It’s no secret that mental health issues are on the rise for children and teenagers, but imagine being a kid with a complex, chronic illness. In a special two-part series on mental health and mental health awareness, The CARRA Podcast explores how kids living with autoimmune diseases can face additional mental health issues. The first …
In this second episode of The CARRA Podcast, Claudette Johnson talks with Dr. Mary Beth Son, who is the Co-PI of the CARRA Registry. Dr. Son is Clinical Chief of the Division of Immunology and Section Chief of the Rheumatology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, as well as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard …
The Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) is a collaborative research network that was created in 2002 by a small group of dedicated physicians working in pediatric rheumatology. From the very beginning, they partnered with patients and families at every stage of research. Today, CARRA has 600 members at more than 120 institutions and …