ARLINGTON, Texas, July 1 -- The University of Texas at Arlington issued the following news release:
The University of Texas at Arlington is creating a new kind of graduate program that trains doctoral students to become experts in a single rare disease while moving their research from the lab to real-world diagnosis, clinical trials and treatment.
The initiative builds on UT Arlington's collaboration with Cook Children's Health Care System. Last March, UTA President Jennifer Cowley welcomed representatives from 16 family foundations to campus for the Rare Disease Family Foundations Symposium. During the event, families shared their origin stories and described the challenges they face, particularly the "diagnostic odyssey," during which p...