Researchers from the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network deliver an update on the survey of the impacts of COVID-19 of people living with rare diseases during Rare Disease Day at NIH, March 2021. Video features Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD, principal investigator of the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR) and Thomas W. Ferkol, MD, co-principal investigator of the Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium (GDMCC).
The Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) through its Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation (DRDRI). Now in its fourth five-year funding cycle, RDCRN is a partnership with funding and programmatic support provided by Institutes, Centers, and Offices across NIH, including the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Office of Dietary Supplements.
