumatology Community. She is a champion of telehealth and recognizes the opportunity to expand much-needed clinical care to rheumatology patients regardless of geographic location.