Boston Children's Hospital
(Boston, MA)
Primary Investigator
Lynda C. Schneider, MD, is the PI for the ADRN studies at Boston Children's Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Allergy Program and of the Division of Immunology Clinical Research Program at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH). She is a board-certified allergist with more than 25 years experience of caring for patients with complex allergic and immunologic diseases. Her desire to improve their care and better understand their diseases has led to new clinical programs and research. She has participated in a number of studies of new therapies for atopic dermatitis and was a member of the Atopic Dermatitis Vaccinia Network.
Dr. Schneider established and currently directs the BCH Atopic Dermatitis Center, which offers a multi-disciplinary approach to atopic dermatitis. She has lectured nationally on the management of atopic dermatitis and chaired or served on more than a dozen committees in a leadership role for her profession. Her current research focuses on improving the care of patients with atopic dermatitis and developing treatments for food allergy.
Institution
Boston Children's Hospital is a place where life-changing clinical care and world-changing research come together to fuel breakthroughs in treatment, scientific discovery, physician training and improving the health of the community around us. With more than 200 clinical subspecialty programs, Children's ranks at the top of all hospitals in breadth and depth of the care we offer to patients and families.
When there is no known cure for an illness or disorder, Children's basic scientists and clinical researchers rally their intellect and ingenuity to invent one. The result is our remarkable history of developing treatments, drugs, devices and procedures that have never been dreamed of before.
At Children's we make it our mission to train the top minds in pediatric medicine to become tomorrow's leaders in clinical care, clinical and translational research, public heath, and policy and advocacy.
Children's is the largest provider of care to children from low-income families in Massachusetts and has a special commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of families in the nearby Boston communities of Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Roxbury and Dorchester.