Congratulations to Pitt Occupational Therapy Assistant Professor Roxanna Bendixen who was appointed to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Rare Disease. She will play a part in helping patients and those who care for them make better informed health care decisions. Bendixen was selected on the basis of her experience, expertise, and ability to contribute to the panel’s mission of advisiong PCORI on the coordination and engagement with the rare disease research community, including other funders of research on rare diseases and existing infrastructure dedicated to research on rare diseases. Learn more.