The One in a Million Podcast

Our host, Dr Michelle Batthish (Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics' Division of Rheumatology at McMaster University) invites you to listen into the first episode of the first series of the One in a Million Podcast, which will serve as a background and introduction into the world of autoinflammation.  In this episode, she sits down with Dr Ron Laxer where they get to the basics of this space.

Dr. Lori Tucker is Clinical Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia.  She has been an integral part of the Young Adults with Rheumatic Diseases health care transition clinical program for youth in British Columbia moving from pediatric to adult health care in a unique shared pediatric/adult rheumatology model.  Her knowledge and experience in the area of transition for youth with rheumatic diseases includes involvement in development of transition tools,  speaking nationally and internationally, and most importantly, being a catalyst to the development of a robust growing youth and young adult virtual community through Cassie and Friends Society, a Canadian-based organization for awareness and support of kids with rheumatic diseases.  In 2016, she initiated the Systemic Auto-inflammatory Clinic at BC Children’s Hospital, bringing together the pediatric rheumatology translational research lab with clinical care to provide care for children and youth with SAIDs in BC.  She is a passionate advocate for kids with all rheumatic diseases and their families, provincially and nationally and as a member of the Cassie & Friends Society Board.