In this episode of Arthritis At Home, Ellen Wang, Programs Coordinator for Arthritis Consumer Experts, speaks to Ms. Natalie McCormick, a junior faculty member in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital working under the supervision of Arthritis Research Canada Research Scientist Dr. Hyon Choi. Ellen and Natalie share an insightful conversation about the study of gout and related conditions using large data sets. Together, they discuss metabolomics and the potential for a single medication to address multiple conditions.
About Ms. Natalie McCormick
Natalie is a junior faculty member in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital mentored by Arthritis Research Canada Research Scientist Dr. Hyon Choi. For her Ph.D., which she completed at The University of British Columbia and Arthritis Research Canada (supervisors
Dr. Antonio Aviña-Zubieta and Dr. Carlo Marra), she examined the little-known economic burden of systemic lupus erythematosus and related systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) on Canadian patients and society. She used administrative data from the British Columbia Ministry of Health to assess the direct medical costs of SARDs and survey data she collected from a sample of BC residents with and without SARDs to assess the costs of time missed from paid and unpaid work activities.
In her post-doctoral fellowship, Natalie is building upon her skills in analyzing large data sets to assess the natural history, long-term effects of medications, and contributors to negative outcomes in patients with lupus and gout. Natalie held a CIHR Doctoral Research Award during her Ph.D. and was granted a three-year CIHR Fellowship Award for her post-doctoral research.
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