Impact Features
Dynamic teams of physicians, researchers, patients, and patient advocates work together in each RDCRN consortium to advance rare diseases research. This page collects feature articles highlighting both the work of the RDCRN consortia and the people behind that work. Choose the consortium acronym at the top of the page to view features articles related to that consortium.
January 29, 2024
The Rare Diseases Act of 2002 (H.R. 4013) enacted the establishment of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) in 2003.
July 28, 2022
The Clinical Research in ALS and Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development (CReATe) Consortium is a group of scientists, clinicians,…
July 18, 2022
Corey McMillan, PhD, is an associate professor of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania and principal investigator of the Penn Bioinformatics…