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Children’s Rare Disease Collaborative
Perspectives from Experts
The Boston Children’s Rare Disease Collaborative (CRDC) is a hospital-wide research effort established in 2018 and includes 57 rare disease studies. The CRDC aims to find and understand genetic causes of rare diseases to facilitate research-informed care. Providing families with a genetic diagnosis can lead to precision medicine including personalized management with current medications as well as development of new targeted therapies.
Speakers:

CRDC as the Institutional Genomic Research Platform
Dr. Piotr Sliz
Vice President & Chief Research Information Officer
CRDC Steering Committee member and operational leader

Maximizing Research Findings
Dr. Alan Beggs
Director, The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research
CRDC Steering Committee Member and scientist leading research on myopathies and dystrophies

Research Informed Clinical Care
Dr. Alissa D’Gama
Neonatologist
Leading research on genetic diagnosis in pediatric epilepsies

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